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Saturday, December 18, 2004
More on Modig's training
I spent some time this morning drinking coffee and looking at Johan Modig's training from last winter (I linked to his training in yesterday's entry). I had ambitions of writing a bunch about his training. Not enough time today, maybe some other time.
Here are a couple of observations:
1. Modig is a really good orienteer. He finished 10th in the 2003 WOC long race. He's also won a junior world championship.
2. Last winter, Modig averaged 8:21/week (for the 20 weeks from early December through the middle of April). That'd be a lot for me, but for someone with ambitions of running the world champs for Sweden, that doesn't seem like much.
3. Modig missed a bunch of training last winter for injuries and illnesses. It looks like his training was affected by injuries or illnesses in 8 of the 20 weeks.
4. During the winter, Modig planned to go to two training camps with the national team. He skipped the first camp with a cold and an injured "ljumsken" (I'm not exactly sure what "ljumsken" is -- I think it is the upper part of the leg, maybe groin or hamstring?). He made the camp in April but had to take it easy because he was recovering from a cold.
Looking at his training begs the question -- if he'd stayed healthy, how much better would his training have been?
posted by Michael |
4:24 PM
