Training Friday, May 8, 2026, Week 8, Day 5, Spring 2026
These are your early spring workouts. We are already in the eighth week.
Your Friday workout. Warm-up, 45-60 minutes, 6 x 150 meter walk, cool down.
Jackson Spencer, Boys Champ Race, NXN 2025, December 6, 2025 Photo by Brian Eder for @cameraathletica RunBlogRun
Hydration is a state of mind. Hydration is not drinking too many sugary drinks. it’s about drinking water, 8-12 glasses of 8-12 ounces a day, carrying a water bottle, and managing caffeine and sugary drinks, which for a true athlete are absolute crap. Also, stay away from so-called sports energy drinks and don’t combine them with alcohol. Why train your ass and then mess it up by putting some junk in your mortal engine?
Think before you drink.
Jackson Spencer is on track to win the 2025 NIKE Cross Nationals. photo by Brian Eder, @cameraathletica for @RunBlogRun
Want to be a better runner than you were before? Focus and follow our training. It’s all about consistency.
Remember, one day !!!! #crosscountryrunning, #trackandfieldtraining, #springtraining
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 have to admit, I love traveling to long-distance meets, writing about the sport I love and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most I’ve ever done besides running.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at major events which he really enjoys.
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