Yeah you’re absolutely right, and since I have a very high team spirit, this is what happens every year: I get too excited about training with the rest of the team. Sometimes I’ll train with the sprinters in the morning and then run a long distance “cool down” with the cross country team, not necessarily the whole distance but part of it. I don’t want you to think that I’m anti team, which is why I’m mentioning this. 
My coach knows all about the impact that the surfaces have on my body, and it is true that our team has lower body injury problems, mostly shin splints. Last spring I did ALL my tempo on the bike and that helped a lot. So that’s probably what I’ll in the winter time, plus pool, since I won’t have access on grass.
I LOVE being in a team and I’ll definately try to keep it that way. Plus, my coach in the states knows that in the summer i’m training with other coaches in Greece, so she understands that I have a different training opinion.
I’ll try to negotiate as much as possible without creating problems, which I haven’t done so far, considering that according to my coach I’m the most easy going athlete of the team. :o
I just want so desperately to stay out of injuries this year, that even if I had to be a little less easy going and not say “yes” to everything, I would sacrifice some of my “nice” reputation for a healthy year.
We don’t have good facilities to work with, so we don’t have many options. Most other athletes in the team may not get as easily injured as I do mostly because they’ve been running longer than I have and I’m more prone to injuries. So maybe I need a different approach and right now I’m starting to understand that.
Today:
4 laps WU, a bit of stretching
Drills (30m): 3low skips, 5high skips, 2A’s, 2B’s
Plyos: 3altitude skips
We were supposed to do more plyos, but then we got kicked out of the grass because it was time for soccer practice… :mad:
So instead: 3 80 jump rope high knees superset with abs
Tomorrow I fly!! (by plane) Ha!
thanks!
