Race Day 13/10/2012

So I was suppose to compete today but due to the snow warning the meet was canceled so this means my first 400m Hurdles for the season will have be done on the day of the event as it is not scheduled on next weeks track program. Due to the meeting being canceled, I ended up just training instead. I completed two 200m at race pace today. They felt smooth and fast so hopefully this can transfer into my racing next week and I can achieve some fast times.

Joined Hill City University

Today I finally joined Hill City University Athletics Club. In doing so i have switched from my old club Kiwi Athletics Club, whom is based in Wellington. This change means that I will no longer be competing under the yellow and black colors of Wellington at nationals, instead trading them in for the blue and yellow of Otago.

Training for Week 10

Here is my plan for week 10. On Saturday I plan on running my first 400m Hurdles of the season, heres hoping it all goes well :) .

Review of Week 9

Week 10 was tough on me as I spent a lot of the first half of the week recovering from competing on Saturday therefore RPEs were higher than they should have been. The average RPE for the week was 8 so it still could have been worse. Apart from feeling sluggish at the start the body started to come to and was able to get some good training in later in the week.

Start of Training for Week 9

As this is the last week of training before I start competing, I am hoping that it will go smoothly without to many problems. Although my knee has been playing up over the last month I plan on keeping up with the foam rolling of adductors to allow me to keep on training.

Training For the Month of October

Here my whole training program for the month of October. As October marks the begin of the Athletics New Zealand Season, I will be aiming to get in a few races before my 400m Hurdles on the 27th of October. The plan is to run two 400m Hurdles in this month the first being on the 13th October and the other being my event. I will also attempt to complete a 110m Hurdles and a 200m race in the weekend separating the two 400m hurdles.

Review of Week 8

In review this week of training was a rather tough week of training. The average RPE was 8.5. This was highly due to me competing in the multi events comp yesterday. Earlier in the week there was a lot of longer reps, but the Sunday was high due to the fact that I was still recovering fro competing in 6 events just the day before. I decided not to do weights on Thursday night as I was wanting to protect my legs for the upcoming competition on Saturday. Thursdays session was disappointing as I could not get it to click for me but thankfully it clicked on Saturday and I was able to get over the full 10 hurdles for the first time at that height since Europe last year. Saturday turned out to be a huge confidence booster and now i just cant wait to get into training for next week, hoping for big things.