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

Carolyn Mather has been a long-time observer and supporter of Women’s elite running. Carolyn wrote for the iconic Running Journal, edited by the late great Bruce Morrison. Carolyn wrote this piece on the women’s Boston Marathon, which she covered remotely.  A battle to the end highlights the Women’s elite version of the 2024 B.A.A. Boston Marathon!    by Carolyn Mather Hellen Obiri of Kenya broke away late to claim victory and now has another Boston victory with her name. Her second straight win has not been accomplished in Boston since Catherine Ndereba won two consecutive race ..read more

This is Justin Lagat’s feature on the 2024 Boston Marathon, the 128th edition of the race. Justin filed this piece remotely and, as a senior writer for Kenya, provides RunBlogRun the stories with context on events that have a Kenyan connection to our sport.  In two separate versions, Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma and Kenya’s Hellen Obiri fought quality elite fields to emerge victorious at the 2024 Boston Marathon. One of the lessons that Lemma might have learned from his past races at the Boston Marathon was that it is better to struggle to maintain a lead at the end of a marathon than to close ..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. Clarification–Marat ..read more

Our training weeks begin on Monday. This is your daily training for Monday, April 15, 2024. Week Six, Day 1. You need an easy day after a race on Saturday and a long run on Sunday. Your workout, Warm-up, 45-55 minutes of moderate running, 6×150 meter stride-outs, cooldown, hydrate, recover, get wet clothes off, change into dry clothes, Larry’s Deep Thoughts: This is the six week of training. You are probably feeling pretty darn good now and seeing your fitness increase. Ensure you drink 10-12 glasses of water (8-12 ounces) daily, perhaps some NUUN hydration. Watch carbonated beverages and caff ..read more