Speed clinic
Posted by Keri on March 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
One word to describe the weather at this morning’s first session of the speed clinic…monsoon! Rain or no rain, the group meant business. Paperwork a little soggy but out of the way, we were on the track by 8:31am and into a comprehensive (and it was) 15 minute warm-up. Once the group was warm we went into several cycles of strength and power drills, and then what they were all there for, the 1.5 mile test. Six splashy laps around the track, to establish their baseline for the session, no pressure right? Along with my trusty watch and whistle, I brought along the percentile ranks for the 1.5 mile run test set out by the American College of Sports Medicine so that the group could see how they ranked amongst the general population. For those wishing to play along at home click here.
You will be happy to know that the group placed extremely high, everyone within the top 30% of their age groups! Wow! So what is the goal? Improvement of course, duh. My goal is to see a 5% overall improvement, stay tuned.
on the track