The Outdoor season is in full swing in much of the country, except when the track is covered with snow!
If you get to race today, try the 1600/800 or 3200/800 to shake things up a bit!
Take 30 minutes and cool down slowly.
Hydrate,
Stretch,
Larry’s Deep Thoughts:
You have been working out all winter, and spring has begun. We have worked on hill work and fartlek workouts. The racing in the last ten weeks was about getting you to do some fast running.
The season will begin with relays, long races, and short races. Learn how to race under and above your distance dream. It will help you during the big season.
Race over distances from 800m to 5,000m, and for a little extra fun, do an even-a-mile relay!
This 5000m from Montreal in 1976 was one of the finest races in Olympic distance history. Viren battled Quax to the very end, running the last 800m in 1:56! Dick Quax, Lasse Viren, Klaus Peter Hilldebrand, Montreal 1976 5,000m final photo from Running Past.
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.
