Moosletter — Week of October 9th

GENE davis invite

Great job to everyone who raced at the Gene Davis Invite on Saturday!

Ultimate frisbee

On Monday, October 10th meet at Engineering Hall at 5:30pm for ultimate frisbee! We will run to the U-Bay Fields from E-Hall and play there. All members are welcome!

Upcoming meets

Good luck to all of our members racing at the Drews Invite (10/15) and NIRCA Regionals (10/22)!

If you are considering traveling to Virginia for Nationals (November 12), please reach out to Matt Stilling or Alex Beckerman so that they can fill you in on details! Know that transportation will be largely up to you and fairly expensive. The Madison Marathon/Half Marathon is the next day (November 13), so that’s a fun alternative that a lot of people will be doing if you don’t want to drive 30 hours that weekend.

Please reach out to Matt Stilling (@mstilling@wisc.edu) with any questions about meets.

Volunteer with 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.

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 

Hurdlers: Hurdle drills: Lead leg/trail leg wall drills, trail leg hurdle hops, 3-step lead/trail drills

+3x150m @80% with 2 mins rest

Jumpers: 3 x 20m: Alternating bounds, Right leg bounds, Left leg bounds, RRLL bounds (high jumpers do skips for height)

+3x150m @80% with 2 mins rest

Sprinters: Ladder workout @80% : 100m, 150m, 200m, 250m, 200m, 150m, 100m

Rest: 3 mins

Everyone:

20m Lower leg strength/rehab circuit:

Toe walks (straight), Heel walks (straight), Toe walks (toes out), Heel walks (toes out), Toe walks (toes in), Heel walks (toes in)

Cooldown, stretch and core

Thursday

McClimon 6pm

Warm up

4-6 laps Straights and Curves

Stride the straights, jog (or walk) the curves

Cooldown, stretch, and core

WORKOUTS

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

DISTANCE Workout
Monday Ultimate frisbee! Meet at E-Hall 5:30pm.

 

Tuesday Workout: 1 minute pickups @ 5K effort, 20-second fast strides

  • 2-3 mile warmup, drills, and strides
  • 1-minute pickups @ 5k race effort/speed (1-minute jog recovery) 
  • 3 minutes walk/jog recovery in between sets
  • 20-second pickups @ mile race speed (jog 40-second recoveries).
  • 2-3 mile cooldown

Group 1: 12x1 minute @ 5K, 6x20 second strides @ mile effort

Group 2: 10x1 minute @ 5K, 5x20 seconds strides @ mile effort

Group 3: 8x1 minute @ 5K, 4x20 seconds strides @ mile effort

*This is strictly an effort based workout; no need to check your pace; just feel the right effort, and focus on rhythmical running, good posture, and staying calm in the storm, so to speak. The more you can stay calm when applying more speed the more fluid your stride becomes; hence, your efficiency improves and translates to improved race performance.

After the last fartlek pickups, run easy to moderate the remainder of the time. However, the last 5-minutes of this run or any other run should be jogging, to ease your body back to a restorative state that calms your hormones, mind, and lowers physical demand slowly.*

 

Wednesday

Recovery Day

3-7 miles easy or Light Cross Training

Ancillary: Barefoot 1&3

Thursday Workout: Threshold Work + Hills 

  • 2-3 mi warmup, drills, and a few strides
  • 3-minute intervals @ Threshold/10k effort (1 minute rest/ez jog), 40-sec hill intervals @ mile-3k effort (80 sec jog down recovery)
  • 2 mi cooldown

Group 1: 6x3min, 6x40sec hill

Group 2: 5x3min, 5x40 sec hill

Group 3: 4x3min, 4x40 sec hill 

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

 

Friday Flex Day

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

Ancillary: *Optional General Strength Circuit (1-4) x1*

 

Saturday Drews Neubauer Invite (UW-La Crosse)!

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)

 

Sunday Long Run

8-13 miles + 4-6 strides post-run (starting every minute)

Ancillary: Hip/Glute Circuit #1

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