Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The gods give their pleasure

As I arrived at Vollrath for our bi weekly hill workout, I could see off in the distance, hazy at best in the fast fading light, a light caramel stain on the green grass of the disc golf course. I paused and looked more intently, but the cones in my eyes were losing their ability to see the detailed color in this darkening world, so I looked just off to the side, allowing the blur to fall where my rods could activate. Standing there, still as a statue, was deer. With the shape confirmed, I turned to look directly at the animal 200 meters away. After a short time, it turned and slowly and gracefully sauntered away. Artemis, the Greek godess of all things wild, of the hills and the forests, gave me her blessing!
Mark was a touch late, and he brought Jason and Liam with him. Patrick was with an old friend, I guess, and Dylan had already done a long run, so it was just us. We warmed up with a light jog, some static stretching, and then 3 runs up the hill at about 80% speed. As we headed down to the base of the hill, there was a flash of lightning. Thor was giving us his approval as well.
1- 3 sprints straight up hill.
2- Fast feet until command, then sprint uphill/pushups, sprint on command/mountain climbers, sprint on command.
3- lateral jump left, sprint on command/lateral jump right, sprint on command/broad jump, sprint on command.
4- 3 backpedal, sprint at the first cone
5- resisted sprints. Partner pulls back with a resistance band as you drive uphill focusing on good form, when they release it you sprint through to the top of the hill. 2 times each resisting and sprinting
We the moved to the flat ground.
6- 2 35 yard sprints
7- 2 8 yard post routes, with 'run after catch' (turning and sprinting up field)
8- 4 8 yard square routes with 'run after catch'
9- 2 back pedal, turn and run lateral on command, back pedal on command, lateral on command, back pedal on command, sprint through on command.
10- The cycle! The pacer ran from the base of Vollrath's stairs to the flag pole, then turned and ran back./run up and down the hills/air squats/pushups.
To wrap up, we did 3 relay sprints, straight up hill. Then we called it a night, and went our separate ways.

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