This is Monday, September 25, 2023.
This is an easy day or a recovery day.
I learned this from the late Arthur Lydiard, who drilled into me the need for easy days. I would break up my runs on easy days into two very relaxed runs. The 1968 Olympic US marathoner Ron Daws, a Lydriard apostle, was my savior. I read his Self-Made Olympian (1972-RW Publications) and memorized his training plans.
As you begin to race now, your easy days are at a faster pace than in mid-summer, so stay aware and keep it mellow. I recall early summer at a 7-minute pace and late summer and fall 6 minutes on the long runs, which was moderate.
Keep it easy today! We will have a good workout tomorrow.
Your workout today: Warm-up, 45-55 minutes easy 6x150m stride-outs, cooldown
P.S. When Joe Mangan and I coached at Foothill College, our decathlete was number 5 in cross country! Cross-country helps everyone!
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Larry Eder has had a 51-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."
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