Today is merely a reminder, or an encourager of sorts, to begin accumulating those days. We are on day three of the 27 runs in 38 days. Again, an ambitious goal, but frankly, what else do we have to do in the midst of a nationwide quarantine? Whether you are following the Whisper training plan, your school coaches training plan, or no training plan at all, aim to run at least a few minutes each day. It can be difficult to gather up the motivation, but remember, even if track is cancelled this year, cross-country is only six months away, which means Junior Olympics is only eight months away.

Another note, be sure to log into the Whisper Google Classroom so you can check-out the training plan and casual readings that are brief, yet related to what we do, and also informative in the field of running and sport psychology. If you have any material that you’d like to share with the team, please feel free to forward me the hyperlink, I’ll review it, and if it meets the criteria, I’ll place it in the Easy Reads section of our online classroom.

Today’s distance workout was pretty simple: 10x1m tempos in the middle of your run (after your warm-up). Be sure you are stretching and hydrating well to support your next run. Speaking of your next run, Friday is an easy 3-7 miler, then Saturday, if you skipped a run or workout, is the perfect time to make that up. Consider this appraoch moving forward, where if a day is missed, you’ll run Satuday, but if you run each of your scheduled days, then you have Saturday free to do as you wish. That is, if you run long on Sunday’s. If you do not run on Sunday’s, but instead take Sunday’s off, then no worries, just be sure you’re fitting that longer run into your running regimen at some point.

Signing off. Be sure to stay healthy, stay safe, and do your best to keep your fitness up the best you can!