what’s on WC 7 Feb
Nutrition Talk this Tuesday – Relevant to all members / ages / event groups
nTuesday 9th February 7:45pm - An evening with Alex Cook, Nutritionist. Alex will present on all areas of nutrition for pre, during and post-event, alongside top tips for daily best practice. Lots of advice and suitable for all event groups. Developing coaches and junior/senior athletes will really benefit from the talk. The talk will cover the areas linking to REDS and energy deficit, recovery and performance.
nZoom details emailed around
nWADAC Qualifies for Virtual Road Relay Nationals
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nWADAC have qualified to take part in the 2021 EA 5-mile Virtual Road Relay Nationals - congratulations to those who took part and performed so well in the qualifier event!
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nRunners from qualifying clubs now need to sign-up for the National Round via OpenTrack – click here to enter – which will take place Wed 10 Feb – Mon 15 Feb. Clubs can once again have an unlimited number of their first-claim members enter this round with the fastest eight scoring (four men / four women). Do it NOW whilst you remember!
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nIn WADAC we are going to use this event to count towards a number of virtual races.....everyone's performance will count towards one or more of:
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n- the EA relays (our fastest 4 men and fastest 4 women)
n- a 3-club match race challenge against HuntsAC and a "whole Island of Malta" select team (20 best age performance scores to count)
n- an in-house relay (everyone to count towards one of 5 WADAC teams)
n- the WADAC Virtual GP#2 (everyone counts both scratch time and age perf)
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nTo help with planning for all this and allocation of teams for the in-house relay please register your entry via the WADAC event facility - click here to enter
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nPlease note the minimum age for entry is 15 years but if you are a u17 athlete who is keen to be involved (or the parent of such an athlete) please speak with your coach first before registering.
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nCoaching Sessions
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nBelow are details of the sessions some coaches are planning. Some of these are open to those athletes that normally train with another coach. Before joining, please clear this with your usual coach.
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nSenior endurance suggestions:
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nW/C 8th Feb
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nMonday easy runs and core
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nTuesday - 6/8 x 2 mins or 600 fast @ 5k effort then 5 min jog + 12 mins @ threshold
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nAlex Cook nutrition workshop - on Zoom
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nWednesday 45-75 mins easy
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nThursday - Easy runs 30-45 mins ready for the EA 8.05k (5 mile) relays or CC6 this coming weekend
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nFriday REST
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nSaturday - EA relay or CC6 XC…have a good one and please submit results to DDD, Steve and EA as per instructions.
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nSunday - 90- 2 hours easy OR 2.15 easy if in early Spring marathon prep.
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nAdult Endurance Strength and Conditioning
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nAndy Parkinson will be running sessions on Mondays at 7pm. These are charged for. Please contact Andy Parkinson if you wish to join: paxoeshome@gmail.com
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nJunior Session with Nick Anderson on Wednesday 10th Feb at 5:30pm
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nDetailed emailed around.
nThrows
nThursday 11 Feb: talk about the importance of warm up routines, an overview of good practice, ideas for the athletes and some homework to take away. Open to anyone. Please contact Martin McBriar for further details: throws@wadac.org.uk
nU11s
n2 weekly sessions and a weekly challenge distributed to athletes. Please contact mark.wharton@wadac.org.uk.
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nDavid Sherry
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nZoom session on Tuesdays - 6.15-6.55pm. Contact Dave.sherry@wadac.org.uk.
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nGeorge Ogilvie
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nMulti-sport, speed and power zoom coaching sessions during lockdown.
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nMonday and Thursday 6.45-7.45 pm (Indoors)
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nSunday 1:45 – 3:00 (outdoors)
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nContact ogilviegeorge1@gmail.com
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nU13 Academy
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nAndy Fisher is taking zoom sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5.30pm. Contact Andy.fisher@wadac.org.uk.
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nEngland Athletics Resources
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nWeekly T&F Quadrathlon: Weekly Quadrathlon @home - Athletics & Running (englandathletics.org)
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nVirtual challenges: Virtual Competitions - Athletics & Running (englandathletics.org)
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nPodcast with Lucy-Jane Matthews: Podcast #24: Lucy-Jane Matthews on success despite the pandemic - About Us (englandathletics.org). Links to others podcasts available from the bottom of the page.
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nAthlete interviews: Running expert interviews - About Us (englandathletics.org), including Dave Moorcroft, Paula Radcliffe, Donna Fraser, Katarina Johnson Thompson.
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nSupport for 11+ athletes: Supporting 11+ Year Old Junior Athletes | England Athletics. This includes Jenny Meadow’s challenges for children.
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nKind regards
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nPaul Cox