The Road to Athens -- Training Log: June 7-13
6/14/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
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| TRAINING LOG: June 7-13 Brannen and Willis continued their daily training and race preparation while stationed on the West Coast in Oregon and British Columbia. Both runners were slated to compete in the 800-meter run -- Brannen in the 'A' race and Willis in the 'B' race -- at the Victoria International Track Classic on Friday night, and their training and workouts throughout the week were geared towards greater speed development. | ||||
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"This was the first week that I felt I was back into a normal schedule with workouts and racing. My ankle was feeling pretty good, a lot better than it had been. The 800m on Saturday went pretty well, considering what I have done and what I haven't done over the past few weeks. I did a workout two days later, and it felt fine, so that was really encouraging. The race itself went all right; it was a really slow first lap, so I payed the price for that with a slow overall time. Hopefully, we'll go a little faster in the next few races, and I can get closer to that standard." |
"The week went a little like last week -- I didn't feel that great all week, and it was really just up and down. I felt good the day of the race; it usually takes me a little while to recover and it was a shortened week, going from Saturday to Friday. It will be nice to have that extra day to prepare for next Saturdays's race at Prefontaine. There wasn't any pressure on me for the 800 meter on Saturday. I would have like to run something a little faster, but it went pretty well. It gives me some hope that I'm still a 800/1500-meter guy and not a distance runner." | |||
