Long runs are part of the schedule if you are a middle or long distance runner. My Sunday long runs were one of my favorite activities of the week. Most weekends, I would drive a half dozen of my team mates, in my 1969 VW Bus, up to Summit Road in the Santa Cruz mountains to our coach, Dan Durante’s house. Dan, a 3:08 marathoner in his 50s as well as a 57 second 400m runner, would go out for the first ten with us, take a short cut home and see us as we finished the 8 mile hilly charge up to his house, after having done 10 miles already.
Dan would wash our legs off with freezing water, and it worked. The next day, we did not have the normal leg pain that many get from long runs. We would then read the New York Times on his porch, soaking in the sun from the surrounding redwoods.
And that was my Sunday runs in college, how were yours?
This was my daily training shoe for most of college, the adidas Marathon Trainer, photo courtesy of EBay
Your workout today, April 24, 2022: Sunday: 70-75 minutes moderate pace, on trails
2022 RunBlogRun Spring Middle Distance Daily Track Training (800m-5000m), Week 15, Day 7
Monday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes moderate running, 6 x 100m stride outs, cooldown
Tuesday: Warm-up, 12 x 200 meters hard, 100-meter jog, the pace is 1500m, 2 x 800m, 400m jog, at 1,500m pace, 20-minute cooldown,
Wednesday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes, moderate running, 6 x 100m stride outs, cooldown
Thursday: Warm-up, 4 x 600m, 400m jog between each, 3000m pace, 6 x 300m, at 1500m pace, 200m jog btw each, 4 x 150m, stride outs, 20 minute-cooldown
Friday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes moderate running, 6 x100m stride outs, cooldown
Saturday: warm-up, 800m, 1,500m, 3000m, or 5000m, cool down
Sunday: 70-75 minutes moderate pace, on trails
