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"If I'm not out there training, someone else is."
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thirstywork2 wrote: »Great weeks training,have you planned any rest days?
Like you said x-country is great as you get away from times and just race.
Good luck in your races
Since the new year I have replaced "rest" days with active recovery which is usually 4-5 miles at 8-9 min pace and even slower sometimes and so far is working very well for me. Gonna continue to keep it up as long as I feeling okay in training if it doesnt work with the higher mileage I will go by feel and take a rest day when needed0 -
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I am indeed man nothing like a bit of a mud bath to "ease" me back into XC haha. Doing a light session tomorrow if you interested in the morning (track)? Got your text two about next week should be around for that off that day anyway
Jesus if you call that easing into it you are a harder man than me
Best of luck anyway. I'm going to avoid that track for a while it knocked the crap out of my old legs last time I trained on it and brought on the onset of the dreaded shin splints. See ya next week 0 -
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While we were over there it came to our attention that the World XC Championships were on some 30 min across the bother from where we were staying. It would have been a shame to miss such an opportunity so a group of us hired a bus and decided to head over. With the time difference between Spain and Portugal meant we had a very early start so we left the hotel by 7.30am and got there in plenty of time.
To our suprise they were only charging for tickets into the stand where the start/finish line was the rest of the course was completely open to the public free of charge so we said we would stay around tere as you would see more of the race. The course itself was immaculate. The grass for the course looked like it had been specially grown just for the race and looked artificial compared to the surrounding grass and plantlife. The course was also well shaded so basically this course was perfect conditions for the runners (basically think of the polar opposite to any Irish XC course you have ever seen)
As the Junior races took off I was in awe. In all my years of running I had never seen anything like it. Though I had watched the East Africans numerous times on the tele my mind just couldnt comprehend the sheer speed these athletes were running at ( and these were only the girls) EvenIn the Junior mens race we cheered on Shane Quinn the first lap who seemed to be doing pretty well up in the top 20/30. One of the lads was taking splits clocking Shane at roughly 5.28 per lap (roughly 2k) and at this couldnt even keep with the leading pack. Its no wonder his legs went all of a sudden and he was forced to drop out. Another notable runner in my mind was Eric Olson a US Junior who looked to have some sort of calf injury sustained in the race. Despite this he hobbled by us with no signs of stopping ( and this was with 3k to go..... some guts on him).
The Womens race was prob the highlight with the Irish interest in Fionnuala and her battle with Purdue from GB for the top Euro finisher.
After the races had concluded me and another lad went autograph hunting. Managed to slip are way into the victory ceremony but with all the guards there was no way we were getting anywhere near the athletes. Then we caught a glimpse of Jerry Schumacher (one of the top US Coaches) on the other side. We thought we may be able to get over to get his as we figured security would be too preoccupied with the athletes to focus on the coaches. We were wrong though we had found the athletes exit by mistake and with this waited till we started seeing few flock out.
Managed to aqcuire fair few signatures - Molly Huddle (US 5k record holder), Lisa Koll (scoring member of the US team that got bronze on the day), Linet Masai (2nd and current 10k World Champion)
We then managed to get chatting to a few of the Australian team who were very nice and chatted away one of them not too well known unless you follow US college running - David McNeill, the other a bit more recognizable to the general running community in Craig Mottram getting their signatures after the chat to which rounded off a productive day. By the end we were all exhausted after early start and being out in the sun all day (I only mention this as my excuse for no LSR on sunday from the log previously) 0 -
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Fair play on the training this year, it's paying off....pity the rest of the mods wound'nt get there ass in gear
I think they would probably say that me training has given them more work over last while as my boards time has been significantly limited over the last while (doesnt help that work have a block on the site since Xmas to lol:D)0 -
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Day|Training|Distance|Pace|Time
Monday |Steady run/ Progression |9.49 miles|6.35 mile pace|1.02.32
This one was not exactly by the book (though thankfully coach away at moment so not around to give out to me). Planned on just heading out on an easy run but was feeling good and just kept getting faster and faster. Tried easing it back a few times but each time i stepped off the gas it lasted about a half mile before i started getting progressively faster again. Though was not the plan I happy enough to get it in as will only have one session in the next week and a half as racing Sunday and next wed so a half session early in the week could be a blessing in disguise 0
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