I sent the email to 72 people. I received replies from 33. One of these cannot rejoin us until next year. 32 indicated they either would like some particular focus, or would tag along.
Good. I now have just 32 people to consider.
Although it may seem disappointing that 39 did not bother to reply, it is OK, it means in turn I won’t have to bother about them. I now have 32 people to consider, cater for, think about how the training is affecting them. Many of the 39 have been peripheral at best, and I don’t mind them turning up if and when they please, but they must know they will experience “random” training sessions. There is an overall pattern in the training cycle, which is carefully thought out, whether that appears to be the case or not. It helps if you turn up regularly.
I can concentrate on just the 32. In future then there will be some specific 800m training for the few who indicated they would like that. At the same time, some 3k/5k training will be available too. The majority who replied see themselves as long distance runners. I will have to have a think about that; a slightly different focus for long distance specialists might be appropriate: long distance specialists probably don’t need as much speed work as we have been doing in our interval sessions.
I’m here for the 32.
