by Larry Eder
RunBlogRun provides daily training programs. This is day six, Week seven of our 2022 RunBlogRun Summer Cross Country Mileage Program. We have provided cross country programs, for summer and fall, since 1998 online and in 1992 in print.
Do you have a favorite athlete? I look at the athletes who had to overcome adversity. I think about Jake Wightman, and his win at the 1,500 meters in the world champs last month. Jake had an okay indoor season, then got sick, and his outdoor season was not going well, and then he won a Diamond League 1,500m in Rabat, Morocco. Jake loves to take the long kick, say 350 meters out so that he is in full flight before his competitors know what has happened. In the World Champs, Jakob Ingebrigtsen totally underestimated the Scottish runner as he pulled ahead. Jakob Ingebrigtsen was unable to respond. Jake Wightman had told himself that he had to move, that he had to leave it all on the track or he would have regrets. Remember, No Regrets.
Your workout today, August 20, 2022, is to either find a hilly 5k-6k race or do a 12 lap (400 meters) on track where you sprint the straights and jog the turns, with a warm-up and cooldown.
