Twas was the final PowerFLIGHT session in Operation Sunbird...a final rendevous with the MF hills, a favourite amongst the hardened FatBird trainees in the base building phase of the 12-week marathon training program.
A rather thick haze hovering around the PSI range of 50-70 for the past 2 days have put a slight dampener to many runners and outdoor enthusiasts in the island, but nothing too much to stop our Sunbird trainees raring to go for a hard workout of hill repeats. Into the 6th week of operations now, the trainees were all familiar with the training proceedings and just went out to do their respective training objectives alongside their team mates and fellow Sunbirds.
The end results spoke volumes of the progress these trainees have made. Compared with earlier time trials and PowerFLIGHT hills training sessions, many of the trainees have grown strong enough to do an extra 1.6km lap within regulation time, and still felt good and not too overworked. With the strong base under their wings, the Sunbirds are now ready to move into the next stage of training to build up more consistent paces that commensurate with their newly developed abilities.
As we bade the MF hills goodbye and thank it for the fond memories we have had during the Sunbird training sessions held in the area, there was a sense of satisfaction and 'high' that we have conquered the fears and doubts we have had when we first embarked on those seemingly challenging slopes and repeated bouts of workouts on the cardio base and leg strenth. We are pleased to observe that the Sunbirds have progressed well and triumphed the MF hills with flying colours.
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