Thursday, April 28, 2011

HUGE RACING WEEKEND - NO PRACTICE

Here is what the bad ass athletes of TT&T are doing this weekend:

Adventure Race
5K
10K
1/2 Marathon
Marathon
200K
65 Mile Bike Ride
Quite a diverse list! So no practice saturday.

1) Start smart
2) don't be afraid to draft - 4% energy saving
3) Kick like your hair is on fire.

Good luck to everyone. If your not racing Sunday come on out and cheer on those running the Palos half.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Wednesday 4/27

Meet at Centenial Park in Orland. Park in the parking lot west of the pool. We'll do a warm-up at 6:30 then throw down some longer repeats. Modifications will be made for those runing the Palos 1/2.

A couple overall wins for the Skulls
Mike Kelly won the Lockport 5K last weekend
Chris won a trail 5K in North Carolina on Saturday

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Saturday Practice - 4/23

Nice turnout last night despite the weather.

Saturday - Meet at Waterfall Glen (Trailhead) at 8am for a long run with some tempo thrown in.
The Easter Skull has been known to make an appearance at this run - so keep your eyes open.

Happy Easter everyone.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Wednesday Practice

It's a tempo run week (if you've noticed we've been switching between intervals and tempos). We're going to meet at Centenial Pool at 6:30 and head over to Crystal Tree.

Note this is a 2.3 mile warm-up - if you prefer something shorter, park in St Michaels Church parking lot at 144th and West Ave. (It's a .8 mile warm-up from there)

Check out our new video - see link on upper right

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Saturday Practice 4/16

Good workout last night everyone - 26 runners. Remember to ease back for the rest of this week as part of our cutback week. Monday get back at it.

Meet at 40 Acre Woods - at 8 am.

If you didn't yet, vote for new the team logo. I'll order shirts tomorrow. I'm trying to find a new source for jackets. I didn't like the samples they sent me.

Do your leg drills.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Wednesday Practice

Meet at Centennial Park in Orland Park (West Ave & Fun Drive. Park in the lot west of the pool. We'll warm-up at 6:30. We'll then head west and do a race pace mile then some hill repeats in the new train station parking lot west of the tracks.

This is a cut-down week. We've been working really hard for the past few months. I encourage everyone to back off their mileage a bit this week (15-20%). This will allow your body to recover and make you stronger going forward. It's a good idea to do this every 3-4 weeks the rest of the season so try to remember and make it part of your routine. Remember your fitness does not increase on workout days but on the subsequent recovery days.

How was the Shamrock Shuffle? - post your results:

Thursday, April 07, 2011

Saturday Practice

Meet at 40 Acre Woods (119th Street 2 blocks east of LaGrange) at 8 am.
We'll do a long tempo run.

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Wednesday Practice

We'll meet at Centennial Park in Orland Park. Park by the pool which is on Fun Dr. just west of West Ave. We'll warm-up at 6:30 and start practice about 25 minutes later. If you're running late just meet us in the pool parking lot we'll be back there at 6:55 or so.

We'll do a tempo run around the park. I'll post a map of the route tomorrow.

I encourage everyone to keep coming out now that we're outside. Everyone has laid down a nice base the past 2 months indoors - the workouts we're going to do outside will build on that and take your fitness to the next level.

If you want a shirt e-mail me (richm259@comcast.net) your size by Friday. There was a problem with the jackets so I won't have samples this week.