Tempo runs and some 200 meter repeats seem to put you in a good fatigue state. Get into the habit of doing you last couple of stride outs, repeats with a bit more effort. It reminds those muscles to work hard when they are fatigued. My buddy, Danny Gruber, a fine coach at Aptos HS and a fine runner in his own right, reminded me that it is called “reinforcing the neuromuscular loop”.
200m repeats, photo by HOKA ONE ONE NAZ Elite
Tuesday, February 19, 2019-warm up, 20 minute temp run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 8x200m, jog 100m, 1 mile race pace, 4 x150m stride outs, , cooldown
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Time for spikes, photo by Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts
Week 7, 2019 Track buildup- stride outs in spikes, flats all week
Monday-warm up, 40 minute run, 8 laps, 400m track, sprint straights, jog turns, core work, cooldown
Tuesday-warm up, 20 minute temp run, run at 30 second per mile above your 5k current race pace, 8x200m, jog 100m, 1 mile race pace, 4 x150m stride outs, , cooldown
Wednesday-warm up, 50 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Thursday-warm up, 8 x 400m, 300m jog, (Mile pace) 20 minute run, 8 x 300m jog, (800m pace) 20 minute run, 8 x 300m, (800m pace), 20 minutes run, cooldown
Friday-warm up, 50 minute run, 8 x 150m, core training, cooldown
Saturday-warm up, race 800m if you do mile, 5000m if you do 3200m, 400m or 600m if you race 800m (also 4x400m), cooldown, if you do not race, then, 45 minutes Holmer Fartlek, 22.5 minutes out, 22.5 minutes faster, cooldown
Sunday-warm up, 60-65 minutes, cooldown
