The leadership team were a little more fleet of foot and were waiting for the main group down on the lower rugby fields for the set session. The session varied for the group depending , essentially, on their racing pace. The faster group were targetting 1km repeats at a constant 3.45 pace. In total they were running four (4) repeats with roughly a 1-2 minute static recovery. Other groups were running between 4m15s / km and 6 min 30s / km.
The group worked really well through the first effort, I joined a group for the second and third efforts and clipped along at 3.56 for the first and 3.48 for the second. Chasing the leader only to have them pull away over the last 100m for fear of being beaten by a wombat. While I sucked in air through every hole in my body the group finished their last per , or so they thought.
At the end of the final rep and when all the group looked like they had recovered they were hit with "Just One More" , a phrase that has almost become a mantra for the team due to the wombat mentality of the second team coach who also comes from an old school hard work background ( what hope do the boys have with two wombats riding them). On the 5th effort they were to run as hard and evenly as they could over the 1km circuit. As is always the case the boys rose to the challenge. The captain punched out a very solid 3.12, Loisis was close to his tail and young Lines was not far behind along with the two vice captains in hot pursuit. The boys were spent. An easy cool down back to the Gym via Paxton and the group had covered a solid 9km. I was happy too, I had not blown out my calf and did not need to be carried from the field.
Barrel on wombats...
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