2025 Summer Mileage, Week 7, Day 5, August 22, 2025, Friday is easy
Friday, warm-up, an easy 45-60 minutes of relaxed running, cooldown.
In this hot weather, remember to hydrate. 2-3 liters a day of water, watch out for carbonated beverages, and caffeine (in moderation). Do not take sports drinks with caffeine, ginseng and things that you have not discussed with your coach and family physician. Those drinks can cause heart issues. They are not a joke!
The art of peaking
How does one peak?
Recall Lasse Viren, who came to peak in 1972 and 1976, winning Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m. Viren cared about little else. His racing in between Munich and Montreal was up and down.
Al Oerter, four time winner of the Olympic discus was NEVER the favorite in any of his wins (1956, 1960, 1964,1968,) always with injuries prior to Olympic games.
Now, with the world championships every other year, and Olympics every four, plus continental championships every two years. How do you manage that now?
At any level, the keys to finding your best that season are to find the right combination of rest, hydration, fitness and what sharpening is needed. I found , in both high school and college that I seemed to get in top shape after 6-8 races in a season, increasing quality of tough days, easy easy recovery days and lots of sleep.
I recall knowing my finish was best moving 500 meters out and then, increasing pace every 100m to the finish. I learned this from an article written by the late Bill Dellinger. So, I practiced moving harder over the last 300m very hard in repetitions.
In sharpening phases, I would keep long run, reduce easy days to 30 minutes, increase pace on on repetitions and do a 5k drill that I will share tomorrow!
Things happen. Keep your focus and remember, to get up, and move again! Be patient!
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In his sophomore year of track, Steve Prefontaine did not make the state meet. He was embarrassed and upset with himself. That summer, he planned, with his coaches, a ruthless series of training runs over the summer. He not only did mileage, he made himself stronger. He made himself tougher. That fall, Steve Prefontaine was ready for his junior season of high…
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