Training and the outfit
April 22nd, 2008 by DuncanWell the clock is definitely chugging along at a great pace towards this year’s MDC, numbers are up up up so get ready for a huge morning, whether you are down at Southbank in Brisbane with me, or at the many other MDC venues around Australia. This week should see your training starting to increase from the past couple of weeks as you approach the top of your pyramid of training intensity.
I wrote last week about naturally increasing your distance and heart-rate, well for the next two weeks you should be jogging/walking your longest time and distances with the most consistent heart-rate under 155 beats per minute.
In another aspect of your preparations, how is your sponsorship going? You can help a good cause raise those extra funds – and be in the running for some great prizes – by getting your friends, neighbours and work colleagues to sponsor you in the MDC.
Finally, have you thought about printing t-shirts or dressing your ‘crew’ in all the same outfits to make a statement of support for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families? Every year the MDC sees spectacular outfits worn by teams of people supporting someone they know or breast cancer in general. So what are you going to wear? Don’t get left out by not preparing how you’re going to look on Mothers Day. Get your family and friends together and make a group statement with colourful outfits and matching clothing. Inspiration is everywhere, as people wear printed photos of their loved ones on their clothing in remembrance. You won’t be alone believe me, you will see some very strange sights at the start the line as many participants go all out to win the ‘over-the-top’ outfit award!
The outfit can sometimes be more important than the training!
Good luck with both this week.
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Hi Duncan. This is my first attempt at the MDC, and I am trying to fit training around work, kids, and the gym. Although my ‘running’ fitness is improving, I have found that a hamstring strain is not getting any better, as I am never really resting it. I try to run 3 days per week for around 40 minutes, interspersed with weight sessions a couple of days per week. Do you (or anyone else) have any advice how I can keep training but at the same time reduce any further injury to my hamstring?
April 26th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
try swimming. itll boost your arobic fitness, but wont hurt your hamstring, or joints.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Hi Sharyn,
Injuries have to be nursed back into shape and you can’t expect to keep up the same workload and recover from them. Your hamstring strain probably won’t get any better unless you give it rest, I have never heard of anyone recovering from a strain like that by continuing to train on it. Perhaps if you look more towards a different cardio exercise such as swimming to keep up your fitness, it will give your strained hamstring a much needed rest. It may only take a couple of weeks before you can slowly get back to full running workouts and resume your usual weekly regime. Swimming during those two weeks will refresh your running, so the break because of the hamstring will have a two fold benefit. Good luck with your leg – hope it’s healed in time for the Mothers Day Classic!
Cheers,
Duncan