2022 RunBlogRun Spring Middle Distance Daily Track Training (800m-5000m), Week 22, Day 2

One of many issues that I realized from an interview with Frank Shorter was the necessity for velocity. Shorter, the 1972 gold and 1976 silver medalist on the Olympic marathon, raced from 2 miles to 26.2 miles, holding the 2-mile indoor AR for a while. I bear in mind Shorter dueling with Rod Dixon, 1972 Olympic bronze medalist at 1,500m in an indoor meet in California. They hit the 1.5 miles in about 6:30, after which, it bought critical. Shorter dropped a 60-second 400m after which a 57-second final 400m, holding Dixon off till the final straight.

Frank Shorter making the break at Fukuoka Marathon, 1971, photograph by Fukuoka Marathon /Asahi Shimbun

My interpretation of that was, throughout my buildups in January and July, I might hit all comers every week and run the two miles. I used to be operating 100-120 miles per week, two runs a day, and wanted to examine my velocity. I would do a hill session someday and a fartlek one other, however the 2-mile was like a spiritual factor. It bought me proper beneath a five-minute mile tempo and made me work. On the finish of every all-comers season was a 5000m on the monitor, and that will at all times get an excellent crowd.

Your exercise as we speak, June 7, 2022, Tuesday: Heat-up, half-hour reasonable operating, 4 x 800m, 3,000m tempo, jog 400m in between, 20-minute cooldown