2022 RunBlogRun Spring Middle Distance Daily Track Training (800m-5000m), Week 5, Day 7

Long runs are on our schedule on Sundays. This is Week five, day seven.

What inspires you about long runs? Why do you do long runs? Long runs build your strength and endurance. They help your body manage the stress of quality work that will be coming during the season.

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Long runs are just a matter of perspective, for someone who runs 800 meters, it could be 7 miles to 9.

Donavan Brazier, photo by @kevmofoto

I recall asking Donavan Brazier, the 2019 World Champion at 800 meters how long his longest run was, and I believe he said, nine miles. Donavan was injured just before the Olympic Trials, and it took him all fall to get back into shape.

At the Millrose Games, on January 29, 2022, Donavan Brazier took third in the 400 meters in 46.55, a PB! It was Donavan Brazier’s only race at 400m in four years. On Friday, February 11, 2022, Donavan Brazier ran the 600m at the Lilac Grand Prix in Spokane, Washington. Donavan Brazier just missed his own WR, running a fine 1:13.97.

Donavan Brazier is building towards WCH Oregon 22. Donavan and his coach, Pete Julian, take it one day at a time. All of the tools, long runs, speed work, recovery work, and fartlek workouts all help the athlete build toward their goals.

Your workout for the day: February 13, 2022, Sunday: 60-65 minutes moderate pace, on trails

To learn more about Donavan Brazier, please check out his interview: https://www.runblogrun.com/2020/07/socialing-the-distance-featuring-donavan-brazie0-full-interview.html

To learn more about the Nike Union Athletics Track Club, please listen to this interview with Pete Julian: https://www.runblogrun.com/2021/03/runblogrun-presents-socialing-the-distance-featuring-pete-julian-head-coach-of-a-nike-sponsored-trac.html

2022 RunBlogRun Spring Middle Distance Daily Track Training (800m-5000m), Week 5, Day 7

Monday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes moderate running, 5 x 100m stride outs, cooldown

Tuesday: Warm-up, 55 minutes running on trails, 15 minutes easy running, then, 6 times 2 minutes hard, 3 minutes easy, with 10 minutes moderate running, and cooldown, (hard running at 1500m pace)

Wednesday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes, moderate running, 5 x 100m stride outs, cooldown

Thursday: warm-up, 55-minute fartlek, 10 minutes running, then 14 x 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy, 17 minutes running, then cooldown

Friday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes moderate running, 5 x100m stride outs, cooldown

Saturday: warm-up, Racing on the relay, 4x400m, plus a 1000m, or an 800m, cool down

Sunday: 60-65 minutes moderate pace, on trails

Author

Dave Hunter

Dave Hunter is an award-winning journalist who is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News. He also writes a weekly column and serves as Senior Writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track & field competition domestically and in such global capitals as Moscow, Birmingham, Zurich, Brussels, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Zagreb, Ostrava, and Doha. Hunter frequently serves as the arena or stadium announcer for championship track & field gatherings, including the Ivy League, the Big East, the Mid-American Conference, the NAIA, the Big Ten, and the Millrose Games. Hunter has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments. He ran his marathon P.R. 2:31:40 on the Boston Marathon course back in the Paleozoic Era. To find out more about Dave, visit his website: www.trackandfieldhunter.com He can be reached at: [email protected]

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