60 minutes of fartlek, 20 x 1 minute hard, one minute easy, ten minutes moderate,
Cool down well and remember to hydrate.
Check your shoes and make sure your training shoes
ready for another 12-18 weeks of training. (Most boots are 12-16 weeks of training)
If not, go to a local running store and find a pair or two of good trainers.
We will talk about that soon.
Munich, West Germany – 1972: (LR) Frank Shorter, Lasse Wieren competing in the men’s 10,000 meters race at the 1972 Summer Olympics / Games of the XX Olympiad, Olympiahalle. (Photo by Tony Triolo/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
Frank Shorter won 4 AAU cross country titles, was on several USA World Teams and won two Olympic medals, a gold and a silver in the marathon (1972 and 1976). Frank Shorter set ARs 2 miles inside to Marathon. He was a crossbreed.
Larry Eder has been involved in athletics for 52 years. Larry has experienced sports as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now a journalist and blogger. His first article, about Don Bowden, America’s first 4-minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from USA Track and Field to the American version of Spikes magazine. He currently leads content and marketing development for RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. On RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I must admit, I love traveling to long distance meets, writing about the sport I love and the athletes I respect, most of all for my readers at runblogrun.com. than anything I’ve ever done, except maybe run.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at major events which he really enjoys. Theme Song: “I’m No Angel” by Gregg Allman.
