Scott McMillan : Endurance Junky

Entries from June 2007

Week 23: Baby Steps

June 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Non eventful week of training. My legs were quite sore for almost a week after that hike! I really must have pounded them on the downhill. I did make a small amount of progress in my interval workout though. We did 5×1k with descending rest I managed 3:33, 3:28, 3:31, 3:34, 3:25 which is about […]

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Week 22: Recovery and Schools out for Tara.

June 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Last week was a much deserved recovery week after 5 weeks of solid training. My legs felt great on Sunday’s run so good I had to hold myself back, my knee seemed to bother me riding to work though I cannot tell if it is a bike issue because it does not bother me […]

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Svelte like a Greyhound

June 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Back in the day (a year ago) friends used to call me “The Greyhound” when I was a svelte 150… those days are long gone now(well until I go on a diet cut back on drinking and actually train properly).
Here is a cool Greyhound photo from Crestock.com:

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Week 21: Hiking is Hard! Summer is here.

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Well last week was a mediocre training week with no great times at Thursdays interval workout 2 x 1 7/8 mile (it was hot and I think it slowed me down). My sister was in town on the weekend so I didn’t get any runs in but we did manage to do a hard 4 […]

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Overend and Carpentar show age is no barrier.

June 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Great article on the Denver Post highlighting Ned Overend and Matt Carpentar’s continual domination over the younger competition. Very inspirational and the reason why I love endurance sports it’s just not for the young guns and you can continue to improve with age.

Ned Overend and Matt Carpenter proved that by leading their three-man team […]

Tags: Mountain Running