Weeks 13-19 - Californian challenges

Last couple of weeks, I did not made any updates to this blog. Mainly due to a shift of priorities. My project in the Bay area resulted in two 5+ hour flights per week. Adding a 3 hour time zone difference and an interesting but challenging project content and scope resulted in 11+ hour working days on average. Hopefully, my regular Twitter messages did give you an idea what I was doing from a workout perspective.

Week 12 - First lactic training since the indoor mile

Yvonne Hak`s tweet this week was right on: "Lactic training = Learn to be comfortable being uncomfortable". You can follow Yvonne on Twitter. Find her via @800HAK. My first lactic training since I ran the poor indoor mile race did not bring me the expected satisfying feeling.

Week 11 - squeezing in some relative rest

Before we start the real prepping phase of the upcoming outdoor track season, a week of relative recovery was put in the training plan.

Week 10 - End of my winter`s workout schedule

First things first: my sincere congratulations for my Belgian friends and colleagues within our awesome Track and Field sport. Belgium had a mini delegation at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul (Turkey). With only 3 athletes, Belgium was able to claim 3 times a 5th place. 

Week 09 - Picking up the mileage

After my though days in week 08, my body recovered slowly over the weekend. However, the first days of my last week in Detroit the feeling was still not 100%. At these kind of moments, you should not panic as a runner. Trying to catch up on the ‘lost’ training days is one of the most stupid things to do.