(All values in Tables 3 & 4 rounded to nearest km, nearest minute, nearest hour.)
.....................2001............2002................2003..................2004...............2005
Hiking...............NIL.............40km............26km......................44km...............over 50km
R-wlking.............NIL.............NIL.................NIL.............NIL...............NIL
Cycling............. 1,155km.....1,326km........3,188km..........6,080km...............over 5000km
Swimming.............34km...........5km............6km................3km...............very little
Running..............60km...........843km........972km................838km...............over 500km
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Total................1,249km.......2,214km........4,192km..........6,965km...............over 5000km
(NR=not recorded or NIL)
.......................2001..............2002..............2003.....................2004...............2005
GYM/sports...NR.............NR....................NR...........................750min
Hiking........... NIL ..............750min............350min.....................595min
R-wlking......... NIL...............NIL..................NIL......................NIL
Cycling.......... 3458min...........4,143min...........9,884min.............19,038min
Swimming......... 1072min...........168min............194min................86min
Running.......... 295min............4,637min...........5,705min...............4,499min
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Total...................4,825min...........9,698min............16,133min...... 24,968min...............21,620min
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Total in hrs;...........80 hours..........162hours...........269hours..........416hours...............360hours
[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!
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
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