Jon's Data2 page;

	
The Cross-Training  Influence.			
			
Table 1 Distance Covered by Jon in training 1992-1993 and 1997-2000 						
	
Note that Racewalking Total = Racewalking training AND racing combined. 
 Values rounded to nearest km.

		        1992	1993	1997	1998	1999	2000
Racewalking racing	163km	127km	99km	155km	200km	85km
Racewalking training	760km	870km	884km	864km	761km	372km

		        1992	1993	1997	1998	1999	2000
R-wlking Total.		923km	997km	983km	1019km	961km	457km
Cycling		        NIL	NIL	NIL	124km	22km	27km
Running		        NIL	NIL	168km	47km	46km	30km
Swimming		NIL	NIL	14km	33km	37km	74km

Totals		        923km	997km	1165km	1223km	1066km	588km*
* Due to the large amount of swim sessions 
(since Jon couldn't run or racewalk with the knee injuries he had for 7.5 months of the year) 
the distance covered in training is a lot less during 2000, 
as swimming is the slowest of the above forms of movement,
 and there are other limitations to it as well. 

Swimming has proved particularly useful in managing 
Jon's back injury, and of course its very useful for rehab of knees also, as is cycling!

Table  2  Time  Spent  by  Jon  training and racing 1992-1993 and 1997-2000 							
		1992	 1993	 1997	 1998	 1999	 2000
Racewalking	5293min	 5589min 6272min 6898min 6752min 3124min
Running		NIL	 NIL	 922min	 214min	 252min	 145min
Cycling		NIL	 NIL	 NIL	 247min	 101min	 53min
Swimming	NIL	 NIL	 547min	 1251min 1164min 2331min

TOTALS		5293min	 5589min 7741min 8610min 8269min 5653min
Totals in hours;88hours	 93hours 129hrs  143hrs  137hrs  94hrs

Jon probably needs to train over 200 hours a year, to be competitive nationally. 
Preferably around 500hours or more per year, to compete nationally, internationally.	

Getting my injuries properly rehabilitated/managed and avoiding any new injury problems 
is one of the keys to getting the minutes training area to where it should be. 

Ideally I should  be  averaging at least 230min per week (200hours per year), and preferably 
more like 400-600min per week. This isn't that hard to do for a few weeks,
 as I have had many weeks(when I was able to racewalk), when my total training and racing time
 was in the 300-500min range for that week, 
(particularly when I was training for the 50km in 1998 and 1999).
 However, I don't maintain it consistently throughout the year enough. 
I guestimate the best racewalkers in the world(i.e. AIS etc) 
are averaging well over 600min per week, and probably as much as 1200-1500min per week
 in their heavy weeks, not including weights and other stuff they do.

Jon would need to have a more stable financial position, as it costs over $1500 a year to travel to the east coast of Australia 2-3 times a year for badly needed competition. The alternative is to move there as many others have done. However Jon's injury and other issues would need to be resolved now also. Stable employment is one critical issue. Knee injuries and ongoing management of back injury, loneliness are some of the other issues. Of course the question is how important is this anyway. See here...and here
Anyway its fun to think about it.

The NEW CROSSTRAINING "REGIME".

(All values in Tables 3 & 4 rounded to nearest km, nearest minute, nearest hour.)
See >.......Data 3 page for post 2002 data...

.....................2001.......2002
Hiking...............NIL........40km
R-wlking.............NIL........NIL
Cycling............. 1155km.....1326km
Swimming.............34km........5km
Running..............60km........843km
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Total................1249km.....2214km

....................... 2001..............2002
Hiking........... NIL ..............750min
R-wlking......... NIL...............NIL
Cycling.......... 3458min...........4143min
Swimming......... 1072min...........168min
Running.......... 295min............4637min
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Total...................4825min...........9698min
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Total in hrs;...........80 hours..........162hours

[Racewalking is totally out until the right knee is fixed, and rehabbed. The left knee is a bit of an unknown there but I am hoping it will be ok. Besides, I feel I have done a lot there, so I wouldnt return to competitive racewalking unless I was confident of challenging my P.B.'s, as I see no point in racewalking again with a club otherwise. ]
If I return to serious competitive! racing, again my easy training will give me a reasonable physiological and psychological base to build from, which is better than doing nothing and getting unmotivated and really! unfit. If I get serious! again it will probably be some time in the next 5-8 years, and my training volume (time) will need to increase a lot!