The Friday easy day was always a day to collect my thoughts on the week. How had the hard days gone? Had coach given me any advice? How could I be a better athlete? Was I seeing improvement? And, then, there is the pure act of running.
Kate Grace ran 4 superb races: 3 PBs at 800m in a row, including a DL 800m, win, then, winning the Gateshead Mile with a killer last 100m! photo by Diamond League AG
Friday: light run, 40 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.
2021 RunBlogRun, week # 7, Summer mileage, day 5
Monday: light run, 40 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.
Tuesday: warm-up, relaxed 55-65 minute run in the hills, enjoy the day, cooldown.
Wednesday: light run, 40 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m light cooldown.
Thursday: warm-up, run in the hills, get in 40 minutes in your 65 minute run of hill running, cooldown.
Friday: light run, 40 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.
Saturday: warm-up, 60 minutes run in a park, moderate pace, with ten-minute hilly runs during the run, cooldown
Sunday: Long run, 65-75 minutes, at a conversational pace