The hills were always a refuge. I could run as hard as I wanted, or as easy as I wanted. There were many weeks, as I was building up, that I would do the same 15 mile loop, one way one day, and two days later, go the other way. Each run was different.
Raevyn Rogers made an insane run from sixth to get the bronze in Tokyo 800m, photo by K. Camara
Tuesday: warm-up, relaxed 55-65 minute run in the hills, enjoy the day, cooldown.
2021 RunBlogRun, week # 10, Summer mileage, day 2
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