Training for Tuesday, May 5, 2026 (Week 8, Day 2, Spring 2026)
These are your early spring workouts. We are now in week seven.
Your Tuesday training: Warm-up, 6 150-meter stride starts, 20-minute pace run (run at a pace of 25 seconds per mile SLOWER than current 5K pace), five minutes, easy run, 4 x 500 meters, at current two-mile/3K race pace, 400-meter jog, in the middle, 8 x 250 meters, at current two-mile/3K pace, jog 200 meters, 15 minutes of gentle exercise, run, stretch cooldown, and HYDRATE!
Hydration is a state of mind. Hydration isn’t about drinking lots of sugary drinks; it’s about drinking water, 8 to 12 8 to 12 ounce glasses a day, carrying a water bottle, and monitoring your intake of caffeine and carbonated sugary drinks, which are absolute crap for a true athlete. Also, stay away from so-called sports energy drinks and do not combine them with alcohol. Why train hard and then ruin it by putting some junk in your mortal engine?
Think before you drink.
Do you want to be a better track runner than in the past? Focus and follow our training. It’s all about consistency.
For winter reading! Self-Made Olympian by Ron Daws, A Clean Pair of Heels by Murray Halberg, Pre! by Tom Jordan, Quicksilver, The Mercurial Emil Zatopek, by Pat Butcher, The Destiny of Alain Mimoun, by Pat Butcher (a monograph)
Remember, one day at a time!!!! #crosscountryrunning, #trackandfieldtraining, #springtraining
