Performed Training Sessions:  Q1Q2 1997
km i °C conditions how pace
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
Mon 6-Jan-97 Fartlek 59' 12,8 68 kg (-A) heavy' stride  @4'32/km (200:31"6, 400:67"6, 600:1'42"8, ...)
Tue 7-Jan-97     ---    
Wed 8-Jan-97     ---    
Thu 9-Jan-97 R 1500m 9,5 Lyon indoor shaking & powerless legs abandoned race after 700m
Fri 10-Jan-97     ---     still feeling very tired chronic fatigue hitting again
Sat 11-Jan-97     ---    
Sun 12-Jan-97     ---    
22,3
Mon 13-Jan-97     ---    
Tue 14-Jan-97     ---    
Wed 15-Jan-97     ---    
Thu 16-Jan-97     ---    
Fri 17-Jan-97     ---    
Sat 18-Jan-97     ---    
Sun 19-Jan-97     ---    
0,0
Mon 20-Jan-97     ---    
Tue 21-Jan-97     ---    
Wed 22-Jan-97     ---    
Thu 23-Jan-97     ---    
Fri 24-Jan-97     ---    
Sat 25-Jan-97     ---    
Sun 26-Jan-97     ---    
0,0
Mon 27-Jan-97     ---    
Tue 28-Jan-97     ---    
Wed 29-Jan-97     ---    
Thu 30-Jan-97     ---    
Fri 31-Jan-97     ---    
Sat 1-Feb-97     ---    
Sun 2-Feb-97     ---    
0,0
Mon 3-Feb-97 ER 30' 6,3   14 73.0 kg (-A) hard basic form is gone (ca. 4'40 pace, last 2km @4'20/km)
Tue 4-Feb-97     ---        
Wed 5-Feb-97     ---      
Thu 6-Feb-97 ER 60' 13,0   13 ­  (-A) an hour :-) km's: 10'06-4'50-4'47-4'42-9'26-4'37-4'29-3'22-4'52-4'40-4'00
Fri 7-Feb-97 ER 27' 6,0   17 in Cassis
Sat 8-Feb-97     ---      
Sun 9-Feb-97     ---      
25,3
Mon 10-Feb-97 ER 46' 12,0   17 72.5 kg parc Luminy uphill (rocks), then 16' flat and 2*200m on track @30"
Tue 11-Feb-97 RR 54' 10,2   16
Wed 12-Feb-97     ---      
Thu 13-Feb-97 ER 45' 9,4  
Fri 14-Feb-97     ---      
Sat 15-Feb-97 LR 61' 12,7   16 ­  (mistral)
Sun 16-Feb-97 LR 63' 13,1   17 ­  (warm)
57,4
Mon 17-Feb-97     ---      
Tue 18-Feb-97     ---      
Wed 19-Feb-97 ER 53' 10,6   17 72.5 kg on road
Thu 20-Feb-97     ---      
Fri 21-Feb-97     ---      
Sat 22-Feb-97 ER 51' 9,2   16 ­  upto Cap Canaille hard, (stiffness in calves - 5 days)
Sun 23-Feb-97     ---      
19,8
Mon 24-Feb-97     ---      
Tue 25-Feb-97 ER 51' 10,4   16 ­  (-A) km's: ... 4'57-4'53-4'48-4'43-4'39 ...
Wed 26-Feb-97 ER 50' 10,4   17 72.5 kg km's: ... 4'59-9'44-4'45-4'27 ...
Thu 27-Feb-97 ER 46' 8,9   18 ­  (warm) road
Fri 28-Feb-97 ER 61' 14,0   ­  (-A) 4'20 @ 4'30 /km last km @3'22
Sat 1-Mar-97     ---      
Sun 2-Mar-97     ---      
43,7
Mon 3-Mar-97 ER 60' 11,7   20 ­  (-A) km's: ... 5'28-5'10-4'47-4'24-5'07-4'59 ...
Tue 4-Mar-97 LR 73' 15,6   17 on road good pace
Wed 5-Mar-97 ER 53' 10,2   19 wind parc Luminy
Thu 6-Mar-97 ER 49' 9,0   17 ­  (-A) km's: ... 5'15-5'03-5'11-5'02 ...
Fri 7-Mar-97 IR 45' 10,0   19 ­  (-T) (too) fast pace km's: 4'19-3'47-3'42-3'38-3'46-3'56 ...
Sat 8-Mar-97 ER 59' 12,1   20 71.5 kg (-A)  @ 140bpm km's: 5'02-4'53-4'59-4'58-4'56-4'57-4'58-4'58-4'55-4'52-4'51-4'55
Sun 9-Mar-97 RR 55' 10,8   20 ­  (-A) easy pace km's: ... 5'16-5'10-5'14-5'16-4'54-5'01 ...
79,4
Mon 10-Mar-97 ER 49' 10,1   19 71.5 kg parc Luminy
Tue 11-Mar-97 3*3*200 11,1   19 (-A) wind lack of power 30"3-74"-32"3-69"-31"3-(9'55)-29"4-74"-30"0-74"-30"7-(9'56)-29"7-76"-30"7-74"-30"8
Wed 12-Mar-97 RR 60' 12,0   18 71.0 kg stiffness km's: ... 5'08-5'02-5'09-4'59-5'02-5'07 ...
Thu 13-Mar-97 3*2*400 10,5   20 70.5 kg Av=67"9 65"9-81"-71"0-(9'52)-67"7-80"-68"6-(9'55)-66"8-74"-67"0
Fri 14-Mar-97 ER 49' 10,6   20 wind stiffness
Sat 15-Mar-97 ER 40' 8,0   21 ­  (-A) followed by game of tennis km's: 5'14-5'03-5'04-4'56-5'01-4'54-4'54-4'46
Sun 16-Mar-97 ER 60' 12,0  
74,3
Mon 17-Mar-97     ---       not fit
Tue 18-Mar-97     ---       ill
Wed 19-Mar-97     ---       tired
Thu 20-Mar-97     ---       ill, tired
Fri 21-Mar-97     ---       ill, tired
Sat 22-Mar-97 RR 51' 10,0   19 ­  (-A) easy does it km's: ... 5'05-5'02-5'01-4'57-4'59 ...
Sun 23-Mar-97 RR 59' 12,0   19 ­  (-A) better legs km's: ... 5'06-4'55-5'04-5'02-5'03-5'00-5'12 ...
22,0
Mon 24-Mar-97     ---      
Tue 25-Mar-97 3*3*200 11,6   19 ­  (-A) 70.0 Avg=30"0 29"5-83"-29"4-77"-30"5-(9'54)-30"0-88"-30"6-83-29"5-(9'54)-29"4-83"-30"6-88"-30"2
Wed 26-Mar-97 RR 45' 8,5   19 ­  (-A) exhausted & stiff km's: 10'49-10'49 - (stretching) - 10'43-10'11
Thu 27-Mar-97 2*3*300 + 400 10,8   21 ­  (-A) 69.5 almost maximal 46"6-3'30-47"1-3'28-46"9-(9'56)-47"6-3'29-46"7-3'28-46"7-9'56-61"0
Fri 28-Mar-97 ER 60' 12,3   19 ­  (-A) pain @ l ankle km's: ... 5'02-4'57-4'58-5'01-4'55-5'00-4'47-4'53-4'00 ...
Sat 29-Mar-97     ---      
Sun 30-Mar-97 ER 55' 12,8   17 69.5 kg km's: ... 5'15-5'05-5'06-4'54=35'; 5 versn; 5*60m @ 90%; 20'
56,0
Mon 31-Mar-97 3*3*200 11,4   21 ­  (-A) Av= 31"0 30"3-80"-31"9-76"-31"5-(9'59)-30"3-80"-31"5-81"-31"2-(10'03)-29"6-79"-31"2-75"-31"0
Tue 1-Apr-97     ---      
Wed 2-Apr-97 LR 74' 15,4   km's: ... 5'01-9'53-9'44-9'36-8'47 ...
Thu 3-Apr-97 ER 45' 9,3  
Fri 4-Apr-97 ER 60' 11,6  
Sat 5-Apr-97 1* 600m 7,0   19 ­  (^T) stiff 600m: 1'31"0 (28"5, 59")
Sun 6-Apr-97 RR 58' 11,7   24 ­  (-A) left ankle ! km's: ... 5'16-5'09-10'18-10'14 ...
66,4
Mon 7-Apr-97 H:  10*60 9,1   20 69.5 kg good legs 10 x uphill (15%) on gravel; repeat every 2'
Tue 8-Apr-97 ER 30' 6,0   left ankle hurting km's: 5'17-4'57-4'57-14'39
Wed 9-Apr-97     ---       idem
Thu 10-Apr-97     ---       idem
Fri 11-Apr-97 ER 58' 12,0   idem
Sat 12-Apr-97 3*2*400 9,6   20 ­  (^T) Av=63"9 64"0-76"-65"6-(12'30)-63"0-72"-64"0-(12'30)-62"7-87"-64"1
Sun 13-Apr-97 RR 43' 9,0   20 70.5 kg swollen left ankle
45,7
Mon 14-Apr-97 RR 32' 6,0   18 70.5 kg painful ankle km's: 10'33-10'33-10'39
Tue 15-Apr-97 3*3*200 10,4   20 ­  (^T) very painful ankle 29"0-89"-30"4-87"-29"6-(9'45)-28"1-93"-28"8-98"-29"3-(9'45)-27"2-85"-28"8-80"-30"0
Wed 16-Apr-97     ---      
Thu 17-Apr-97 ER 45' 10,0   (-A) ankle 5km's: 22'24-22'03
Fri 18-Apr-97     ---      
Sat 19-Apr-97 (4+3) *400 9,4   16 taped ankle  running clockwise 65"4-3'05-69"4-2'13-70"7-2'16-70"7-(5'01)-67"2-2'36-70"1-2'37-68"1
Sun 20-Apr-97 RR 57' 11,2   16 70.0 kg
47,0
Mon 21-Apr-97 RR 45' 8,7   16 70.5 kg stiff leg muscles
Tue 22-Apr-97 5*300 8,0   17 (^T) mistral 43"9-4'01-43"2-3'57-44"6-4'17-45"6-5'34-45"8
Wed 23-Apr-97     ---       alcohol (6 am)
Thu 24-Apr-97 4*500 9,7   19 (^T) alcohol (6 am) 1'17"8-10'54-1'17"0-11'06-1'17"2-10'56-1'15"8
Fri 25-Apr-97     ---       alcohol (5 am)
Sat 26-Apr-97 ER 48' 10,5   18 heel vlot alcohol (5 am) ... 5 km @ 22'36 ...
Sun 27-Apr-97 D 46' 10,0   20 70.0 kg goed after 33': 10*100m (@ 80%) with 100m recup
46,9
Mon 28-Apr-97 RR 47' 8,9   21 70.0 kg better legs barefoot on grass
Tue 29-Apr-97     ---      
Wed 30-Apr-97 ER 50' 10,3   20 good legs 7:15 in bed; 8:10 up (+ alcohol)…
Thu 1-May-97 ER 47' 9,9   24 picnic Luminy heavy legs swimming afterwards
Fri 2-May-97 ER 48' 10,4   23 69.0 kg better legs one hour cycling afterwards @ 150à170bpm
Sat 3-May-97 2*3*200 8,1   22 68.5kg (^T) stiff muscles after cycling 28"2-91"-29"0-93"-28"4-(9'56)-27"1-1'43"-28"2-1'43-28"1
Sun 4-May-97 RR 41' 7,4   20 68.5kg easy km's: 11'14-11'01-10'52-5'03...
55,0
Mon 5-May-97 ER 31' 6,0   18 69.0kg (-A) legs are tired + stiff km's: 10'27-10'07-10'20
Tue 6-May-97 600 + 5*200 9,4   20 strong wind tired legs @ start 600m (still start): 1'26"5 [27"-57"] -(15')-31"5-84"-31"4-78"-29"9-83"-29"1-83"-28"6
Wed 7-May-97 ER 49' 10,0   21 wind smooth
Thu 8-May-97 ER 59' 12,0   23 pain @ankle right after 67' of cycling 2km's: 10'05-9'52-9'49-9'50-9'57-9'51
Fri 9-May-97 3*3*300 12,0   22 wind  69.5kg shaking calves 46"7-2'39-48"0-2'23-47"8-(9'55)-45"8-2'48-48"1-2'41-46"9-(9'52)-46"3-2'41-46"8-2'46-46"3
Sat 10-May-97 ER 45' 9,0  
Sun 11-May-97 2*1000 9,0   20 wind heavy legs (@w-up) 2'43" -(20' recup)- 2'41"
67,4
Mon 12-May-97     ---    
Tue 13-May-97     ---    
Wed 14-May-97     ---    
Thu 15-May-97 RR 20' 4,2 18 stiff and sluggish 20' warming up and 5 mooth accelerations
R 1500 10,0 20 Toulon, Univ Ch sluggish before race 4'00"03 (2'37@1000m)
Fri 16-May-97 ER 46' 8,9 25 ­  (warm) very good legs
Sat 17-May-97 ER 52' 10,1 24 recup pace hills swimming afterwards
Sun 18-May-97     ---     cycling (la Ciotat -> géménos) 1:30
33,2
Mon 19-May-97 RR 32' 6,0   23 69.5kg slow
Tue 20-May-97     ---       tired legs
Wed 21-May-97 RR 44' 8,6   22 flat normal legs
Thu 22-May-97 3*600 9,0   25 ­  (wind!!) respiratory problems 1'30"4-(9'51)-1'29"4-(10'20)-1'31"2
Fri 23-May-97 RR 60' 11,0   22 69.0kg slow and easy 3km's: 16'10-16'19-16'11+5'42+5'27
Sat 24-May-97 3*3*200 10,4   25 head wind (2) easy repeats 28"5-91"-29"0-83"-29"1-(9'49)-27"8-81"-28"7-77"-28"3-(9'51)-28"1-80"-28"3-84"-28"3
Sun 25-May-97 RR 33' 6,0   22 not tired easy repeats km's: ...11'02-10'55...
51,0
Mon 26-May-97 6*60 6,0 28 ­  (warm) ca 95% flying start (6*100)   departure every 4'
Tue 27-May-97 RR 16' 3,0 (-A)
Wed 28-May-97 RR 16' 2,9 27 37 bpm o.p. good legs
R 800 12,1 24 68.5kg Martigues 1'57"47 (58"-1'26) with very strong wind
Thu 29-May-97 ER 52' 9,5 30 warm up and down average legs (esp. between 115 à 130 bpm)
Fri 30-May-97 RR 32' 5,9 30 68.5kg very tired and sleepy
Sat 31-May-97 3*3*300 12,4 30 ­  wind (^T) very good legs 47"4-2'56-44"1-3'31-40"1-(11'53)-49"9-3'08-44"9-3'59-40"6-(11'33)-48"3-3'23-46"7-3'55-40"7
Sun 1-Jun-97     ---    
51,8
Mon 2-Jun-97 IR 44' 9,5   23 flat good legs km's: ... 5'17-4'52-4'32-4'23-3'59-3'29...
Tue 3-Jun-97 3*800 8,6   23 ok, windstill nice running 2'11"4-(9'53)-2'11"9-(9'19)-2'05"4
Wed 4-Jun-97 RR 32' 6,6   22 good legs flat, good pace
Thu 5-Jun-97     ---      
Fri 6-Jun-97 RR 25' 5,2   27 69.5kg heavy legs  + 4 accelerations (working hard)
Mon 7-Jun-97 R 1500 12,7   23 Marseille slightly tired & stiff legs 3'58"38 (2'37")
Sun 8-Jun-97 ER 42' 9,6   30 68.0 kg with break after 35'
52,2
Mon 9-Jun-97 ER 52' 10,0   31
Tue 10-Jun-97     ---      
Wed 11-Jun-97 RR 58' 10,5   26
Thu 12-Jun-97 ER 47' 9,2   30 hot & humid
Fri 13-Jun-97 RR 30' 5,8   30 hot & humid
Sat 14-Jun-97 H 2*(3*100) + 3*60 10,5   27 68.0 kg 2*(3*100) + 3*60 not maximal
Sun 15-Jun-97 RR 37' 7,0   28 dry