2018 HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals Summer Training, Recovery from Track, Week 3, Day 6, take the day off, watch USATF Outdoors!

This is week 3 of recovery, enjoy it. 4 days of running and three days off. Today, Day 6, is day off. Check out the new Star Wars movie, I hear it is good. But really watch the USATF Outdoors on NBC Sports and Runnerspace!

CeAira Brown, photo by PhotoRun.net

NIKE presents #TheJourneytoCompete, A NIKE Cross Country newsletter, celebrating cross-country, Issues, 1-15, Back Issues, Winter 2026

2026 Winter Middle Distance Training (800m-5,000m), Wednesday January 21, 2026, Week 3, Day 3, the third week of Winter running, with an easy day on Wednesday!

#CoffeeWithLarry, Episode 838, January 19, 2026, More on the 2026 NB Indoor GP!

We really would like to suggest that you try the www.hokaoneonepostalnationals.com. It is a five person team series of events that is over 2 miles and 3200 meters. It’s orgins date back to the 1950s and our friends at www.trackandfieldnews.com (if you love track & cross country, you will worship TFN).

RunBlogrun has suggested that high school distance runners, and middle distance runners, take a break of two weeks after their track season ends. Well, this is the third week of the Recovery, and we run 4 days, keeping it mellow. For those who just ended, take two weeks off, just run 2-3 days a week. If you are getting ready for cross country, follow our program (make sure you run it by Coach, very important, we want to help your coaches, not hinder them). If you are a upper classman, you might want to, in July add three morning runs a week. And always remember, foot health is key. Consider two pairs of training shoes for summer mileage, and alternate the shoes. Vary terrain, from grass to trails to roads. Give yourself a few weeks to get your body use to summer heat, so run early or late.

If you have questions, send us notes at [email protected] and we will get back to you.

Week 3, Early Season, Recovery from Track

Monday-warm up, easy 35-40 minutes, cooldown

Tuesday-day off

Wednesday-warm up-easy 35-40 minutes, cooldown

Thursday-day off

Friday-warm up, easy 35-40 minutes, cooldown

Saturday-day off

Sunday-warm up, 40-45 minutes, running on trail, cool down

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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