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Preparations begin for a marathon season By William Sichel
Married to Elizabeth, and with two grown up children, he manages to pound out the miles day in, day out, in pursuit of success on the international stage. During the coming months, William will be writing a series of articles for The Orcadian — one of his major sponsors — on how his season progresses. After a successful 2004, during which he came fourth in the Dutch 24 hour championships, took the world 24 hour silver medal in his age group in the Czech Republic and was the outright winner of the Across the Years 24 hour event in Phoenix, Arizona, the winter was spent primarily on treadmill training plus very long runs around Sanday. However, he recently headed to Spain for some warm weather training, in preparation for this weekend’s Basel International 24 hour road race. At this time of year it’s all about completing preparations for the coming season — neatly summarised by the five P’s: Previous Planning Prevents Poor Performance. After a winter spent on the treadmill and going for long runs around Sanday, William headed to his regular warm weather training base in Spain to help get into shape for this weekend’s Basel 24-hour international road race. This covers a whole raft of areas including the physical training schedule, the general race plan for the year and, most importantly, specific race preparation. These are the special considerations that apply for each individual event, covering the climatic conditions likely to be encountered, the exact nature and demands of the course and the precise travel arrangements for the event concerned. Read the complete article at: www.orcadian.co.uk/ |
