Sunday, March 16, 2008

THE REST OF THE WEEK

Quick update on the training. Comments and a final video to follow - hopefully I can put together something to rival Ian Donald's work on the last video.

DAY 5: TUESDAY MARCH 11th
7:00AM: Swim 4500 yds with MS: 18x50@0:50" d1-3, 9x100@1:30 d1-3, 3x200 @2:45 d1-3, with 200 rec'y between sets
10:30AM: Bike to Mile 14-16 of Mt Lemmon, or heat protocol on trainers for PATCO athletes
4:00PM: Run 5x1k for PATCO athletes (Ryan dropped the hammer on this one), 45' base run for non-PATCO

DAY 6: WEDNESDAY MARCH 12th
9:30AM: 50' Run with MS: 4'steady, 4x(1'tempo/1'easy), 4' steady, with 2' jog rec'y between sets
11:00AM: Heat Protocol
3:30PM: 4.5k long course, MS: 5x100 + 500, 4x100 + 400, 3x100 + 300, 2x100 + 200 (thanks Joel)

DAY 7: THURSDAY MARCH 13th
7:00AM: 4500yds with MS: 12x50 @ 0:60" (1 blast, 1 fast, 1 easy), 6x(125 @ 1:25, 75 @ 1:25 - Neil's 'eye-opener' set), 2x600 (with an option for 3x200 d1-3 for anyone feeling good)
10:30AM: Bike - big ride of the week - up Mt Lemmon for some pie in Summerhaven
PM - some athletes run in PM, Kerry runs off of bike
7:00PM: Team Dinner - Mexican food

DAY 8: FRIDAY MARCH 14th
9:00AM: Bike 90' on Old Spanish Trail - supposed to be base effort, but there were some attacks
2:15PM: Run 50' with 4x(2' tempo, 2' jog) OR Ultimate Frisbee. Kerry opted for the run, everyone else (including Stevo, Scotty and JP) played frisbee (Andy Russell slept under a tree after hanging on to Stevo on the Mt Lemmon climb yesterday). Stefan's team beats Jay & Craig's team 7-6 in an epic 30' game.
3:00PM(ish): Swim ~2500yds, flush recovery with some short sets written by athletes. Coach Timms warms up with a 50fly to bring his relay team home second. Scotty swims a 26.2 for 50 from a generous flying start.
7:00PM: Golden Corral

DAY 9: SATURDAY MARCH 15th
Departure back to reality - cue "The OC"-esque music as we pull out of the driveway.

2 comments:

Angela Quick said...

Thanks Craig (and everyone else that was in Tucson) for the awesome camp. Top Notch!

donald said...

good use of the word epic, craig. that frisbee was epic.