Brooks Beasts TC, getting ready for a track day, photo by Zeth Petarka for Brooks Running
Warmup slowly,
30 minutes of easy running,
race a 3k or an 800m,
cooldown slowly,
Hydrate,
get out of the wet clothes, and
recover.
Larry’s Deep Thoughts: Racing in the early season is a great way to see your fitness level. Test some racing tactics like moving hard in the middle of the race, finishing hard, and pushing the pace. Learn from your races.
This is the Brooks Cascadia, and it is a great shoe for running on trails. It is a great shoe for your long runs. To learn more about the shoe, please go to www.brooksrunning.com.Brooks Wire 8, photo by Brooks Running, is great for 800m to 5,000m. You can find out more at www.brooksrunning.com
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.
