Larry’s Deep Thoughts:Recover today so you can race tomorrow.
One of the things that I noted about Femke Bols’ training program was how her coach, Laurent Meuwly, has scheduled rest days. Rest days are key for all athletes. Some athletes take Sundays off. Some athletes have lighter workouts on Saturday and Sunday to give their bodies a break. I recall Kenny Moore taking two easy days after his 30-mile run and before his day of intervals in the Bowerman system.
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.
