Track season finally arrived. And with it, an incredible peak of tiredness through the second half of the month. Something very close to what the Germans call "Spring Tiredness" (
wikipedia link) or, to be fair and formally correct, "Frühjahrsmüdigkeit". Non-German readers: please don't close the page now. It's three words in one, nothing more than that, don't be scared.
Anyway, despite this huge lack of forces that asked for more than one day off, I can definitely say I started with the right foot. First race over the 3000 m SC and personal best (10:15.75), simply controlling the splits and running as smoothly as possible. Nothing great, but another small brick in the wall before the intense month of May.
Here the diary entries for the past April:
We 01/04/2015 - Hilly 35' (float uphills).
Th 02/04/2015 - 20' with 10 waterjumps, running drills, 2 easy strides on grass, easy 2x150 m strides, 1x400 m (57"5), 10' walk rest, 1x400 m (60"2), 200 m jog rest, 1x200 m stride, 10' walk rest, 6x200 m with 4 hurdles (200 m jog rest), 2 laps on grass (float long sides, medium short sides), CD.
Fr 03/04/2015 - Hilly 60'. 20' jog, running drills, 2 easy strides on grass, 6x100 m with 8 hurdles (W 100 m hs - 4 feet), 2 easy strides, CD.
Sa 04/04/2015 - Slow 20', 2 easy strides on grass, 1x1000 m (2'58"), 8' walk rest, 2x(200-300 m, 100-200 m jog rest), 8' walk rest, 1x1000 m (3'00"), 2 laps progression on grass, CD.
Su 05/04/2015 - Slow 30'.
Mo 06/04/2015 - RACE: 11.3 km (Marcia dell'Angelo - Vittorio Veneto). Off.
Tu 07/04/2015 - Off.
We 08/04/2015 - Easy 60'.
Th 09/04/2015 - 25' progression, 2 easy strides on grass, easy 2x150 m strides, 1x800 m (2'13"), 6' walk rest, 4x400 m (70", 200 m jog rest), 8' walk rest, easy 3x200 m (200 m jog rest), CD.
Fr 10/04/2015 - Easy 40'.
Sa 11/04/2015 - Arms and core strength. 15'.
Su 12/04/2015 - Easy 20', 2 easy strides, 6x300 m with 16 random hurdles (200 m jog rest, road), CD. Hilly 30' (easy 10', 10' with float uphills, easy 10').
Mo 13/04/2015 - Easy 50'.
Tu 14/04/2015 - Slow 30', 20' rowing machine, legs and core strength.
We 15/04/2015 - Easy 15', easy 15' XC, CD.
Th 16/04/2015 - 25' progression, 2 easy strides on grass, easy 2x150 m strides, 4x600 m with 5 random hurdles/lap (1'55"-2'00", 200 m jog rest), 6' walk rest, 3x300 m with 5 random hurdles (55", 100 m jog rest), 6' walk rest, 4 diagonal strides on grass (short side jog rest), CD.
Fr 17/04/2015 - Easy 30', legs and core strength.
Sa 18/04/2015 - 55' XC roller ski. Slow 30'.
Su 19/04/2015 - Easy 25', 2 easy strides, 4x300 m with 16 random hurdles (200 m jog rest), 5' walk rest, 3x200 m with 3 random hurdles (100 m jog rest), CD.
Mo 20/04/2015 - Off.
Tu 21/04/2015 - Easy 20' with random hurdles, arms and core strength.
We 22/04/2015 - Off.
Th 23/04/2015 - Off.
Fr 24/04/2015 - Off.
Sa 25/04/2015 - RACE: 3000 m SC (Verdener Bahneröffnung - Verden).
Su 26/04/2015 - Easy 45' with some random hurdles.
Mo 27/04/2015 - Legs and core strength.
Tu 28/04/2015 - Easy 20', 2 easy strides on grass, easy 2x150 m, 1x400 m (59", 200 m jog rest), 1x200 m (31"), 5' walk rest, 2x(3x300 m with 5 random hurdles, 100 m jog rest), 5' walk rest in-between, 5 diagonal strides on grass, CD.
We 29/04/2015 - 20', 2 easy strides, 10x300 m on grass (100 m jog rest), 15'.
Th 30/04/2015 - Arms, legs and core strength.