2017 HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals Fall Cross Country Training Program, Week 17, Day 7, love the long run

The long run is not only a physical event, but a great time for disernment over how your racing and training. If you are running with your team mates, discuss workouts, how they are going and how you are racing. If you are running by yourself, consider your racing, are you running up to your potential? How do you race better? How to you catch another competitor at the finish? One more finisher could be the difference between winning and losing!

Heading to the race, photo by Justin Britton

2025 Fall Cross Country & Racing Season, December 8, 2025, Week 15, Day 1, Monday is an easy day!

Jakob Ingebrigtsen has chosen to miss the 2025 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal on 14 December, by Steven Mills for European Athletics

2025 Fall Cross Country & Racing Season, December 3, 2025, Week 14, Day 7, Sunday is the long day!

Sunday, October 15, 2017. 85-90 minute long run, make sure you stretch and cool down

As you begin running again, please consider the HOKA ONE ONE training shoes.

To learn about our sponsor, please go to 2017 HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals, which opened August 15!

Want some inspiration? Then, check out the video below, which highlights the 2016 HOKA ONE ONE Postal Nationals. It should inspire you to ask coach if your team can compete in it. All teams are welcome and it is free! See how your team ranks across the U.S! Here’s the video: http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=190549#ooid=E2OHhiODE6d19qhv14SIqSXQX088IklV

Fall 2017 HOKA ONE ONE, Fall XC Training Program, week 17

Monday, warm up, 60 minute run, Holmer Fartlek (32 minutes out, back in 28 minutes), 8 x 150 meter stride outs, cooldown

Tuesday, warm up, 20 minute tempo run on track, run pace at 30 seconds per mile above our

current 5k racing pace, so if you run 6 minute pace today for 5k race, run tempo at 6:30 pace, and stay

focused. Jog 800 meters, and finish with 4 times 200 meters, easy jog in between, cooldown

Wednesday, warm up, easy 45-55 minute minute run, four times 150 meter stride outs, cooldown, easy

stretching.

Thursday, warm up, warm up, race, 20 minute jog, then, 12 x 40 seconds, then cooldown. If no race,

warm up, 3 times mile at current race pace, 400m jog, 6x 300 meters cut downs, 150 meter jog, cooldown .

Friday, warm up, easy 45-50 minute run with four 150 meter stride outs, then cooldown

Saturday, warm up, early season cross country race, cooldown finish up with , or, if no race, warm up,

45 minute fartlek, 20 x 1 minute hard, one minute jog, cooldown

Sunday, 85-90 minute long run, make sure you stretch and cool down

Author

Larry Eder

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.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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