You may think that the track is only for fast people but I can promise you that anyone in any fitness state can benefit from a good track workout. No matter what distance run you are getting ready for the track offers you a flat area to work on your pacing and allow you to pick up your pace. Even if you can’t sustain that pace for very long it does not matter because you can always jog or walk a lap back to your car and call it a day. A typical track workout that anyone can benefit from would be doing a 1 mile warm-up (this is 4 laps) and then doing 1 lap (400 m) at a hard pace and effort so that you are breathing hard and then 1 lap easy walk or jog and then repeat. You can do 4×400 at a hard effort if you are a beginner or 8×400 if you are more advanced. Then do an easy 1/2 mile (2 laps) for a cool-down followed by some stretching. Wear your watch and time yourself on the hard efforts. What is your time?  Walkers and runners can both do this workout to see improved results.

Katie