Yeah. We should know this week if they are postponed or cancelled.
If cancelled, I’m running the Zahariadeia on May 19th (Thessaloniki). If they are postponed, there’s a chance the Zahariadeia will be postponed (or cancelled) 
and the clubs’ meeting will take place in their place…
What a mess this year.
Super dead.
quick update of the last days (as many as I can remember right now…)
Hamstring is fine now. But still haven’t done a fast session.
Saturday, May 5th (day 10, I think this is a re-post)
OFF completely (rain day)
Sunday, May 6th (day 11)
(10min biking)
Gym: (rain day)
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15min warm up
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Squat jumps (bar weight), 5 sets of 8
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30-40 min drills
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15min progressive run
Monday, May 7th (day 12)
First actual training, very careful.
(15min biking)
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20min warm up, stretch, drill stride
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6 x 200m (walk 200m recoveries), goal was to go easy to test the leg, went 31-32. All good. Just a bit nervous.
(15min biking)
Tuesday, May 8th (day 13)
(15min biking)
(15min biking)
(15min biking)
- 30min run
- 30min drills and strides
- some plyometrics (standing long jump and standing triple)
(15min biking)
Wednesday, May. 9th (day 14)
(15min biking)
(15min biking)
(15min biking)
- 15min warm up, drills, strides
@~85-90%
- 500m @1:24 (same time as pre-injury, I suppose this is good), 8’ rest
- 400m @1:05, 8’ rest
- 300m @48", 8’ rest
- 200m @30" (aii… terrible)
(40min walking)
Longgg day. I’m dead now. Literally. (packing all day long, plus bicycling, plus this training which felt fine then, but now…)
I think it’s safe to do ‘speed’ on day 16
09-10 and 16-17 June seem to be the new dates -not finalised yet, of course…
Yep !! Before that, I decided to run an 800 on May 19th (Thessaloniki), and then a 400m the following week (Thessaloniki again)
Thursday, May 10th (travel day to Athens)
evening:
30min progressive (start @4:20, final: 4:02, 3:59, 3:47, 3:38, last 500- 1:33). I’d say faster than normal… it must be the climate here
Friday, May 11th
noon: (windyy)
3x100, 3x80,3x60 (not timed, but I did not exaggerate on these, because I’m still scared)
400m (@59.48”) (satisfied with this!) > splits 28+31
evening: 15min warm up+ 30min @4.30
I feel like toast now.
(p.s. Reaching home in Thessaloniki on Monday afternoon)
Saturday, May 12th
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30min (20min @ 5:30-5:00 + 10min @ 4:00-3:52)
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30min drills + strides
Sunday, May 13th
OFF
Monday, May 14th >travel to Thessaloniki
30min in thunderstorm
Tuesday, May 15th
morning:
30min+ rills
Evening:
500, 400, unfinished 300 (R: 9’, 8’)
@1:23.1, 1:04.2,
200m passage for 300 ~30”
notes: 82% humidity+ drizzling…
problem: left calf (I almost had an overstretch, but caught it on time, phew)
p.s. signed up for the 800m on Saturday… dear Lord =P (there was only 200 and 800 available)
How is it going?
Hi Stef. How have you been doing lately?
Sorry ! I’ll post again after I succeed in running my first race !!! (This coming Saturday)
(I’ve been having calf-problems, after my hammie issue).
I’ll be back here soon.
Good luck.
Okkk I raced… =P (yesterday). It was the first (and only available) race I could have run before our July 14th Clubs’ Championships, unfortunately on a 350m track, and Unfortunately in lane 1… but it’s ok =) The first one is out of the way, with a 61.something (I haven’t even checked official results yet - can’t find them…)
But I was feeling so tired at the beginning of the race, and the race felt so ‘effortful’ from the first 100m even, that I think the next one will be wayy better.!
p.s. recent trainings that kind of show that I could have done better:
(going backwards):
Saturday: 6x200s w/2’ rests @30" all
Wednesday: 3x300 w/5.30’rests @ 45,46,48
Monday: 500-300-200, w/4.30’ rests @ 1:21, 46, 29
It’s very important to have a race out of the way after a year and a half out of competitions, so don’t draw too many conclusions from yesterday. Insist more on quality and race pace.
We calculate wrong, Nick, after 2.5 years out… my last one was indoors '10. Yikes. !
Early 2010 or late 2010?
As far as I can recall, I haven’t raced since December '10, so we are kind of in the same boat…
February 2010 !