Saturday, May 17, 2008
Alright hey Max here, guess I'll post something up too.
I respect distance runners, I really do. The amount of mental power required to compete a distance race, whether its a 1500m or 5000m race, or even beyond that, is tremendous. Not taking any credit away from the sprinters though haha. But yes, there is a lot of factors involved in a distance race, and the fittest and strongest may not be the winner everytime.
I myself didn't take running too seriously during my secondary school days, I enjoyed a good long run every now and then, but never bothered to take myself any further than just leisure running. When I came into TP, I honestly had plans to join either dragonboat or canoe polo, hahaha. Somehow from a twist of fate and constant nudging Silas, who was my classmate then, I decided to join the short distance team. The team's a fun bunch who train and play hard, and I really enjoyed the times when I was training with them.
Coming to the first IVP I participated in last year, I decided to "betray" the sprinters and went over to the distance team, which I can tell you has a totally different culture and style. But the team has its own fun too! I can say that the distance runners in the team are very independent, I guess it has been cultivated by the way Coach Eugene coaches us. We do our own warmups and stretching on our own before he comes to give us drills and workouts to do later, and during workouts, we have to be aware of our own rest time and start our next rep when time's up.
I feel that Coach Eugene is a unique coach, he's definitely not the traditional type of coach who would shout and scream at you to do your workouts. I believe that he wants to inculcate self motivation and independence in all of us. Some may not agree with the running style that he's trying to teach us but I believe that what he's teaching us now will definitely reduce the risk of injury from running. Unlike me who refuses to get it right, resulting in my injured state now. Haha. You may not know, but coach actually has some plans for us, which you will see as the season draws nearer.
To the freshies who are still coming back for training, I can say that I'm really proud of you guys. I'm also glad to see that some of you are willing to join us for warmups at the reservior instead of the 4 laps on the track. I hope to see that you all peservere and stay on, and I'm sure all of you will find your way to being a competitive runner sooner or later. Always try to give it all every training and work to beat your personal bests!
Oh yes, some of the team trains on non-training days too, so if any of you are interested to tag along just let us know, always good to train in a group. And do take the opportunity to get to know the short distance people then!
So I'll sign off here, and see you guys on the track! =D
smacked by TRACK`ADMIN at 1:29 PM