Running Around 6-8-08

If you took your break last week, it's time to start with base training. That simply means building a solid foundation of mileage. The idea is to build slowly and intelligently over the Summer. By limiting the intensity of training during this period, our bodies can adapt more easily to the stress of adding mileage. Next week, I'll have a complete Summer base-building plan.

The base phase is also a great time to refocus on often-neglected aspects of our training like core strength. Core doesn't mean abs. It means abs, hips, glutes and back too. Here is an excellent site for core strength info http://www.ronjones.org/Handouts/index.htm

During this Summer base phase, the recommended workout will be a road run. If you want to do some track work during this time, I've posted a complete series of track workouts for the summer. See the link in item 1b, below.

I'm still in my rest phase until Wednesday, but I'll stop by the track on Tuesday to touch base and see how we are co-existing with the youth athletics runners.


Now for the workout summary:

1a. Road run 5-10 miles.
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1b. See the summer track series of workouts at: http://trackworkouts.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-track-workout-progression.html

2. Striders TWO times this week. 4-6 x 100m


Use a recent race to get your training paces here:
http://www.panix.com/%7Eelflord/vdot.html
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http://www.runningforfitness.org/calc/rp.php