CRC Workouts

Professionally coached weekly track workouts are designed for anyone training for a 5k up to a marathon. They take place at the track by the Harvard Stadium from April to December and then move indoors to the track at MIT. Directions and times can be found on our home page. We run various length intervals, that in total, range from 3 miles to 6 miles, in a night. Some common workouts include: ladder repeats with rest determined by heart rate (400m, 800m, 1200m, 1600m, 1200m, 800m, 400m); 24 X 400 with 30 second rest; 8 X 1200 with each 400 at a gradually increasing pace. Leading up to the Boston Marathon, we also have special hill workouts on the infamous Heartbreak Hill. The free email list will provide details of these and other specially organized workouts.

Indoor Workouts

Indoor workouts take place at the track at MIT. We move indoors when the weather gets rough, usually sometime in December through March. Directions and times can be found on our home page. The workouts are adjusted for the slightly smaller track (one lap is an eighth of a mile) than the outdoor track we use at Harvard Stadium (one lap is a quarter of a mile).

Outdoor Workouts

Outdoor workouts take place at the track by Harvard Stadium. We run outdoors from April into December. Directions and times can be found on our home page.

Hill Workouts

Our Heartbreak Hill Workouts generally take place on Tuesday nights from January through March in anticipation of the Boston Marathon – though all runners are invited to join in the fun. These involve running repetitions up and down parts of Heartbreak Hill for lengths of anywhere from 200 meters to 800 meters. Our coach specially designs these workouts and they have somehow become quite popular with marathoners and non-marathoners – despite their grueling nature. The best way to keep tabs on these workouts, as with all other workouts, is to join our free email list.