The ability to build up your fitness requires focus. One must put much aside, and eat well, sleep well, hydrate well, but also recover well. In college, my training partner, Paul and I, would do our hard days with a local junior college team. We would do our easy days by ourselves. We could not go out and run fast on easy days, because we would not be ready for the hard days and the racing days. After all, we are all merely mortal engines.
Laura Muir was just wiped out after her 1000m in Glasgow earlier today. Listen to your body, photo by Getty Images / British Athletics
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020: Easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m strideouts
2020 RunBlogRun Spring Track & Field Training program, Week 7, Day 6
Monday: Hilly run, 50 minutes, include 10 uphill runs of 2 minutes each, cooldown
Tuesday: Easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m strideouts
Wednesday: 30 min warmup run, 16 x 200m, Mile pace, 100m jog between each, 4 x 300m, Mile pace, 150m jog between each, 20 minute cooldown
Thursday: Easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150m strideouts
Friday: Fartlek, 50 minutes, 8 x 3 minutes at 3k pace, 3 minutes easy, 2 x 30 seconds hard, 30 seconds easy, 20 minute cooldown
Saturday: Easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m strideouts
Sunday: a modest long run, 65-70 minutes