As we head into the first competition of the year...
"Cassidy sought no euphoric interludes. They came, when they did, quite naturally and he was content to enjoy them privately. He ran not for crypto-religious reasons, but to win races, to cover ground fast. Not only to be better than his fellows, but better than himself. To be faster by a tenth of a second, by an inch, by two feet or two yards than he had been the week or year before. He sought to conquer the physical limitations placed upon him by a three-dimensional world (and if Time is the fourth dimension, that too was his province). If he could conquer the weakness, the cowardice in himself, he would not worry about the rest; it would come. Training was a rite of purification; from it came speed, strength. Racing was a rite of death; from it came knowledge. Such rites demand, if they are to be meaningful at all, a certain amount of time spent precisely on the Red Line, where you can lean over the manicured putting green at the edge of the precipice and see exactly nothing."
This excerpt comes from Chapter 17 of Once a Runner. To read the whole chapter, which will take you five minutes, use the link below. Go ahead...read it...it's poetry in describing running as we know it :) http://www.chesnes.com/personal/docs/OaR17.pdf
monday (on your own)
"Cassidy sought no euphoric interludes. They came, when they did, quite naturally and he was content to enjoy them privately. He ran not for crypto-religious reasons, but to win races, to cover ground fast. Not only to be better than his fellows, but better than himself. To be faster by a tenth of a second, by an inch, by two feet or two yards than he had been the week or year before. He sought to conquer the physical limitations placed upon him by a three-dimensional world (and if Time is the fourth dimension, that too was his province). If he could conquer the weakness, the cowardice in himself, he would not worry about the rest; it would come. Training was a rite of purification; from it came speed, strength. Racing was a rite of death; from it came knowledge. Such rites demand, if they are to be meaningful at all, a certain amount of time spent precisely on the Red Line, where you can lean over the manicured putting green at the edge of the precipice and see exactly nothing."
This excerpt comes from Chapter 17 of Once a Runner. To read the whole chapter, which will take you five minutes, use the link below. Go ahead...read it...it's poetry in describing running as we know it :) http://www.chesnes.com/personal/docs/OaR17.pdf
monday (on your own)
dynamic wu
+ light aerobic running
+ 6-8 x technique strides on grass
tuesday (6:00 AM)
800j, mcmillan wu
(on park grass adjacent to 10th Street)
women: 14-16 x 300 @ 6k xc pace, r= 90"
men: 16-20 x 300 @ 10k xc pace, r= 60"
+ general strength circuit at track
(+ W-TRACK team meeting at 3:30 PM, M-TRACK @ 4:00 PM)
(+ W-TRACK team meeting at 3:30 PM, M-TRACK @ 4:00 PM)
wednesday
400j + dynamic foot drill wu
+ aerobic running
+ hurdle walkovers
+ barefoot strides on grass
+ foot drills in sand & balance exercises
thursday
800j + dynamic wu & speed ladder
+ light aerobic running
+ 4 x 150 ins & outs (50 fast striding + 50 float + 50 fast striding)
+ hip work and/or mcmillan core
friday (in AM, time - tbd)
800j + mcmillan wu
+ light aerobic running
+ starts on grass in spikes
(those not racing)
+ AT running on track
+ AT running on track
+ general strength circuit
(+ PICTURES IN AFTERNOON?)
(+ PICTURES IN AFTERNOON?)
saturday
COMPETITION, very early AM departure
+ general strength
(those not racing, on your own)
+ general strength
(those not racing, on your own)
aerobic running
+ stretching
sunday (time - tbd)
long aerobic running at Kennesaw
+ cool-down exercises
+ recovery at training room
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