We are 2 weeks away from AHM 2011. With the strong base built up over the past few weeks, the Kingfishers were brought to a relatively new training area for all to 'Romance The Hills'. Many of whom who were not so familiar with the area were subsequently surprised to learn of some relatively challenging rolling hills in the area.
The Kingfishers not only impressed the trainers, but even went on to surpass their own expectations. To say the run was hard was probably an understatement....it was not to be trifled 
with and certainly not something for the faint-hearted. Trainees were advised early on to have some good fuel in their tanks prior to attempting this training routine...and they 
were sure glad they did.
After a 3km run-in to the training ground, the trainees were broken into 3 groups, and began immediately on their quest around the rolling hills circuit with a time limit of 50minutes. TempoBird pace was engaged as part of training requirements, which the Kingfishers went on to fulfill remarkably well.
At the end of 50min, all did anywhere from 4-6 laps of the 1.4km loop. I recall vividly when I did this years ago, 3 laps were all it took to make me feel faint. The tenacity of this bunch of 
Kingfishers showed that they have a strong base and what it takes to meet their AHM targets in a few weeks time. The coming race-pace LSD will determine what they are capable of, and most are looking forward to it. With confidence levels having been boosted by the recent strengths at training, the Kingfishers are looking good for the money. The main emphasis now is to ensure adaptive recovery kicks in and keeping ourselves injury-free ahead of the big race.
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