Walking – the perfect “in between” activity!

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annie
on November 5, 2009
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What to do with those in between months between Football and Touch Rugby has always been a sticking point for me. Take time off, say some but to me that’s just too wasteful and of no benefit…wishing away time til the next season starts.
In Winter, I’m a trainer with a local football club. I look after injuries and prepare the players to take to the field, whether it is strapping or massage, taping of boots or stretching of muscles. I’m also the first responder should a player sustain an injury during the game. The time involvement in this role is significant each week. I tend to do more resistance training as I have access to the weights area once the players are out on the field on training nights.
In the summer months, I play Touch Rugby which is one night of the week and a training run on another night. Lots of time to do something extra with the fitness regime. In the past, I’ve picked up the short, sharp aerobic training that emulates up and back running on a 75mt field. I’ve struggled to keep my weight routine as I shift into this aerobic mode.
This year it is all so different.

I’ve been training to participate in the Walking Home project for Homelessness – 189km walk from Warrnambool to Geelong. A group of us are walking this distance over 5 days, camping out at the regional towns along the way. I’ve had to give every spare minute to building these walking kms…conditioning shins, hips and feet. No extra running coming into Touch season this year – it’s just walk, walk, walk. I go to watch my husband play cricket and I walk around and around the oval, first one direction, then the other. I walked for 5 hours on Saturday and clocked up 30kms. I’ve also been able to keep the weights going and I’m getting strong.

Well the crunch time came – my reality check! My first run at Touch!

 

 

WOW!!!!! I could go and go and go when everyone else had stopped. I really felt like the Ever-ready Bunny off the battery commercial. My endurance base has grown phenomenally and I was able to bounce the short, sharp running off that.

bunnyI have never been in such good shape coming into a Touch season. Aerobically fit and muscle strong. Who would have thought that walking in between seasons could do that?

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