Practice is on for Thursday and Ms. Duncan will lead

Erg is:

4 x 10 minutes at CAT 4 SPM is 22, 23,24,25 REST is 3 minutes

We are doing:

• 3 x 13 minutes with 3 minutes rest – SPM 24
• CAT 4
• Each 13 minute cycle you should attempt to do 100m more than previous

We are training Tuesday and Thursday. I’ll post the training plan tomorrow morning.

A number of you did the 2k evaluation last week. It went very well and we can now establish your baseline for training. Please engage with the coaches to determine this.

For those that have not done the 2k please work with the coaches this week to do one. This is important for us to get you training

Hope to see you this week.

As far I know we are still good for training at the school this week. The blog will be updated with the latest information.

Training this week is Monday and Wednesday.

Monday

• 500/1000/500/1000 times 3 SPM 25 for 500m 24 for 1000m

Wednesday

• 2000 m evaluation

The coaches and teacher reps talked this afternoon and we have decided to scale practices back to two a week.   This will be the plan for the rest of the year through the remainder of November and December. For this week it means that the only remaining practice this week is Thursday.

There are a number of reasons for doing this  There is little that the coaches can do to make sitting on an erg in the basement of a high school any more exciting than it is <insert smiley face>.  This is a reality of training for this sport and it can’t be made into anything else.  

The discussion amongst the coaches and teacher reps is that scaling back and focusing our efforts for a smaller number of practices per week will help retain interest amongst the athletes and also the coaches.   If there is enough of a committment we can scale up to three days per week.  However, this would require the athletes to show the coaches/teacher reps that we will see higher attendance numbers. There is limited interest in a five day a week training plan and it would take a very large shift from the coaches to consider it.

The plans for the indoor winter training season is to then follow through on a two day a week training plan through the rest of the year and into the new year. As of February 1st we’ll scale up to 5 practices a week and start the work towards an outdoor season beginning early in April.

Here is the training plan for this week.

Monday

4 x 2500 metres 4 min rest SPM 23, 24.,25,23

Tuesday

2 x 5000 metres 5 minute rest CAT 5 SPM 23 to 24

Wednesday

Circuit training at CAT 3

Thhhhusrsday

thhhhreee times thhhreeee thousand metres thhhreee minute rest SPM 23,24,25

Friday

500m/1000m/500m/1000m times 2 SPM 26,24,26,24 CAT 3 to CAT 4