Workout for Tuesday May 26, 2026,(Week 11, Day 2, Spring 2026)
These are your early Spring workouts. We are now in week eleven!
Your Tuesday workout: Warm-up, 30 minutes of easy running, 20 minutes total Tempo, with two options:
a. 4 x 4 minutes at current average mile pace at current 5k racing rate, plus 25 seconds, with 1 minute of jogging in between the 4 minutes of Tempo running. So, if you race a 5K at an 18-minute pace, or a 5:50 pace, you would run the 4 minutes at a 6:25-per-mile pace.
b. 2 x 7 minutes, at current mile pace for 5k race pace, plus 25 seconds, with 3 minutes jogging in between. So, if you are at 5;30 race pace for 5k now, do tempo at 5:55 pace.
Cooldown well, hydrate.
Hydration is a state of mind. Hydration is not about drinking lots of sugary drinks; it is about getting down 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?
Think before you drink.
Do you want to be a better track runner than you were in the past? Focus and follow our training. It is all about the consistency.
For Winter reading! Self-Made Olympian by Ron Daws, A Clean Pair of Heels by Murray Halberg, Pre! by Tom Jordan, Quicksilver, The Mercurial Emil Zatopek, by Pat Butcher, The Destiny of Alain Mimoun, by Pat Butcher (a monograph)
Remember, one day at a time!!!! #crosscountryrunning, #trackandfieldtraining, #springtraining
