Performed Training Sessions:  Q3Q4 1996
km i °C conditions how pace
Mon 1/jul/96     ---      
Tue 2/jul/96     ---      
Wed 3/jul/96 ER 40' 8,4   Warande (4L) 40'15 (… + 7'13 + 6'55 + 6'18 + 6'22+ ...)
Thu 4/jul/96     ---      
Fri 5/jul/96     ---      
Sat 6/jul/96     ---      
Sun 7/jul/96 ER 43' 8,7  
17,1
Mon 8/jul/96     ---     cycling
Tue 9/jul/96     ---     start vit. B complex
Wed 10/jul/96 ER 45' 9,5 17 including ins & outs very tired during first half
Thu 11/jul/96 S: 8*60m 8,0 25 Bokrijk (-A) painful muscles 7"3 - 8" (flying but slow start)
Fri 12/jul/96 ER 65' 13,7 26 Rekem tired, but very good legs 64'42
Sat 13/jul/96 ER 42' 8,8 20 Rekem good legs 42'20 (incl. 4 interm. sprints)
Sun 14/jul/96     ---    
40,0
Mon 15/jul/96 ER 45' 8,7 good legs 42'38
Tue 16/jul/96 H: 11*100m 7,8 22 NR Rekem 100% fit, excellent legs (66.5kg)
Wed 17/jul/96 RR 30' 6,0 22 NR Rekem fit
Thu 18/jul/96 F: 8*80m 9,5 Bokrijk relaxed, accelerating last 200m 2km  with 50" jog + 10" sprint in 7'51
Fri 19/jul/96 RR 30' 5,0 24 NR Rekem fit, slow pace; 41bpm (am pulse)
Sat 20/jul/96     ---    
Sun 21/jul/96 6*150 + 2*300m 10,8 27 Bokrijk 66.5 kg 22"0 + 20"5 + 2x"x + 20"0 + 20"9 + 20"8 -(17'30)- 41"5 + 43"3 (recovery jog back)
47,8
Mon 22/jul/96 IR 35' 10,3 NR Rekem Av. 175-180bpm lap in NRR in 18'32
Tue 23/jul/96 S: 10*80 + 5*200 8,7 Bokrijk good legs; stiff l. hamstring 200m: 29"6 + 28"9 + 29"8 + 29"6 + 28"8
Wed 24/jul/96 RR 25' 5,0 23 pain @ l. hamstring; 67.5 kg
Thu 25/jul/96 5*300 8,8 20 Bokrijk stiff & painful l. hamstring 44"3-5'57-45"5-6'36-43"8-7'40-44"0-7'33-STOP@150m (hamstring)
Fri 26/jul/96     ---     68 kg
Sat 27/jul/96     ---    
Sun 28/jul/96     ---    
32,8
Mon 29/jul/96     ---    
Tue 30/jul/96 ER 48' 10,2 Rekem still stiff hamstring
Wed 31/jul/96     ---    
Thu 1/aug/96     ---    
Fri 2/aug/96     ---    
Sat 3/aug/96 RR 29' 5,5 24 NR Rekem 68.5 kg slow pace (28'50)
Sun 4/aug/96     ---     cycling (56') @ >30km/h
15,7
Mon 5/aug/96 ER 48' 10,6 NR Rekem better hamstring 48'29 (1'49 + 23'47 + 21'29 + 1'22)
Tue 6/aug/96 RR 17' 3,7 23 Bokrijk 68 kg warming-up + 28 km cycling
Wed 7/aug/96 ER 50' 9,5 21
Thu 8/aug/96     ---    
Fri 9/aug/96 ER 35' 8,4 26 Provence, FRA fast; 181bpm max km 2 - 3: 3'08
Sat 10/aug/96     ---    
Sun 11/aug/96 LR 100' 17,5 Provence, FRA uphill + downhill running running, climbing, etc. at Ventoux.
49,7
Mon 12/aug/96     ---    
Tue 13/aug/96     ---     60' cycling (Alt. 200m - 1100m)
Wed 14/aug/96 RR 15' 3,6 Provence, FRA pain @ hamstring (stings) warming-up STOP
Thu 15/aug/96     ---   4,0
Fri 16/aug/96     ---    
Sat 17/aug/96 ER 54' 10,0 Provence, FRA 53'51
Sun 18/aug/96 ER 37' 6,0 30 Provence, FRA pain @ hamstring (stings) 36'59 (slow)
23,6
Mon 19/aug/96     ---    
Tue 20/aug/96     ---    
Wed 21/aug/96 ER 60' 10,7 24 NR Rekem 66 kg 59'57
Thu 22/aug/96     ---    
Fri 23/aug/96 ER 59' 11,5 23 Rekem 59'09 (slow)
Sat 24/aug/96     ---    
Sun 25/aug/96 ER 49' 9,0 18 Bokrijk 66.0 kg; still stiff hamstring 48'35
31,2
Mon 26/aug/96 ER 59' 10,8 Rekem 59'10
Tue 27/aug/96 RR 35' 5,5 Bokrijk
Wed 28/aug/96     ---    
Thu 29/aug/96     ---    
Fri 30/aug/96     ---    
Sat 31/aug/96     ---    
Sun 1/sep/96 ER 45' 9,5 15 39 bpm (am) painful hamstring steady state
25,8
Mon 2/sep/96 ER 51' 10,8 18 65,5kg 2 pills for hamstring
Tue 3/sep/96 ER 44' 9,3 20 better
Wed 4/sep/96 ER 51' 9,8 25 hot looser, better run
Thu 5/sep/96 LR 73' 13,0 26 with steep hills easy 25' - 42' = 145 - 150bpm (uphill)  43' - 55' = 110 - 115bpm
Fri 6/sep/96 ER 45' 9,6 27 storm last 5' tired, stomach cramps flat
Sat 7/sep/96     ---    
Sun 8/sep/96 ER 49' 9,5 20 41-42 bpm (am) easy 1' -> 15' uphill, 16' -> 30' flat, 31' -> 47' downhill
62,0
Mon 9/sep/96 ER 57' 12,2 27 with steep hills side stitches 11' -> climbing (big incline)
Tue 10/sep/96 ER 45' 9,2 24 41 bpm (am) uphill/downhill fresh legs
Wed 11/sep/96 LR 77' 16,2 23 41 bpm (am) lower incline easy pace with fast strides downhill
Thu 12/sep/96 RR 40' 7,7 25 41 bpm (am) on grass (field) stiff right achilles (now slower & flatter)
Fri 13/sep/96     ---    
Sat 14/sep/96 IR 30' 12,6 21 45 bpm (am) on track good, without pain/stiffness
Sun 15/sep/96 ER 47' 9,1 21 on road slight tension on r achilles
67,0
Mon 16/sep/96 RR 60' 11,5 20 op gras good recovery
Tue 17/sep/96 3*3*200m 10,6 22  wind (--T) didn't run tall enough 32"1-72"-34"0-66"-32"9-[10'00]-30"6-77"-31"6-74"-32"0-[10'01]-31"1-75"-32"8-68"-32"4
Wed 18/sep/96 LR 61' 12,0 21 beach run tiring 5' of stretching after 30'
Thu 19/sep/96 3*2*400m 10,7 20 on beach lack of power 67+70 - 69+71 - 69+70 (410m?)  not slow
Fri 20/sep/96 RR 40' 7,7 17 7:15am good recovery, loose OK, goede recup, geen stijfheid na gisteren
Sat 21/sep/96     ---    
Sun 22/sep/96 HR 59' 11,9 19 rain recovered 1 ->20'= uphill (steep); 5' flat; 10' downhill (steep) etc.
64,4
Mon 23/sep/96 RR 60' 12,2 17 storm/sunny on grass to finish 5 fast sprints. Again very fresh legs.
Tue 24/sep/96 3*3*200 11,7 17 storm (--A) better than last week 29"0-78"-30"0-84"-30"3-[9'59]-30"5-86"-30"2-87"-31"2-[9'56]-28"7-84"-31"2-85"-30"8
Wed 25/sep/96 LR 65' 13,0 21 57 bpm (am) on sinter track OK, not bad
Thu 26/sep/96 3*2*400 11,1 19 56 bpm (am) (--T) tired (beginning flu) 60"8-86"-64"8-[9'58]-62"9-85"-66"0-[11'59]-65"8-87"-70"4
Fri 27/sep/96 RR 62' 11,0 21 45 bpm (am) fit better legs, recovering
Sat 28/sep/96 HR 41' 7,3 23 42 bpm (am) very steep (20%), up & down very tiring
Sun 29/sep/96 ER 50' 11,8 22 42 bpm (am) fresh legs gone after 15' (flat):  4'23 - 4.27 - 4'28 - 4'35 - 4'26 - 4'07  (ca. 147-150 bpm)  + 4 fast sprints (60m) + 10' run
78,1
Mon 30/sep/96 RR 60' 10,6 20 warm assepiste tired calves; per km: 5'53-5'47-5'47-5'48-5'48-5'46-5'40-5'32-5'28-5'31
Tue 1/okt/96 3*3*200 10,9 16 rain (^T) easy, fluently, not pushing 27"3-82"-28"1-86"-28"8-[10'12]-27"1-95"-28"5-101"-29"1-[9'55]-27"7-98"-28"6-93"-29"1
Wed 2/okt/96 RR 60' 10,0 17 42 bpm (am) slowly (flat) attention: significant weight gain
Thu 3/okt/96 3*2*400 11,3 21 warm  (--T) slight stiffness; 62" is fast! 60"8-91"-66"3-[9'58]-61"5-85"-64"7-[9'57]-61"9-85"-60"3
Fri 4/okt/96 RR 56' 10,9 20 43 bpm (am) loose-limbed today (good legs) km's: 5'23-5'12-10'30--5'10-10'20-5'40...
Sat 5/okt/96 RR 20' 3,8 17 45 bpm (am) strong wind legs = OK.   km's: 5'21-5'11-5'03
600 + 5*200 10,3 19 WIND! (^T) standing (departure) 1'27"15 [=26"7+28"3 (55"0)+32"1] --[16'00]-33"1-77"-33"3-75"-31"5-63"-31"3-60"-31"3
Sun 6/okt/96 LR 71' 14,6 16 humid uphill (1->20') better legs after 45'
82,4
Mon 7/okt/96 RR 48' 8,9 16 rain uphill + flat tired, some km's: 5'23-5'17-5'35
Tue 8/okt/96 10*200 13,0 15 rain, cold slight stiffness 10*200 with 200 jog - pretty smooth after 3rd (no time)
Wed 9/okt/96 LR 60' 13,3 20 42 bpm (am) 20' uphill tired legs (calves), do I need to rest?
Thu 10/okt/96 3*2*400 12,2 23 ­  (^T) diesel legs 60"2-86"-64"2-[10'00]-60"4-81"-61"5-[10'00]-59"7-97"-59"4
Fri 11/okt/96 RR 60' 11,2 21 ­  (warm) good legs km's: 5'28-5'17-5'27-5'15-5'23-5'23-5'17-5'17-5'14-5'09-5'10
Sat 12/okt/96 H  (10*100) 9,2 17 below maximum working on technique high knees, fully stretched last leg, slight overstriding
Sun 13/okt/96     ---     stiff & tired
67,8
Mon 14/okt/96 RR 56' 10,9 17 still bit stiff slow heartrate km's: 5'12-5'09-5'01-5'00-5'13-5'11-5'14-5'14-5'09-5'12
Tue 15/okt/96 3*3*300 12,6 19 (^T), wet track calves: tired 45"6-3'47-44"7-3'45-44"3-9'58-43"5-3'57-46"2-3'57-45"8-9'59-45"2-3'52-44"6-3'54-44"9
Wed 16/okt/96 RR 43' 7,9 16 storm on sinter track tired tired tired tired
Thu 17/okt/96 4*500 3,9 17 ­  (cool) legs not fit yet v painful stomach cramps during w-up. STOP training (4*500)
Fri 18/okt/96 LR 73' 14,0 16 ­  (cool, wind) good legs km's: 5'21-10'37-10'40-10'38-10'33-10'16-10'17
Sat 19/okt/96 ER 54' 10,6 18 ­  (cool) OK, fit km's:... 5'20-10'11-4'39-4'22-4'50...
Sun 20/okt/96 ER 57' 10,6 19 ­  ,39 bpm flat + hills; recovered km's:...5'16-10'23-5'03-5'03-5'12...
70,5
Mon 21/okt/96 600 + 5*200 10,3 19 WIND! (^T) standing (departure) 1'27"15 [=26"7+28"3 (55"0)+32"1] --[16'00]-33"1-77"-33"3-75"-31"5-63"-31"3-60"-31"3
Tue 22/okt/96 RR 56' 10,3 22 flat better after 30' plus 4 strides
Wed 23/okt/96     ---    
Thu 24/okt/96     ---     36 bpm
Fri 25/okt/96 ER 42' 10,5 14 NRR Rekem fast after 30' < 4' / km
Sat 26/okt/96 LR 58' 11,7 13 cool very fresh legs
Sun 27/okt/96 R 6.5K 10,7 10 road race not 100% recovered can't keep this fast pace for longer than 13'
53,5
Mon 28/okt/96 RR 45' 9,0 15 forest good legs slow
Tue 29/okt/96 4*500 10,6 8 (^A), wet cold & wet; stride (too) long 1'15"8-7'52-1'14"9-8'41-1'19"4-14'09-1'16"7
Wed 30/okt/96 RR 58' 10,4 9 stiff left calf fit
Thu 31/okt/96 Test BLITS 7,5 18 stiff left calf OK not fully recovered
Fri 1/nov/96 RR 45' 9,3 14 still stiff slow
Sat 2/nov/96 LR 62' 12,8 12 cool good legs
Sun 3/nov/96 RR 45' 9,3 12
68,9
Mon 4/nov/96 ER 45' 10,5 14 rain on road faster pace
Tue 5/nov/96 ER 45' 10,5 10 7:00am on road stiff muscles
Wed 6/nov/96 LR 64' 13,0 18 (A)  OK fit km's: ...4'56-4'52-(9'47)-4'52-4'50-4'52-4'51...
Thu 7/nov/96 RR 70' 13,0 18 (A) recovering km's: ...5'19-5'24-5'19-(10'39)-5'20-5'27-5'24...  At avg. 120 bpm
Fri 8/nov/96 ER 48' 10,0 17 (A)  OK goes very smoothly some km's: 4'38-4'35-4'38-4'53...
Sat 9/nov/96 ER 46' 10,0 16 (A)  very fresh with 5 sprints km's: 4'37-4'43-4'31-4'39-4'44-4'40-4'35-4'43-4'38-3'59 (last 400 in 74)
Sun 10/nov/96 ER 44' 8,6 16 (A) rain very smoothly 4 km's on track: ...5'00-4'51-4'49-4'42...
75,6
Mon 11/nov/96 ER 46' 9,3 16 (A) rain OK 4 km on track @ 4'55 à 5'05
Tue 12/nov/96 3*3*200 12,2 16 ­  (-T) slow pace feels strange 31"3-74"-31"4-69"-30"8-(9'59)-28"5-79-29"4-79-32"5-(9'49)-28"3-1'13-30"1-84"-30"5
Wed 13/nov/96 LR 58' 11,3 17 rain slow (flat) some km's: ... 5'05-5'10-5'10-5'10-5'10-5'09...
Thu 14/nov/96 3*2*400 11,6 15 cold  (--T) difficult & disappointing 59"4-82"-66"7-[9'55]-63"5-95"-64"2-[9'59]-62"2-83"-64"3
Fri 15/nov/96 LR 70' 13,5 14 69.0 kg some (dubble) km's: ...10'39-10'31-10'27-10'05...
Sat 16/nov/96 IR 44' 10,0 17 (-A) swampy 41 bpm (am), 68.0kg km's: 5'07-4'56-4'16-4'05-4'04-4'00-4'05-4'04-4'02-5'05
Sun 17/nov/96 ER 50' 10,0 16 (A) 68.5 kg hangover
77,9
Mon 18/nov/96     ---     no time to run
Tue 19/nov/96 3*3*200 13,4 11 (-A),very fast!! storm (80km/h) 29"6-70"-29"5-73"-29"8-(9'58)-28"5-75"-29"5-80"-29"8-(9'55)-28"0-78"-29"2-78"-29"3
Wed 20/nov/96 ER 49' 10,2 14 69.0kg OK some km's:... 4'58-4'46-4'40-4'33...
Thu 21/nov/96 3*2*400 12,2 13 ­ (^T) cold 70 km wind makes it difficult 59"8-86"-61"3-[9'58]-60"6-89"-61"6-[14'57]-59"6-93"-62"2
Fri 22/nov/96 RR 70' 13,0 12 100 km wind slightly tired km's: 5'42-10'48-10'39-...-10'33...
Sat 23/nov/96 ER 50' 10,8 10 ­ no wind not fully recovered some km's:... 4'35-4'17-...4'32-4'24-4'25...
Sun 24/nov/96 IR 45' 10,0 11 ­ no wind shorter, more intensive km's: 5'09-4'59-4'35-4'05-4'06-3'54-3'54-3'45-5'14-5'17
69,6
Mon 25/nov/96 ER 50' 10,7 12 69.5 kg good pace slight stiffness & light overall fatigue
Tue 26/nov/96 5*300 9,3 13 (^T), +/- maximum lactic acid after 3° 42"5-4'31-41"6-4'26-42"4-4'23-43"9-4'49-43"9 (1-3 make way to 3rd lane)
Wed 27/nov/96 LR 60' 10,5 10 9:00am slowly, km: ...5'40-11'08-5'29-5'30-...
Thu 28/nov/96 3*500 10,4 9 (^T) very cold storm (+100km/h) 1'14"0-10'27-1'13"1-10'04-1'12"5 (accelerating last 100m, very fit, no lactic acid)
Fri 29/nov/96 RR 71' 13,3 11 ­  ,37 bpm sluggish, not smoothly km's: 5'15 - 5'40
Sat 30/nov/96 H  (10*100) 9,9 14 ­  (warm) better 10% uphill, 90" walking recovery - firmly, not maximally
Sun 1/dec/96 ER 51' 10,0 14 ­  ,69.0 kg recovery km's:...5'25-5'17-5'10-5'07-5'13-5'03-5'01-4'57-4'52-...
74,1
Mon 2/dec/96     ---    
Tue 3/dec/96 3*3*200 11,0 15 (^T) legs shaking scared 4 injuries 25"8-85"-27"1-97"-27"5-(15'59)-27"0-92"-28"4-89"-28"6-(13'33)-27"2-98"-27"8-94"-27"8
Wed 4/dec/96 RR 35' 6,0 14 bit stiff (yest) trembling left calf
Thu 5/dec/96 3*2*400 10,3 14 69.0 kg. 58" goes fluently 58"6-92"-61"7-(10'01)-58"0-86"-61"0-(9'54)-58"5-92"-62"2
Fri 6/dec/96 RR 72' 13,0 16 ­  (warm) slowly per 2km: 11'41-11'14-10'47-11'01-11'01-11'01-5'27
Sat 7/dec/96 ER 59' 12,9 17 ­  (warm) OK with hills
Sun 8/dec/96 LR 63' 12,4 17 ­  (warm) 137 bpm on avg.  @ 5'00/km
65,6
Mon 9/dec/96 ER 46' 8,9 15 rain 70.5kg sleepy + tired legs; stiff, no strength
Tue 10/dec/96 5*400 10,3 14 (^T), wet weak legs, overstriding 63"0-83"-66"2-80"-63"9-79"-65"0-86"63"5
Wed 11/dec/96     ---     19 ­  (warm) tired all day; heavy, sluggish legs
Thu 12/dec/96 ER 50' 9,3 12 wet better (but not good) legs
Fri 13/dec/96 2*1000 6,7 15 impossible heavy stride 31"->63"->2'10"-> 2'46"9 (stopped - no physical nor mental strength left)
Sat 14/dec/96 RR 60' 9,7 17 warm very slow per km: 6'17-6'12-6'16-6'14-6'09-6'02-6'16-6'10-6'12...
Sun 15/dec/96 RR 60' 12,0 19 ­  (hot) back to normal? per km: 5'09-9'49-4'57-4'57-4'59-5'00-4'55-9'57-5'08-5'04
56,9
Mon 16/dec/96 3*500 9,8 18 ­  (zr warm) 3rd goes smoothly 1'11"5-19'54-1'13"8-18'57-1'12"5
Tue 17/dec/96 ER 59' 13,2 16 ­  (warm) improvement per km: 5'01-4'56-4'51-4'51-4'48-4'41-4'36-4'36-4'33-4'30-4'19-4'11-3'59
Wed 18/dec/96     ---    
Thu 19/dec/96     ---    
Fri 20/dec/96     ---    
Sat 21/dec/96 R 800m 9,0 19 67 kg trembling legs again 2'00"16
Sun 22/dec/96 RR 46' 8,9 -2 43 bpm weak (evening) - ill?
40,9
Mon 23/dec/96     ---     43 bpm
Tue 24/dec/96     ---    
Wed 25/dec/96 RR 50' 10,0 -3 43 bpm
Thu 26/dec/96 R 800m 12,6 -3 67.5 kg powerless legs 2'00"78  (25"X-40"-55"0-1'09-1'25"5) speed = ok. High lactate level
Fri 27/dec/96 RR 60' 12,1 -3 68.0 kg rather slow
Sat 28/dec/96     ---    
Sun 29/dec/96 H   11,8 -8 cold no strenght at all 5*60m uphill
46,5
Mon 30/dec/96 RR 42' 8,4 -7 slow, on road extremely tired. Fatigue  back 5'15 / km
Tue 31/dec/96 ER 62' 14,4 -12 cold! better pace, still tired ca. 14 km/h, 'fuzzy legs'
Wed 1/jan/97     ---    
Thu 2/jan/97 5*400 12,3 -12 cold! again very tired all over 2'53-72-3'43-70-3'35-69-… (400m w 800m between reps) sick afterwards
Fri 3/jan/97     ---     68kg
Sat 4/jan/97 ER 46' 10,5 -6 a bit less tired 4'35km/h
Sun 5/jan/97 ER 54' 12,1 -5 67,0 kg NRR, on snow 13,5 km/h
57,7