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Welcome to the DCRRC Wednesday Night Track Workouts. In conjunction with our year-round distance-specific training programs, and our regular Saturday Long Runs, these workouts aim to give runners of all abilities the fitness to reach their goals. For the novice or casual runner, these workouts will challenge you to a higher level of running fitness. For the competitive runner, track workouts are an essential means to reaching personal bests and to succeed at whatever level you are competing.
Where & When
Unless otherwise noted, workouts are held on the track at Washington-Liberty (formerly Washington-Lee) High School in Arlington. We meet near the concession stand (northwest corner) at 6:45pm and start the workout at 7:00pm. Warmups, drills, etc. are on your own.
Philosophy
Our workouts focus on two of the three forms of speed work used by distance runners from the 5K to the Marathon: Stamina Training (10K race pace or slower) and Interval Training (around 5K race pace). We also do a limited amount of Speed Training (faster than 5K race pace) especially during the summer.
Do not worry if this is new to you, and especially if you feel that track workouts are for "fast" runners. Our posted workouts are suggested "maximums," and can be individually tailored to your current level of fitness and specific running goals. Our coach, Ed Grant, has been leading these workouts for 20 years, and is happy to customize a workout plan to meet your needs.
Paces
To get a sense of how fast you should run during these workouts, we encourage you use the McMillan Running Calculator. You can plug in a recent race time and a goal race time, and the Calculator will churn out Training Paces (click on that term) for everything from long runs to speed paces. We recommend applying Mark Hadley's temperature + dew point adjustments in warm and humid weather. Temperature and dew point forecasts are available from the National Weather Service.
Wednesday Night Track Workouts for May - August
Members & Guests:
With one possible exception (May 30), it appears that the Washington-Lee Track will be available to us through the end of August. Thanks for your patience during the Spring sports season, and we look forward to having all of you back on the track on a regular basis. Whatever your goal is, such as a Fall marathon, 13.1M or 10M, track work is an essential ingredient for success.
Note that most of our workouts will include repeats of 800M and less. If you do not already do a separate Tempo workout during thr week (and even if you do) you should incorporate in some of your weekend long runs Tempo Run stretches of 2-4 miles. Aim to do these on relatively flat portions of the long run course. Tempo Runs are at 10M - 13.1M pace.
A reminder that workouts start at 7:15; be warmed up and preapred to start at that time.
May 16: 12 - 16 x 400M @10K pace. 100M slow jog recovery.
May 23: 4 x 5:00 @ 5K pace. 5:00 recovery.
May 30: There is a possibility of a soccer game this evening. Check here the day before for an update. If we are on the track, we will do 8 x 600M repeats @ 5K pace. Alternate 200M and 400M recovery jogs.
June 6: Ladder: 800M (400M recovery) - 400M (200M) - 200M (:30) - 1000M. 3:00 jog, then repeat. All repeats at 5K pace or faster EXCEPT the 1000M, which is at 10K pace. NEXT RACE: Sunday June 10, WDF/RATW 5K.
June 13: 12 - 18 x 400M @ 10K pace. 100 slow jog recovery.
June 20: 800M repeats @ 10K pace; 200M recovery. Number of repeats depends on whether you are racing the next evening. NEXT RACE: June 21, Hugh Jascourt 4-Miler.
June 27: 10 x 500M @ 5K pace. 300M recovery.
July 4: NO WORKOUT: DCRRC AGE-HANDICAPPED 4-MILER.
July 11: 12 - 20 x 400M @ 10K pace. 100M recovery. (OR 400M repeats at >5K pace, 200M recovery). NEXT RACE: July 14, Bastille Day 4-Miler.
July 18: NO WORKOUT. BLUEMONT 5K.
July 25: Repeat May 30 Workout. 600M repeats @ 5K pace with alternating 20M/400M recoveries
August 1: (Weather permitting): 3-4 x 1-Mile. 10K pace. 400M recovery. 2 x 400M @ 5K to finish. (If heat condtions oppressive, will do 800M repeats instead). NEXT RACE: August 7, Steve Thompson 8K.
August 8: 20-minute Tempo Run. 2 x 400M to finish. (May break into 2 x 10:00 due to weather).
August 15: 12 - 20 x 400M @ 10K pace. 100M recovery.
August 22: 6 - 8 x 800M @ 5K pace. 400M recovery.
August 29: 4 x 5:00 @ 5K pace. 5:00 recovery.
Wednesday Track Cancelled
Just to make it official, tonight's (3/21) track workout is cancelled due to the snow. Coach Ed
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).
Track Resources
Upcoming Events
| Alexandria Turkey Trot Thu, Nov 28th, 2024, @9:00am |
| DCRR Gar Williams Half Marathon Sun, Dec 1st, 2024, @9:00am |
| DCRRC Bread Run 10K & Gingerbread 2-Miler Sun, Dec 8th, 2024, @10:00am |
| Book Club Sun, Dec 8th, 2024, @4:00pm |
| DCRRC New Year's Resolutions 5K Wed, Jan 1st, 2025, @12:00pm |
| DCRRC Al Lewis 10-Miler and 5-Miler Sun, Jan 5th, 2025, @8:00am |
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