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Sunday, June 24, 2012

a bit of program history

Week five on the schedule and time to move from the transition phase to the aerobic conditioning phase.  Keep in mind there are still two more weeks of just easy aerobic running.  But now we should really be looking at those weekly mileage numbers and making every effort to hit them. Now is also a good time to be reminded of all those little things that we do while at school but sometimes neglect while at home...stretching and mobility, daily supplements, general strength, daily recovery strategies, icing, etc.  Also, as we move past the transition phase, let's make an effort to run more hilly routes that will improve leg strength as we build aerobic ability.  Lastly, twenty years ago our 4x400 became at that time only the second relay in NCAA history to break 3:00, narrowing missing the collegiate record while winning the championship.  Recently it was uploaded to youtube.  The last two legs would go on to win gold medals in the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta.  Enjoy!


49 comments:

Eric said...

42 last week. About to go do my long run and it's 95 degrees. Awesome video, Coach.

Unknown said...

36 last week, i took a day off since i hadnt the previous week

Caroline said...

36

Elizabeth said...

Cross training. Hope to start running this week.

Cameron Reid said...

29 for last week. It was a rough beginning of the week, but I rallied well at the end of the week. I start my 6 day a week schedule this week, so I I should fall right in line with our plan for the year.

Also, awesome video! Very inspirational! I would like to point out the fact that I have the singlet version of that uniform as well.

Nat E said...

44 miles last week. Great video!

Hayley said...

30 for the week

Alec said...

41 last week

Chance Eldredge said...

3! Anyone else happen to be in Panama City?

Chance Eldredge said...

3! Anyone else happen to be in Panama City?

morgs said...

Nice vid! 0!

JWeg said...

38

Austin O'Connell said...

43 miles for me. Foot hasn't hurt in about 2 weeks now, so I'd say it's healed.

megan b said...

38 miles. I did a very hot ten miler around DC today around all the monuments, the White House and the Capital.

Deejerz said...

1. Very cool vid.

2. Anyone who has a GPS watch should join Strava. It's awesome. www.strava.com

Also, if you don't have a GPS watch you can still join and upload your runs or just follow everyone else.

3. Anyone who is on/around campus and wants to start meeting me at the AA in the mornings (around 7:30-8:00) let me know. 678-951-5143. Also, I'm gonna start going to Kennesaw to run on Sundays for a long run if you'd like to join me.

Shawn said...

First week back dropped 27 miles. Should be just enough to keep me faster than Doug until around November.

Katie T said...

36

Brandon said...

34 for last week.

Jeremy said...

7. My week off was delightful. Start back running tomorrow.

patrick said...

51

Obiandu said...

42 and love the video coach.

Anonymous said...

Katie V
40

Rachel H said...

29

Austen said...

48

Elena said...

40

Christian said...

love the video! really feeling good hitting mileage now..35 for last week and feeling really strong!

Adonis said...

0

Paige said...

29

Laura Serres said...

29

Anonymous said...

i can never figure out how to work this thing.... but my mileage was 30. i was about 6 miles short, the heat is killing me... and my couch has devoured my watch.

-rachael g

Unknown said...

30, and I'll be late reporting next week too, Vacation!!!

Niall said...

Only 26 miles this past week. My foot began bothering me so I took it easy towards the later part of the week. It doesnt look serious so hopefully I will be back on track soon.

Saxon said...

0

Mary Kate said...

47 last week

deej--i don't know how i feel about strava. i got my garmin watch stolen so ive been using strava since last week, but i've ran with maureens garmin watch twice along with strava on my iphone, and strava overcalculated a little both days. unless the garmin watch is wrong. i suppose its an unknown mystery which one is actually correct.

p.s. that vid is supah legit!

Allison said...

Only 14 for last week - see my email please!

mcmeekin said...

41

Deejerz said...

MK - when I compare it to my garmin connect account, strava does seem to have a tendency to over estimate/round up. The most I could find it rounding up was from 7.90 to 8.0, which doesn't make any sense to me since strava does go to the tenths. It also rounds down, but I've seen it round down from 5.64 to 5.6 and up from 8.13 to 8.2, so I have no idea when it decides to. From June 18 - June 24 it was off by +.06 (.06 miles over). I think I can live with that. I round to the whole number when calculating my weekly mileage anyway.

Greer said...

40 on the week

Justin said...

39 hilly miles, if anyone is up in my area (Pickens), there are some great hills to run and plenty of rivers to cool off in afterwards

joe stowe said...

41 miles of undulating aerobic awesome. The week consisted primarily of easy late-afternoon runs through the hand-manicured trails of Wesleyan, which happens to be across the street from Careerbuilder & Seimens. @Shawn - you need 27 miles to beat doug? Lauren Fleshman just made the olympic trials 5k final on 10mi/week...Here's the interview

Zack Fanelty said...

I rep GT up in the streets of VB, people know who I am, respect. 32.5 last week, those .5 miles add up.

Diana Pressel said...

32!

Kelly said...

21

Maria B said...

27. sorry for late reply, I was on vacation! That video was awesome!!

Unknown said...

38 miles this week

Wout said...

30 for my first week.

Wyatt Gouldthorpe said...

30 for my first week back.

Doug said...

43 miles for this week.

Veith said...

Sorry I have been in Europe for the past 2 weeks, and I am just catching up on my mileage posts.

I did 35, lower than what i wanted but I missed a day because of travel