2018 HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals Summer Training, Week Six, Day One, Monday is beginning of a big week of training

This is week six of your HOKA ONE ONE Summer Training program. It is tough. You will be tired each day, but that is okay. Sleep seven to nine hours a night, hydrate, take a 30 minute nap, eat lots of veggies and lean protein (I do tofu and occassional fish), and of course, do fun stuff. Read, do your Instagram, see a movie. Relaxation is important, having fun is important. Check your shoes too! It’s week six. If you want to train more, ask your coach, and if you are a junior or senior, you could consider Monday, Wednesday, Friday morning runs for 30 minutes.

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Monday, July 30, 2018-warm up, easy 50 minutes, 4 x150 meter stride outs, cooldown

This is a summer long mileage program. We are starting week Six. Show it to your coach, follow it, and we will have you in shape for the first week of September, 11 weeks from now. During the fall, we will provide you 11 more weeks of suggestions to get you to racing fit and help you reach your goals. Fine tune our program, make it work for you. Our themes are this: You need to train your mortal engine. Physical and mental challenges are important. Manage training and life stress. Turn stress into fun. Remember to rest, and have recovery days. Know how to improve your racing skills. Most of all, have fun!

And most of all, remember that, when you are looking for running shoes, check out www.hokaoneone.com and check out their fall racing contest, www.hokaoneonepostalnationals.com.

Week 6, Sixth week of cross country summer training

Monday-warm up, easy 50 minutes, 4 x150 meter stride outs, cooldown

Tuesday-warm up, Fartlek, 30 minute fartlek, one minute hard, one minute easy, fifteen times, ten minutes of easy running, second 30 minute fartlek, three minutes hard, three minutes easy, five times, cooldown

Wednesday-warm up-easy 50 minutes, 4x 150 meter stride outs, cooldown

Thursday-warm up, 20 minutes run, steady pace, 10 times 200 meter hill, jog down, 20 minutes steady, cooldown

Friday-warm up, easy 50 minutes, 4 x 150 meters stride outs, cooldown

Saturday-5k road race, remember to warm up, find a hilly race, dont worry about the time, finish hard, cooldown,

Sunday-60-65 minute easy long run, on soft ground, or around a soccer pitch, remember to cool down

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-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." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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