Archive for January, 2011
Rob Myers, Training
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
When I came back from altitude I was very interested to see if I felt any different. Since my last post I have done 3 more 3×3 workouts and 2 more Hill sessions. My last 3×3 at altitude, which I have not posted about, I averaged around 5:25 pace with one minute rest. When I came home I got in at midnight and the next morning was Christmas Eve. I wasn’t really feeling up to a 3×3 that morning but I made myself do it anyway. The warm up was bad and I almost talked myself into just enjoying the next few days and making it up somehow. Luckily I didn’t. I ended up having a great workout and hitting everything around 5:13-5:15 pace with one minute rest. My best workout so far this season. I don’t know if it was coming back to sea level or what but It did seem like a nice positive step. My 3rd 3×3 was this past Friday and it wasn’t as positive of a step. I think the Holidays and maybe the amount of quality training has caught up to me. It was still a good workout though. I probably averaged around 5:20. Just goes to show that we still have some up and downs even when we are in really good shape. The important lesson is to learn to stay focused when things don’t go the way you expected them to.
Both of my Hill sessions went really well though. One was at altitude with Ofer and Matt and they really helped me get a good one in. Matt pushed me in the beginning and Ofer gave me someone to chase over the last 200m again. My latest session was back here in Ohio and I decided to do it in a new place. The hill leading up to Barnaby at Clear Creek seemed perfect and it was. The fist part is a little steep which makes sure I’m burning and focusing early. Once it is a little less steep I can focus on really getting my turn over up. I think I’m going to really enjoy doing them there in the future.
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