A long run is a good way to end the week. Today we suggest 80 to 85 minutes, at a pace where you can speak, and you find a some terrain with varied footing and some challenging hills. Keep it under control. See you Monday!
Sunday is all about the long run, photo by NAZ Elite
Week 8, Summer mileage, Training week 8, the grind has begun
Monday: 55 minute park run
Tuesday: 20 minute warm up run, 3 x 11/2 miles, hilly runs, 1/2 mile cooldown, 20 minute cooldown
Wednesday: 55 minute run, relaxed
Thursday: 70 minute fartlek, 7 x 4 minutes, with 3 minute jog, 10 minute warm up, 11 minutes cooldown
Friday: 55 minute park run, relaxed
Saturday: 50 minute easy run
Sunday: 80-85 minute long run
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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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