Sample Training #3 - Specific Endurance

#3 Specific Endurance

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If you want to know what is the best training to improve speed in middle distance races, this is it! It is not sprint work - it is "endurance" training specific to the event you are targeting.

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Specific for a 3k, 5k, even 10k race would be kilometre intervals on the track, for example. We sometimes run 3 x 1km intervals with a handicap start (so that runners finish together), and a not-all-that-slow jog recovery, restarting on every 9 minutes. The kilometres are run "as fast as possible". This session is excellent preparation for 3000m racing, and up, as it helps develop a focus on one kilometre at a time. It also helps the runner calculate the best even pace to target for in the 3000m race.

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Specific for an 800m race would, for example, be 4 x 200 with very short recoveries at the desired race pace; another session would be a 600m time trial at that pace then running off the track and completing the projected time.

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Aquathlon results

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Some Team Moore members competed in last Thursday's aquathlon events

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2006 Aquathlon Series Race 1
Black Mountain Peninsula

Thursday, 19 January 2006

Short - 300m swim / 2.5km run
Place Name Cat Overall Pl Swim CP Pl Run CP Pl
5 Roger Pilkington M45-49 1 15:42 5 5:35 1 29 10:07 1 2
39 Ruth Baussmann F55-59 2 20:35 39 6:57 2 50 13:38 2 34

Long - 600m swim / 5km run
Place Name Cat CP Overall Pl Swim CP Pl Run CP Pl
40 Bob Harlow M55-59 1 33:28 40 13:25 3 74 20:03 1 16
71 Aki & Flashduck Team 1 39:16 71 16:17 1 84 22:59 1 48
77 Caroline Campbell F60-64 1 41:18 77 16:06 1 83 25:12 1 63

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W30 record holders

The following appears on the front page of February's Vetrunner ... and all four young ladies train with Team Moore.

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