Outdoor season is beginning and indoor season is coming to the climax. The big season is coming, and you are seven weeks into the training season. In early season, you race relays, long and short distances, and build your fitness. Shake it up.
CeAira Brown, 800m, photo by Kevin Morris
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019-warm up, race 800m if you do mile, 5000m if you do 3200m, 400m or 600m if you race 800m (also 4x400m), cooldown, if you do not race, then, 45 minutes Holmer Fartlek, 22.5 minutes out, 22.5 minutes faster, cooldown
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Time for spikes, photo by Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts
Week 7, 2019 Track buildup- stride outs in spikes, flats all week
Monday-warm up, 40 minute run, 8 laps, 400m track, sprint straights, jog turns, core work, cooldown
Tuesday-warm up, 20 minute temp run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 8x200m, jog 100m, 1 mile race pace, 4 x150m stride outs, , cooldown
Wednesday-warm up, 50 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Thursday-warm up, 8 x 400m, 300m jog, (Mile pace) 20 minute run, 8 x 300m jog, (800m pace) 20 minute run, 8 x 300m, (800m pace), 20 minutes run, cooldown
Friday-warm up, 50 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Saturday-warm up, race 800m if you do mile, 5000m if you do 3200m, 400m or 600m if you race 800m (also 4x400m), cooldown, if you do not race, then, 45 minutes Holmer Fartlek, 22.5 minutes out, 22.5 minutes faster, cooldown
Sunday-warm up, 60-65 minutes, cooldown
