Coach Blog: Fall training November 17-23
We are right back at it this week. Since cross country season for us is a means to an end, there’s no need to take more than the cyclical down week as a break.
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Coach Blog: Fall training November 10-16
This week was a pretty light week. We did a fairly easy tempo on the Monday, 20min as 10min out, 10min back on the canal.
Coach Blog: Fall training November 3-9
This week was pretty big in terms of volume, as despite most runners being done their xc seasons, we are still in build mode.
Coach Blog: Fall training October 27-November 2
After a successful provincial xc championship that saw 4 of our club runners move on to national school championships (Jullien Flynn, Melanie Myrand, Francois Jarry to CIS and Nassim Ennabaoui to CCAA), we moved back into build mode for the next two weeks.
Coach Blog: Fall training October 20-26
This week we switched things around a bit because of the provincial cross-country championships on the weekend.
Coach Blog: Fall training October 13-19
This was an interesting week for a few reasons. It was week two of a build up, so we had a fairly big load last week, and the plan was to have a similarly heavy load this week.
Coach Blog: Fall training October 6-12
This week was a fairly big load. We started building up the amount of quality running on Monday, and Wednesday we really hit it with an intense couple of intervals.
Coach Blog: Fall training September 29-October 5
Hello again!
This week’s training featured a test and some light fartlek. Nothing fancy as we were on an easy week.
Coach Blog: Fall training September 22-28
This week was a pretty big week, in a lot of different ways. Monday was a huge workout, as we jogged down to the canal and joined the Concordia Stingers cross country team in a steady state run.
Coach Blog: Fall training September 15-21
This week was pretty heavy on the training. We did a hill workout, a cruise workout with some fairly long intervals, and a long run.
Coach Blog: Fall Training September 9-15
This week was a bit of a different kind of week. We’ve been at it for two weeks and so it was time for a rest.
Coach’s Blog: Fall Training September 1-8
Last week I hinted that the theme for this week would be borrowed workouts. Indeed, each of the three workouts I have lifted from a different, reliable source.
Coach’s blog: fall training August 25-31
It is fall! My favourite time of year for many reasons, not least of which is that it is cross country season.
10000m racing in Canada
Last weekend in Quebec City, our group had some success at the FQA 10000m championships. The 10k track champs, run separately from the provincial championship meet to give runners a chance to double up in the 5000m, has been going on for 3 years now, or at least 2 as official provincial championship, and one unofficial.
Conseils du Coach/Advice from the Coach: Running Form
I get asked a lot about running form, and I have to admit, I am often at a loss about what to say.
Conseils du Coach/Advice from the Coach: The Long Run
The long run is often the centrepiece of the training week, especially for marathoners. It’s a great aerobic stimulus, and for marathoners and half-marathoners, it can be a race-specific workout, too.