by Larry Eder
The road to 2025 racing is in high season!
We have begun Spring Track & Field now for 14 weeks!
Thanks to the nice notes from coaches and athletes.
We will include tempo, hills, and some thresholds in the future.
We will give you 13 weeks of Spring Track & Field (going through US Junior Outdoor Champs).
Our program is for 800m to 5,000m.
This is week eleven of the Spring Track & Field Program.
We will begin our slow launch of Summer Mileage on June 2 as well.
Today is June 1 , 2025
Today is the seventh day of the eleventh week of Spring Track & Field.
Sunday is a long run, 75-90 minutes of moderate running, then, cooldown.
Hydrate and stretch. Always hydrate.
Make plans for spring racing. Write down your goals for the season on your iPhone or iPad or on a postcard, and read them daily. Dreams are fulfilled through hard work!
Some thoughts on your current season finishing.
Last night the CIF meet, the California State Meet finished. It is the last of the outdoor State Championship meetings. For those who are competing in the NIKE Outdoor or NB Outdoor, you have three more weeks of training and racing. For those of you, the 1.2 million who did not go to state meets this year, you are begining to take a break.
Have you considered cross country?
Cross Country is offered in over 16,500 high schools and many junior high schools. It normally goes from mid-August to November for most. To prepare for cross country, we at RunBlogRun encourage you and your 550,000 closest friends who like the 400m to 5,000m, consider cross country!
It is a great way to stay in shape and it builds your fitness so that you are ready for the challenges of cross country.
Here’s a Steve Prefontaine story to keep you inspired.
Steve Prefontaine was pretty cocky in high school. As a sophomore, he did not make the state meet, which was a bit of a surprise. He was really down about not making state. So, Steve spent the whole summer building his mileage each and every day. He ran every day over the summer. Not just miles, but also days of hard runs between lengths of telephone poles. When he came back to school in the fall, as he started his junior year, Pre was tough, and focused.
Other book suggestions include Self Made Olympian by Ron Daws, A Clean Pair of Heels by Murray Halberg, and Pre! by Tom Jordan.
