This is Thursday, April 18, 2024. This is Week 6, Day 4. This is Fartlek Day. Gosta Holmer, a Swedish Olympian who competed against Jim Thorpe, invented this interval program for running on trails and in parks. Mr. Holmer developed it for the Swedish cross-country team in the 1930s, which did poorly in European competitions, and Gosta wanted to motivate them. The Olympic decathlete and pentathlete came up with a wonderful program. This is your workout: Warm up today, 60 minute fartlek, 10 minutes slow to moderate running, 20 x 70 seconds hard, 1 minute easy; we suggest on a flat path, with lit ..read more

Walt Murphy is one of the finest track geeks that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that provides true geek stories about our sport. You can check out the service for FREE with a free one-month trial subscription! (email: WaltMurphy44@gmail.com ) for the entire daily service. We will post a few historic moments each day, beginning February 1, 2024. (c)Copyright 2024-all rights reserved. It may not be reprinted or retransmitted without permission. By Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission.     This ..read more

Walt Murphy is one of the finest track geeks that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that provides true geek stories about our sport. You can check out the service for FREE with a free one-month trial subscription! (email: WaltMurphy44@gmail.com ) for the entire daily service. We will post a few historic moments each day, beginning February 1, 2024. (c)Copyright 2024-all rights reserved. It may not be reprinted or retransmitted without permission. By Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission. Walt Murphy’s News ..read more

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field! This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, April 17, 2024. This is part 3 of our coverage of the 2024 Boston Marathon. Coffee with Larry is sponsored by #JAMBAR, the Original Organic Artisan Sports Energy Bar. Made in small batches with organic ingredients, #JAMBAR has 34 grams of carbohydrates and 10 grams of protein. Sweetened with Maple Syrup, JAMBAR tastes great! Jambar logo, courtesy of Jambar Founded in 2021 by Jenny Maxwell, JAMBAR is a great snack in the morning and afternoon, and they are spon ..read more

This is Wednesday, April 17, 2024. This is your workout for Week 6, Day 3. This is the first full day of Spring. Your workout today: Warm-up today, 45-55 minutes easy to moderate pace, 6 x 150-meter stride-outs, Cooldown, hydrate, get out of wet clothes, recover. Larry’s Deep Thought: Recovery day is a day to reduce the stress in your workout so your body can recover. Keep the day relaxed.  There are hard days and easy days in every training schedule. Some weeks are more complex, so watch how you recover from the hard days. My coach in college had me check my pulse each morning, and if my ..read more

Marcell Jacobs, the Tokyo 2021 Olympic champion, is preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympics, where the first and only Italian to win the Olympic sprint title will defend his title against a very focused field of top global sprinters. Deji Ogeyingbo wrote this piece for RunBlogRun.  It’s make or break for Marcell Jacobs.     It’s hard to carry the mantle of the Olympic 100m Champion. It’s even harder when you take over the title of Usain Bolt- a sprinter who won it three times in a row. That’s the story of Marcell Jacobs in a nutshell. The unknown Long jumper cum sprinter who ..read more

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field! This is Coffee with Larry for Tuesday, April 16, 2024. This is part 2 of our coverage of the 2024 Boston Marathon. Coffee with Larry is sponsored by #JAMBAR, the Original Organic Artisan Sports Energy Bar. Made in small batches with organic ingredients, #JAMBAR has 34 grams of carbohydrates and 10 grams of protein. Sweetened with Maple Syrup, JAMBAR tastes excellent! Jambar is the offiical partner of #CoffeeWithLarry, www.jambar.com, CODE Larry15 ! Founded in 2021 by Jenny Maxwell, JAMBAR is a great ..read more

Editor’s Note: This is Stuart Weir’s feature on Vivian Cheruiyot, who missed the Athens 2004 Olympics after competing in Sydney 2000, then Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016. At the age of 40, she just took 3rd at the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris in 2:21.46. Vivian’s last marathon was at Valencia in December 2019, where she ran 2:18.52 for 4th.  Vivian Cheruiyot is an Olympic and World Champion, and six years after running the London 2018 Marathon, Vivian Cheruiyot shows that she is not done!  Vivian Cheruiyot, a personal memory Vivian Cheruiyot finished third in the Par ..read more

Tuesdays are tough days. This is your daily training for Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Week 6, Day 2. Your workout, Warm-up, 16 times 300 meters hard, at a two-mile pace, 100-meter jog or walk, 30 minutes of easy to moderate running, 6×150 meter stride-outs, cooldown, hydrate, recover, get wet clothes off, change into dry clothes, Larry’s Deep Thoughts: This is one of my favorite workouts. This was our Tuesday workout at Bellarmine from January to March 1975. We ran on our 352-yard dirt track from 1912, rain or shine. I recall doing this workout in heavy rain. We got out there. Chris Schenone, Bob ..read more

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on track & field! This is Coffee with Larry for Monday, April 15, 2024, Patriots Day, and the 128th edition of the Boston Marathon! Coffee with Larry is sponsored by #JAMBAR, the Original Organic Artisan Sports Energy Bar. Made in small batches with Organic ingredients, #JAMBAR has 34 grams of Carbs and 10 grams of Protein. Sweetened with Maple Syrup, JAMBAR tastes great! Founded in 2021 by Jenny Maxwell, JAMBAR is a great snack in the morning and afternoon, and they are sponsoring #CoffeewithLarry! Please go ..read more