2022 RunBlogRun Spring Middle Distance Daily Track Training (800m-5000m), Week 20, Day 6

[Larry Eder]

Last night, at the USATF 10,000m championships, Olympian Joe Klecker won his first title in a terribly close and difficult 10,000m. It was not that the pace was so fast, it was the humidity, the tension, and the stress of knowing that only 3 make the team. The last mile was run in 4:14, the last 1200 in just about 3 minutes, the last 800m in 1:55 and a final lap in 54.6 seconds! Still, the separation between Joe Klecker and AR record holder Grant Fisher was by centimeters! What a race. (You can watch it on Runnerspace and USATF TV).

Grant Fisher is outleaned by Joe Klecker, USATF 10,000m champs, May 27, 2022, photo by Kevin Morris / @kevmofoto


Your workout today, May 28, 2022:

Saturday: warm-up, primary race distance or, 3 miles, sprint straights, jog turns, cooldown


2022 RunBlogRun Spring Middle Distance Daily Track Training (800m-5000m), Week 20, Day 6


Monday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes moderate running, 6 x 150m stride outs, cooldown

Tuesday: Warm-up, 30 minutes moderate running, 8 x 300m, cut downs, 200 m walk-jog between, 6 x 150m stride outs, cooldown

Wednesday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes, moderate running, 6 x 150m stride outs, cooldown

Thursday: Warm-up, 6 x 400m, 3000m pace, 200m jog, 4x200m, 200m jog, cut downs, 30-minute easy run, cooldown

Friday: warm-up, 40-50 minutes moderate running, 6 x150m stride outs, cooldown

Saturday: warm-up, primary race distance or, 3 miles, sprint straights, jog turns, cooldown

Sunday: 75-80 minutes moderate pace, on trails