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Training Opportunities
Note: All of these workouts are open to everybody. There are
various paces at every outing.
  
Tuesday
6 p.m. track workouts; at the Lakeland High track; email
DAVEANDCOOKIEQ@aol.com
for location.
Thursday
6 p.m., hill workouts; at FSC Auditorium parking on Johnson.
Saturday,
6 a.m., long runs, Yacht Club parking lot, Lake Hollingsworth,
contact Jay Dixon at jdixon54@tampabay.rr.com.
Sunday
6 a.m., long runs of 2.8, 5, 6.1, 9.7, 10.5, or 11.4 miles;
Yacht Club parking lot, Lake Hollingsworth.
Tuesday
and Thursday 5:30 a.m., First Presbyterian Church on Lake
Hollingsworth. Tuesday is speed work and Thursday is tempo runs.
This group is made up of intermediate and advanced runners.
If you can run a 5K in 26 minutes or less, you'll feel right
at home. For more information on this group, contact John Hodgkinson
at jhgaleforce@aol.com.
Here's the drill for the next few Tuesdays:
7/27 - 6 x 1/2 mile repeats on Hollingsworth
8/3 - Hollingsworth hills
8/10 - Johnson Ladder
8/17 - On/Off 200's - This workout will teach you pacing,
and help you learn to surge like you'd do in a race. This is
where you'll use your mile time. On LHS track run 200 at your
1 mile pace plus 10 seconds, then 200 at your mile pace. Repeat
without rest other than the 10 second slower effort. A total
of 8 laps (2 miles) without stopping.
8/24 - Plyometrics
8/31 - 400/400/800/1200/800/400/400 ladder on Hollingsworth
9/7 - 1 minute on/off x 20 on Hollingsworth
9/14 - "Mile Down" workout at LHS
9/21 - 10 x 1/4 on Hollingsworth
9/28 - 1 mile time trial plus 4 x 1/2 mile on Hollingsworth
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