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how many miles do you put in a week

Sunday, March 28, 2010

training program 2

this program is for the beginning 5k runner

Monday easy run for 60 minutes

Tuesday tempo run for 30 minutes

Wednesday easy run for 45 minutes with 30 second pick ups

Thursday easy run for 50 minutes with 4 by 25 second hill repeats at the end

Friday easy run for 45 minutes

Saturday long easy run for 75 minutes

Sunday 1 mile warm up on turf then 4 by 800 repeats at tempo pace with 1 mile cool down on turf
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3 comments:

  1. P.E. notesMarch 28, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    I think that running 60 min. for a beginner is way too much. I think you should knock it down to 30 with some walking breaks and stretching. Beginning runners are going to tight quads and hams.

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  2. P.E. notesMarch 28, 2010 at 8:27 PM

    Sam--- you need to go easy on the beginners!

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  3. sammy g 5kApril 26, 2010 at 6:47 PM

    Well I say that begging runners should be able to run this long but just at a slow pace

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