The day before a big race goes slowly. Find things to do, watch Netflix, enjoy the beach, check out the course. Just take some quiet time and enjoy the scenery. The key is to hydrate, rest and relax.
Joshua Methner, photo by PhotoRun.net
Friday, December 13, 2019: 30-45 minute minute park run, relaxed, jogging the course
Week 24, Fall XC Training week 24, FootLocker
Monday: 50 – 60 minute park run, 4 x 150m strideouts
Tuesday: 20 minute warm up, 2 miles on track, sprint straights, jog turns, final mile at current 5k race pace, sprinting straights, jogging turns, 20 minute cool down
Wednesday: 30-45 minute run, 4 x 150m stride outs, cooldown, relaxed
Thursday: warm up, easy jog, 30 minutes.
Friday: 30-45 minute minute park run, relaxed, jogging the course
Saturday: warm up, 5k race, get out well, and focus on one person at a time, take them strongly, finish well, cool down
Sunday: 85-90 minute long run
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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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