Hello, high school distance runners, and here’s our Spring Training Guide (March-June) from RunBlogRun!
Workout for Friday, April 17, 2026
Your workout: Warm-up, 45-60 minutes of very easy running, followed by 6 x 150-meter strideouts and a cooldown. Get wet clothes off ASAP and change your socks and shoes. Easy days are key to your development. Your body recovers from the stress of hard days, and the easy days give your body and brain a break.
Hydration is a state of mind. Hydration is not about drinking lots of sugary drinks; it is about getting enough water, 8-12 glasses of 8-12 oz a day, carrying a water bottle, and managing caffeine intake and carbonated sugar drinks, which are absolute crap for a real athlete. Also, stay away from the so-called sports energy drinks and do not combine them with alcohol. Why train your butt off and then mess it up by putting some junk in your mortal engine?
Yemane Crippa, Italy, winner of the 2026 Paris Marathon, photo by ON running
Do you want to be a better middle-distance runner than you were in the past? Focus and follow our training. It is all about the consistency.
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.
