This upcoming week (beginning today, May 18th) is a volume week, the first ‘non-transition’ or ‘recovery’ type week for this new year. I will continue to outline week formats and suggested other workouts before each week on this blog (see the bottom of each post, including this one). For day-by-day training, the Google Doc is always the most detailed schedule! Check often for updates and cancellations…for example, it looks like thunderstorms might roll in tomorrow…
Plans for training are all well and good, but they are guides and not rulebooks. In a group this diverse, there will always be a big gap between how much one athlete needs to be training compared to the next. In some cases, the workouts an athlete completes AWAY from the club (days when we do not meet as a group) are just as important. This is when the opportunity arises to train some additional volume…or take some rest! It all depends on the skier and I hope to be able to provide more and more of that specific advice on just what to do as I meet with athletes individually, get to know them and their training habits, and get a feel for how the group as a whole is responding to training. That last part should be more clear as we get into tougher weeks and additional modes of training like rollerskiing and bounding.
In the past week we road biked, mountain biked, got our swell on, and ran a good deal. On Saturday we had some parents join along for a combo bike/run. We biked from Richmond up the Bolton access road (2/3 of the way up) and then switched to running gear to run/hike up and back down the forest trail at Honey Hollow. I think Will S. got a photo of the bike ride on his phone, but all I have to pass along now is a shot from the run. The green colors have really come out in this past week and the forests are beautiful. As always, were are keeping watchful eyes out for ticks and poison ivy!
Running at Honey Hollow. An out-and-back of all uphill, then all downhill
For this week?
Training Week 8: May 18
Week Type: Volume
Suggested additional workouts:
-At least one longer, easy distance effort like a hike (2 or 2+ hours)
-Try to get in a dedicated strength-type workout aside from the work we do at scheduled practices
-If group members are running in the marathon on Sunday, take Saturday as an easy run with some speeds/striders up to 45 min total. Sit out the longer threshold intervals happening in Jericho. Check back on the Google Doc for a possible ‘marathon-prep’ workout on Friday afternoon!
Final note:
For any MNC members or friends, we will be helping out at the Fellowship of the Wheel trail work day at Mud Pond in Williston on Thursday afternoon/evening. We train here often and this is a great way to give back and build some brute strength at the same time! For more info, click HERE
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