The easy days are important too. The easy days allow you to recover. Your body takes 24-72 hours to recover from tough workouts. At this time, we are giving you moderate workouts. Follow the schedule. Hydrate, eat well, and rest, sleep 8-10 hours a night and take a short nap (30-45 minutes) in the afternoon.
Lao-Tse was quoted as saying “the journey of thousand miles begins with one step.” Your body builds gradually, it adapts to stress from workouts, and needs recovery time.
The Men’s 5,000m, Garrett Heath, photo by Kevin Morris / Kevmofoto
Wednesday: light run, 40 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m light cooldown.
2021 RunBlogRun, week # 6, Summer mileage, day 3
Monday: light run, 40 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.
Tuesday: warm-up, relaxed 55-65 minute run in the hills, enjoy the day, cooldown.
Wednesday: light run, 40 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m light cooldown.
Thursday: warm-up, run in the hills, get in 40 minutes in your 65 minute run of hill running, cooldown.
Friday: light run, 40 minutes easy pace, stretch, 4 x 150 m stride-outs, light cooldown.
Saturday: warm-up, 60 minutes run in a park, moderate pace, with ten-minute hilly runs during the run, cooldown
Sunday: Long run, 65-75 minutes, at a conversational pace