by Larry EderIt is the second Monday in May. This is the third month of the modern plague. Exercise is for the body and soul! In this time of staying safe by isolation and wearing masks, stress from isolation, too much family time, can be mitigated by getting in some time on the road, just be careful.
Sifan Hassan, photo by Brian Eder / RunBlogRun
Monday, 11 May 2020: warm up, an easy 50 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown
2020 RunBlogRun Spring Track & Field Training program, in the time of the coronavirus, Week 20, day 1
Monday: warm up, an easy 50 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown
Tuesday: warm up, 40 minute run, go out easy for 22.5minutes, come back in 18-19 minutes, cooldown, (Holmer Fartlek)
Wednesday: warm up, an easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown
Thursday: warm up, 15 minutes easy, tempo run, 20 minutes, at pace 30 seconds above your ave mile pace for 5k now. So, if you ran 18 minutes, you can run 20 minutes at 6;20 mile pace, this is not to exhaust you, but to build you. 20 minute cooldown,
Friday: warm up, an easy 45 minutes, 6 x 150 m stride outs, cooldown
Saturday: warm up, 45 minute run with eight hill charges (at 2 minutes), one five minute run, at 5k pace, 5 minutes easy (done after hills)
Sunday: Long runs, 70-75 minutes
