Workouts

•  Cross Training
  Workout Ideas

  Eight Benefits of Cross-Training
•  Endurance
  Long Runs

  Longer Inervals

  Foundation
•  Speed
  Tempo

  Fartlek

  Mid Range Intervals

  Short Intervals

  Kick Building

  Circuit
•  Strength
  Hill Running

  Long Hill Repeats

  Moderate Hill Repeats

  Short Hill Burst Repeats

  Daily Core

  Circuit Core

  Sand Running
•  Warm Ups
  Easy Jog

  Stretching

  Drills

  Striders

Workout Ideas

This article has a very good overview of Cross Training. It talks about how it can help, and really where it doesn't help. There is also a section with some examples of cross training sports for runners. One comment, unless you are recovering from an injury, cross training is usefull in the off season only. In order to best train for a 5k race, you should be running and training at your 5k target times. Cross training is beneficial in the summer months when you are preparing a base, maintaining fitness, and getting mentally rejuvinated.

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The triumph cannot be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that other young women have a chance to reach their dreams.

- Wilma Rudolph
First American Woman Runner to win 3 Gold Medals at a single Olympics