Track Workouts for January - April 2016

Members and Guests: 

As we turn the calendar page to a new year of running, following are the workouts for the next few months.  Thanks to Mike Tosto, our SLR coordinator, and Brian Danza, heads of the Monday night workouts, for their advance work in setting up their respective schedules. We've made an effort here to take into account the SLR and Monday workouts so that no given week is too strenuous or challenging. As always, our access to the track in March and April may be interrupted by W-L High School sports events.  We will update this schedule once we know the W-L athletic schedules. Weather-reated postponements will be posted on main page of website and Club Facebook page.   

January 6:  20-minute tempo run, followed by 3 x 400M at 5K pace; 200M recovery. 

January 13: 3-4 x 1-Mile @ 10K pace; 400M recovery. 

January 20: 5 x 1000M @ 5K pace.  Slow 400M recovery (outside lanes)

January 27: 12 - 14 x 400M @ 10K pace.  100M recovery

February 3: 2 x 15-minute tempo runs, 2:30 recovery. 2 x 400M @ 5K pace, 200M recovery. 

February 10: 6 - 8 x 800M @ 5K pace; 400M recovery.

February 17: 3 - 5 X 1-Mile @ 10K pace; 400M recovery. (Club Challenge 10 Miler is Feb. 21)

February 24: 14 - 16 x 400M @ 10K pace; 100M recovery. 

March 2: Ladders: 600M - 800M - 1000M; 1000M - 800M - 600M. 10K pace ascending; 5K pace descending. 400M recovery after each.  

March 9: 2 x 20-minute tempo runs.  3:00 recovery. (DC Rock 'n Roll: March 12). 

March 16: 6 - 10 x 800M @ 5K pace; 400M recovery.  

March 23: 12 x 400M @ 10K pace; 100M recovery (23-Miler SLR on March 26). 

March 30: 5 x 1000M @ 5K pace; slow 400M recovery. 

April 6: 3 -5 x 1-mile @ 10K pace; 400M recovery. 

April 13: 13 x 400M (variable pace); 400M recovery. (Boston: April 18) 

April 20: 8 x 600M @ 5K pace; Alternate 200M and 400M recovery. 

April 27: Ladders: 1200M(10K) - 400M(<5K) - 800M(5K) - 1600M (10K); 400M recovery; variable pace.  

 

 

Directions to Track

Track workouts are held on the track at Washington-Liberty (formerly Washington-Lee) High School.

From Washington DC: take I-66 east to the Glebe Road exit, turn right on Glebe, right on 15th Street for about 0.4 miles, to Stafford Street, turn right and cross over I-66 and the school is on your left.
From Vienna and points west in Virginia: take I-66 east to the Fairfax Drive exit, follow Fairfax Drive for about 0.8 mile to Stafford Street, turn left for about 0.3 miles and the school is on your right.
From Alexandria: take Glebe Road going north until turning right on 15th Street, and proceed as from DC.
Metro: Washington-Liberty is a short walk from both the Virginia Square and Ballston Metro stations (Orange/Silver lines).

Upcoming Events

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Sun, Jun 9th, 2024, @8:00am
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Thu, Jul 4th, 2024, @8:00am
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Wed, Jul 24th, 2024, @7:00pm
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The DC Road Runners Club is a member of the Road Runners Club of America and is also affiliated with USA Track & Field. We provide a year-round schedule of running events that offer everyone a chance to participate regardless of age, gender, or athletic ability.