by Patrick Zweifel | Nov 13, 2019 | Coach Drew
On 11/11, Roman tackled his last major specific workout before the CIM marathon on 12/8. Prescribed workout: 18 miles continuous. First 10-12 at conservative marathon, 6-8 at goal. Result: This is about as difficult of a workout as I’d ask for a marathoner to...
by Patrick Zweifel | Oct 22, 2019 | Coach Drew, Uncategorized
10/5 Russell and I left Wilsonville morning at 5am, with plenty of time to spare before arrive a little ways past Oakridge. We stopped at the nearby Starbucks, then headed into the fog. As we chatted and caffeinated the fog didn’t let up. In fact, as we drove...
by Patrick Zweifel | Oct 9, 2019 | Coach Drew
After wins at the Ultramook 50k and the McKenzie River 50k, it is time to take a look back at some of Asher’s training leading up to both races. 7/7 Ultramook 50k 9/7 McKenzie River 50k April Average weekly mileage = 85 (102, 114, 50, 75) Key workouts: 12 x 40s...
by Patrick Zweifel | Sep 19, 2019 | Coach Drew
Athlete: Christian Parr Prescribed Workout: 1k (3:00) + 400 (56) + 200 (26) w/4min, 5min and 3 min recovery, respectively. Result: 2:57/56/26 This was one of the harder workouts I gave Christian last spring, when he was prepping for a quick 800m at PTF. Christian is a...
by Patrick Zweifel | Sep 13, 2019 | Coach Drew
Athlete: Roman Kirkov Prescribed Workout: 8-10 x 1k w/1min jog, in 3:12 > 3:07 [5 minute rest] 4 x 200 smooth Results: 10 x 1k averaging 3:06 w/ 4×200 Another bread and butter workout here. I really believe in high volume workouts with efforts within the 10k-15k...
by Patrick Zweifel | Sep 10, 2019 | Coach Drew
This past Saturday, Asher Catterall found himself on top of the podium once again. Asher ran the course in 3:43, distancing runner-up Daniel Friesen of Bend, by 10 minutes. The 23 year old found himself running in second place for the first sixteen miles or so –...
