Thursday - February 2, 2006
Training AM: 30 mins slow
PM: 20 mins warm up, 5 times 4 minutes (20) with 2 min jog recovery, 10 mins
cool down
Day Mileage: about 10.5 miles
Week Mileage: about 31.5
Where: Steffisburg, Thun, Lerchenfeld
Training Details: Really light workout today. The 4 mins were to be at right below 4 min per k pace.
Christian Beltz finished 7th in the world-class Cinque Mulini XC race in Italy.
Friday - February 3, 2006
Training AM:
PM: 50 mins
Day Mileage: 6
Week Mileage: about 37.5 miles
Where: Steffisburg
Training Details: Easy running today. Legs felt a bit tired.
Saturday - February 4, 2006
Training AM: drove to Italy
PM: 20 mins course preview, sprints
Day Mileage: about 3 miles
Week Mileage: 40.5 miles
Where: San Vittore Olona
Training Details: Course was different. One small loop, 2 big ones. Really, really muddy and slippery most of the way...then run through a couple of mills/houses one was ahotel where they would put carpet down and open both sides of the mill and we would run THROUGH them! Bizzarrrrre!
Sunday - February 5, 2006-Race Day, Cinque Mullini or "Running of the Mills"
Training:
PM: 20 mins warm up, stretching, strides, 6k race in the mud, 15 mins
cool down
Day Mileage: about 9 miles
Week Mileage: 49.5
Where: ITALY
Quotes: "Ugly."
Training partners Astrid Leutert and Livia Burri were 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Racing Details: Catastrophe.........
Patience. Patience. Training will pay off in the long run. BIG PICTURE. I have to believe that all this work this year or in the next two years will blow up and taht I will really have a break through year in the next 5 years!!!...Thinking in terms of this many years is difficult since we as runners would like quick results, but we have to stay patient and not get discouraged. I am a bit negative after my race and down on myself...I have been running good workouts, but i just didn't feel right in my race. I felt sick beforehand and then once the gun went off, I just tried to stay mentally in the race because my body was surely out of it!.... i feel like I am in a lot better shape than what I ran in this race. As far as World's go....Well, I basically have to run really, really, extremely well at Swiss Championships when I come back from Portugal...I just have to believe in myself and use this training camp in Portugal over the next two weeks to build my confidence up, clear my head of this race, look forward, and get some solid training and solid miles in. IT WILL come together....To use Luci and Claud's favorite quote....believe, believe, believe...
Monday
- February 6, 2006
Training: off-- acupuncture
LEAVING FOR PORTUGAL ON WEDNESDAY FOR SOME HARDCORE TRAINING! And then hopefully come back and run really well at Swiss Cross Country Championships!
The race venue.
Billy Mills won Cinque Mullini and his picture was on a calendar we recieved as a gift at this meet! Yeah usa!!!!
type some of the names from the results into google if you are unfamiliar with them!!!!!!! MAN OH MAN SOME SUPER RIDICULOUS FAST WORLD CLASS ATHLETES HERE!!! SOOO COOOOL!
RESULS... JUNIORS ASTRID LEUTERT 2ND PLACE LIVIA BURRI 3RD PLACE
Men (10 km):
1. Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya, 30:31 (Olympic bronze medallist in the 3000m Steeplechase)
2. Brimin Kipruto, Kenya, 30:33
3. Fabiano Joseph, Tanzania, 30:46 (Reigning World Half-Marathon champion)
4. Gabriele De Nard, Italy, 30:51
5. Bernard Kipyego, Kenya, 30:55 (World junior Cross Country silver medallist)
6. Moustafa Mohammed, Sweden, 31:07
7. Christian Belz, Switzerland, 31:11 (
8. Jonathan Wyatt, New Zealand, 31:16
9. Abrehem Feleke, Ethiopia, 31:30
10. Abdelaziz El Idrissi, Morocco, 31:35
11. Giuliano Battocletti, Italy, 31:41
12. Luciano Di Pardo, Italy, 31:51
22. Rolf Rüfenacht (Sz) 2:03 behind leader.
27. David Valterio (Sz) 2:34 "
28. Ueli Koch (Sz) 2:36 "
(Am very proud of our Swiss guys!!! They ran well!
Women (6 km):
1. Aniko Kalovics, Hungary, 20:43
2. Docus Inzikuru, Uganda, 20:47
3. Patrizia Tisi , Italy, 20:53
4. Silvia Weissteiner, Italy, 21:11
5. Emily Pidgeon, Great Britain, 21:16 junior who was 1st in front of Astrid...very young!! 16 yrs old
6. Renate Rungger, Italy, 21:21
7. Harriet Dean, Great Britain, 21:35
8. Catherine Ramsey, Great Britain, 21:37
9. Johanna Lehtinen, Sweden, 21:45
10. Rosanna Martin, Italy, 21:50
http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33388.html
OFFICIAL IAAF WEBSITE for some cool pics etc...
NEXT: February 7, 8 – On to Portugal and the start of "Asi's" Corner...
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