Moosletter — Week of October 16th

Drews Invite

Great job to everyone who raced at the Drews Invite in La Crosse on Saturday!

Nirca Regionals

NIRCA Regionals is this weekend in Geneva, IL! Check out this spreadsheet to sign up for a hotel room and to see the car lists.  Please reach out to Matt Stilling (@mstilling@wisc.edu) or Alex Beckerman (@asbeckerman@wisc.edu) with any questions NIRCA Regionals.

Volunteer Opportunities

Arboretum Trail Volunteering: On Saturday, October 29th from 9am-12noon we will go to the Arb to help with prairie restoration! See more information here and sign up here

RACE: Meet at the picnic point trail entrance at 9am on Saturdays to be paired up to run with a kid with autism! Sign up here.

Please contact Brock Thompson (bwthompson@wisc.edu) with any questions about volunteering opportunities.

WINDBREAKERS ARE HERE

If you ordered a windbreaker and have not received it yet, please contact Sammie Corning (email scorning@wisc.edu or on Slack).

WORKOUTS

SPRINTS: Meet at the Shell at 6:30pm on Monday and McClimon outdoor track at 6pm on Thursday.

SPRINTS Workout
Monday

Shell 6:30pm

Warm up and 2 accels

3 sets x 4 x 50m

Rest between reps: walk back

Rest between sets: 4 minutes

Cooldown, stretch and core

Thursday

McClimon 6pm

Warm up and 2 accels

6-8 x 200m @ 75-80% 

Rest: 3 minutes

Cooldown, stretch and core

WORKOUTS

DISTANCE: Meet at Engineering Hall at 5:30pm Mon-Thurs and 9am Sat/Sun

DISTANCE Workout
Monday Steady Easy Volume or *optional* Cross Training

4-8 miles, depending on your training load and how you’re feeling.

 

Tuesday Workout: 800m Intervals

2 mi warmup, 5x800m @ Interval Effort (2.5 minute jog/walk rest), 2 mi cooldown

  • Group 1&2: 5x800m
  • Group 3: 4x800m
  • Take your mile PR (or best guess) and add 6-8 seconds per laps from this mile pace (ex. For a 5:00 miler (75 seconds per lap), you would be running ~81-83 seconds per lap at “Interval intensity”)

Ancillary: General Strength #1-4 (pick 2 circuits)

 

Wednesday Recovery Day

3-7 miles easy or Light Cross Training

Ancillary: Barefoot 1&3

 

Thursday If racing on Saturday: Track Workout - 2x200m @ mile, 1k @ CV, 2x200m @ mile

Vdot Pace Chart

*Use Vdot chart to determine paces

**All groups together**

2 mile warmup + drills/strides, 2x200m @ mile (200m jog RC), 3 minutes easy, 1k @ CV, 1-2 minutes easy, 2x200m @ mile (200m jog RC), 1-2 mi cooldown

Ancillary: None, stretch and foam roll


If not racing on Saturday: Alternating 800’s 

  • 2 mi warmup, sprint drills, and a few strides
  • Continuous alternating 800’s (800m @ cross country effort, 800m steady - steady pace should be ~60 seconds slower than CC effort)
  • 2 mi cooldown

Group 1 & 2: 4.5 miles of alternating work

Group 3: 4 miles of alternating work 

Ancillary: General Strength Circuits 1-4 (pick 2)

 

Friday If racing: Pre-Race

2-6 miles with 4-6 strides and drills


If not racing: Steady Volume Day + 6x20/20 Fartlek Strides

3-8 miles easy

6x20 seconds at mile effort, 20 seconds easy jog. 

Ancillary: General Strength #1-4 (pick 1 circuit)

 

Saturday NIRCA Regionals!

OR if not racing: Long Run with Second Half Faster

8-12 mile long run - first half relaxed, second half at a faster (but comfortable) pace

Ancillary: Hip/Glute Circuit #2

 

Sunday Flex Day

a few miles of easy running, light cross training, or off

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