2021 RunBlogRun, week # 7, yep, last week in the hills, Day 7...

I ran my first long run in the fall of 1972. It was about six miles. By my senior year of high school (1976), I had run 15 miles at one time. Sundays were designated long run days in 1976, when I embraced Arthur Lydiard, the eccentric and anectodal coach who put New Zealand running on the Olympic map. Long runs are about building strength, helping with recovery, and clearing the mind. Enjoy it!

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Sunday, Feb 27, 2021: Long run, 50-55 minutes, at conversational pace.

2021 RunBlogRun, week # 7, yep, last week in the hills, Day 7…

Monday: light run, 30 minutes easy pace, stretch, 2 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.

Tuesday: warm up (1 mile easy, stretch), Hill day #1 , 35 minutes run, includes 4 hills, 200m, go up hard, jog down, light cooldown.

Wednesday: light run, 30 minutes easy pace, stretch, 2 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.

Thursday: warm up (1 mile easy, stretch), Hill day #2 , 35 minutes run, on trails, includes two long hills (3-5 minutes), cooldown.

Friday: light run, 30 minutes easy pace, stretch, 2 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.

Saturday: warm up (1 mile easy, stretch), Hill day #3, hill Fartlek, 30 minutes, 3 times 5 minutes, 5 k pace, 5 minutes easy, cooldown.

Sunday: Long run, 50-55 minutes, at conversational pace.

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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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