2022 RunBlogRun Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program, Week 4, Day 6

This is Week Four, Day 6 of the 2022 RunBlogRun Fall Cross Country Training & Racing program provided by RunBlogRun. We will provide cross-country training suggestions until late December 2022 (21-22 weeks).

Today is Saturday, September 24, 2022. It is a race day and the sixth day of Week four of our 2022 Fall Cross Country Training & Racing program.

Eliud Kipchoge will race the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, September 25, 2022. By the time you get ready for your Sunday long run, you can check Twitter and see how he did. Keira D’Amato will be there,the American record holder, who began her second running career in her thirties, and is now looking at smashing her own AR!

Your workout for today is race warm up, race cross country. In this race, try and finish hard over the last 400-500m, with an acceleration at 200m and 100m! Get in a 30-40 minute run, then stretch for a cooldown. Get in training shoes after your race and dry clothes, please!

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

View all posts