Sunday, February 1, 2009

One week until USA XC Champs in Derwood, Md.!

Training for week of Jan. 26

A tough week for training. We had a small snowstorm which left behind sheets of ice where I usually train.

I tested the cross country course in Derwood, Md. on Saturday. It is a rolling, difficult but fair 2-K loop course. The true difficulty will be the terrain, which is frozen over in parts, slippery throughout and bumpy. Hard to say what it will look like in a week, but with the open 12k race the last of the day, any ice left on the course will probably get ground up. Looks like it could be a mud bath.

M - AM 6 PM 6
T - 10 with 4 times (2 hard, 1 easy, 1 hard, 1 easy, 30 seconds hard, 1 easy)
W - 10 on treadmill
Th - 10
F - 10 - progression run on treadmill. Started at 7 minute pace, 6:00 by 2 miles, 5:45 by 4 miles, 5:30 pace miles 5-8, 6:30 pace miles 8-10.
S - 10 on and around XC course
S - 20 - 2:15
Total - 82

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