The training camp has continued to involve something hard every day. Tuesday we did a run / swim in the morning at the 27.5 meter pool. We keep doing the same workouts we would in the 25 yard pool, but instead of 5,000 yards we’re actually getting in 5500 meters. It’s almost like free mileage […]
Category Archives: trail run
I Did That Poorly
Every time you do a new workout you should build into and get to know how your body is going to react. Today I didn’t do that. We started a set of 22x 30†at 5k+ pace 30†tempo (coach said easy, but it was only relative). I tried to stay with Simon and Kyle, […]
Searching for Tolerable Training
We headed to the North Shore of Oahu just before Christmas. I was hoping for a week in the “country†with some nice cycling and running through the woods, but by December 26th I was nearly in tears with frustration over poor training opportunities. It seemed to me that, contrary to what one would expect, […]