I recently finished my collegiate racing career at the end of April, took a week off, and am now running again. I am running in a 5K on June 1st and I was wondering what kinds of workouts I should be doing between now and then? I am then running in a 7 miler on June 10th, then plan on just doing distance for most of the summer.
You mean that in your entire collegiate racing career you didn't learn enough about the sport to train yourself for a local 5k? Or did you learn so little that you thought LetsRun posters could do a better job at training you. How sad.
Ok lets take a poll. Which ever gets the most votes will be what you should do.
a) nothing but long slow distance and hey, do doubles while you are at it!
b) 3 hard track workouts per week with lots of 400 repeats!
c) cross train - swim-cycle-run - triatholon is were its at!
d) take another few weeks off you sound tired.
e) 2 quality days (1 Tempo, 1 VO2 Max) and long run each week.
f*** workouts during the summer, build a sick base; a better base then youve ever had. you'll be working out all year, no need for them during the summer. throw in some fartlecks and a tempo or two toward the end of the summer and youll be set. get as strong as you can
Three weeks until the OP's big goal race. I guess if he's gonna do a Daniels program, that's four phases of five days each.