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A big week for us runners!

Printer friendly version Posted on: Monday May 04 11:35:18 AM
This is the start of the biggest week in running for team Daddyo.

Sarah has  1500m and 300m track races this week and although preliminary rounds, she is gearing up to get herself ready for the more important events in the following weeks.

Cameron has Cross Country City finals on Wednesday and is hoping to pull it all together for the win after finishing 2nd at the regional finals last week. If he can tough it out and get a good start, then he has a great chance. Their coach took the team through the new course on Saturday which the other schools may or may not have done. Any advantage in racing helps!

And for me, it is the fateful week of the Mississauga marathon, where I am hoping to run a 14 minute personal best and qualify for Boston.

Training finished off well with a solid tempo run on Saturday up and down the 400m Bowmore hill. It's only a slight hill and ran it at slightly faster than goal race pace with no recoveries down the hill. I felt this would be a good last hard workout considering that Mississauga is a hilly route, fortunately more down than up! Sunday was a recovery run and very enjoyable on such a nice day.

I visited my acupuncture / A.R.T. girl today and hopefully my hamstring issues are sorted. Although I feel soreness where we worked on things like glutes and hips, I do feel the improvements in movement and strength reserves in my legs and I am looking forward to see how this translates come race say.

I have no doubts that I am capable of running a 3:20:59 or better but the stars will need to align. Good weather, good rest, good eating and down to me, a good smart race. I am mentally preparing and planning the race in my head now. Very preoccupied, very excited yet not really nervous....yet.

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 Posted by Dave on: Monday May 04 11:35:18 AM

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