The easy days are so important. Yesterday, we interviewed Will Leer, a 3:51.7 miler, who said that recovery days allow our bodies to use the hard training. Keep it easy today.
Galen Rupp, Rio 2016 Olympic marathon, photo by Jeff Benjamin
Wednesday: light run, 45 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m light cooldown.
2021 RunBlogRun, week # 13, Summer mileage, day 3
Monday: light run, 45 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.
Tuesday: warm-up, 4 x 6 minutes, 5k race pace, 3 minute jog in between intervals, on XC course, or park, cooldown.
Wednesday: light run, 45 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m light cooldown.
Thursday: warm-up, Hill repeats, 6 x 200m up the hill, jog easy down, 20 minutes good pace, 6 x 300m, at 800m pace, 100m jog between, slow cooldown.
Friday: light run, 45 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.
Saturday: warm-up, 3 x 1 mile, 800m jog, miles at 5k pace, 4x150m stride outs, cooldown
Sunday: Long run, 75-90 minutes, at a conversational pace