"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy
arete - attaining excellence through competition

Sunday, November 28, 2010

back to work

Time to get back in the routine of practice - hopefully the last two weeks have been a little relaxing and rejuvenating. We have three weeks until the end of the semester - two weeks of class and one of exams. Finish the academic semester in the same manner that you should finish races - strongly. Good luck!

Our first indoor meet is this Saturday - some of you will be competing. If you know you want to compete in this meet, please let me know. We will determine and notify those on travel squad.

In the next three weeks, let's...
- return our aerobic endurance to mid-October levels, thus setting the stage to take it even higher in the subsequent six weeks. As we approach the semester break, everyone must understand the 80% and 85% levels of effort and learn how those efforts FEEL.
- revisit our individual recovery strategies; including daily health, nutrition, and sleep.
- confirm our commitment to iron supplementation.
- learn the exercises for Stage Two core.
- recommit to our core values from our first team meeting this fall.
- for some, include two weight workouts each week to improve leg strength.
- for some, learn the hill training circuit; how it feels, what it does, etc.

***AMENDED (due to weather) weekly schedule:
mon - aerobic running, technique strides, supplemental exercises
***tue - OFF, no running
***wed - aerobic farlek on park cinder loop;
5' + 4' + 3' + 2' + 1' @ 85%, r= 5', 4', 3', 2', 1'
thu - aerobic running, fast striding 6-8 x 100m
fri - strong aerobic running @ 80% on park cinder loop
(some middle-distance runners will do hill training circuit instead)
sat - (on your own) aerobic running
(some will compete at Indoor T&F Meet)
sun - (time - tbd) long aerobic running