Coastrek Week 5 Training program 1 x 17km walk 1 x Interval Training (30 mins) Pick from stairs, hills, bike, soft sand or high intensity interval training in a gym 1 x Trek Training (2-3hrs with a 3-8kg pack, see workout of the week) 2 x Relaxation & Injury prevention: Stretch, yoga, […]
Coastrek Training Weeks 3 & 4
I’ve slightly adjusted the Coastrek training program to incorporate my gym sessions and bike sessions. Week 3: 1 x 15km Walk 1 x Interval Training – Hills 1 x Trek Training (2-3hrs with a 3-8kg pack) long walk, speedy pace, incorporating as many hills/stairs and undulating terrain as you can 5 x […]
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Coastrek training – Week 2
Week 2 Training Plan: 1 x Light Walk (aim for minimum of 6kms brisk walking) 1 x Interval Training 1 x Trek Training (2-3hrs with a 3-8kg pack) long walk, speedy pace, incorporating as many hills/stairs and undulating terrain as you can 2 x Relaxation & Injury prevention: Stretch, yoga, swimming The […]
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Coastrek – First Team Training Session
We had our first Melbourne Coastrek team training session last Saturday morning for our team “No Bounce Here”. We were all feeling excited to kick off our training and team bonding sessions at last, as we met at the park in Axedale at 7am. The plan was to walk a circuit of 12k, which was […]
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Melbourne Coastrek 2017
At last I have found a big goal! As you all know I’ve been struggling for a while now to find a goal for 2017 that is big enough to get me excited and inspire me to get out of bed early in the mornings to exercise. I had many ideas of events that would […]
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Training Update
I posted here recently about two events that I’m training for at the moment – Coastrek in March 2016 and 7 Bridges Walk in October 2015. Training is going well. Back to regular weights sessions at the gym mainly to strengthen the legs and shoulders for the events. I’m also walking every day, distances are […]
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Coast trek guest post
Two weeks ago my friends Jan and Cheryl competed in Sydney Coastrek Coastrek is an annual event of either 50 or 100k around the beautiful coastline of Sydney. The event supports the Fred Hollows Foundation, so is a fantastic cause. Jan and Cheryl chose to do the 50k event. I was really interested to follow […]