Road to the Covid Cancelled World Masters Athletics Championships 2020 Part 1
The World Masters Athletics Championships were to be held in Toronto Canada in July 2020. I had already planned logistics for this event down to purchase of airline tickets, Canadian visa and booking accommodation. A training schedule was planned.
Having just gone through a faux Australian Masters Athletics Championships a couple of weeks ago it's time to look forward to the faux World Masters Athletics Championships in July 2020 to be held in my backyard at Stromlo XC circuits :-)
This is what I said in a previous post: "With the schedule as it stands my races for Toronto WMA will be 8000m XC 20 July, 5000m track 22 July, 10km road 26 July. I will start training for that in early May 2020. XC will be my main event". I'd like to add in the 1500m as well but that's not what I planned. I will use 1500m XC Time Trials as training.
This is my usual process: I count back 10 days from the first race, the 8000m XC. It's my main event. I live across the road from possibly the best XC circuit in the world. Toronto looked very similar although less manicured. My Taper would begin around 10th July. That gives me 11 weeks to prepare from early May 2020 to my Taper. Things may go wrong along the way. I am in World Championships shape already. I will stay calm, try to stay healthy and injury free. I think I can improve from here.
My training performances over the last month or so: 12th March 2020 10000m Track 35:41 ; 1st April 5000m XC 16:58 ; 7th April 1500m 4:35.5 ; 9th April 5000m Road 16:47 ; 22nd April 1500m 4:32.3.
My goals are to better those times for 8000m XC 20 July (*km rate), 5000m track 22 July, 10km road 26 July, plus 1500m in training before I begin taper 10th July.
I'll start training on 1st May with an 8000m XC trial.
Having just gone through a faux Australian Masters Athletics Championships a couple of weeks ago it's time to look forward to the faux World Masters Athletics Championships in July 2020 to be held in my backyard at Stromlo XC circuits :-)
This is what I said in a previous post: "With the schedule as it stands my races for Toronto WMA will be 8000m XC 20 July, 5000m track 22 July, 10km road 26 July. I will start training for that in early May 2020. XC will be my main event". I'd like to add in the 1500m as well but that's not what I planned. I will use 1500m XC Time Trials as training.
This is my usual process: I count back 10 days from the first race, the 8000m XC. It's my main event. I live across the road from possibly the best XC circuit in the world. Toronto looked very similar although less manicured. My Taper would begin around 10th July. That gives me 11 weeks to prepare from early May 2020 to my Taper. Things may go wrong along the way. I am in World Championships shape already. I will stay calm, try to stay healthy and injury free. I think I can improve from here.
My training performances over the last month or so: 12th March 2020 10000m Track 35:41 ; 1st April 5000m XC 16:58 ; 7th April 1500m 4:35.5 ; 9th April 5000m Road 16:47 ; 22nd April 1500m 4:32.3.
My goals are to better those times for 8000m XC 20 July (*km rate), 5000m track 22 July, 10km road 26 July, plus 1500m in training before I begin taper 10th July.
I'll start training on 1st May with an 8000m XC trial.
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