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Dec
11
Winter Beer/Spirit Mile!!

Winter Beer/Spirit Mile!!

It's loosely "a Mile" ie more like 1.5 - 2 miles total, haha. There is only one event, and there is no prizing, but you will go down in history!
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Dec
06
DBR Bow Valley Work out for December 7: "A Christmas Surprise!"

DBR Bow Valley Work out for December 7: "A Christmas Surprise!"

Dirtbags! Dress bright tomorrow and you may win some sweet new Hoka kicks! We will meet 5:45 at CanGolf
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Nov
29
DBR workout for November 30: The Spray Hill Sprint Pyramid

DBR workout for November 30: The Spray Hill Sprint Pyramid

SPRINTS: 15s, 30s, 45s, 60s, 45s, 30s, 15s (jog back down between each rep) 2-3 mins recovery REPEAT Pyramid x 4 Cool down.
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Nov
22
DBR Workout 23 Nov, 2023: "The Black Friday F.U"

DBR Workout 23 Nov, 2023: "The Black Friday F.U"

2 mins hard, 1 min harder, 2 mins easy Repeat x 6
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Nov
20
Warming Up. How much? Maybe there is a better option than strides, Dirtbags!

Warming Up. How much? Maybe there is a better option than strides, Dirtbags!

I think the take away is that if you feel terrible on the first rep of an interval style workout (me!!), but then get into it by rep 3 or 4, then it may be worth experimenting with a different warm up, particularly one that involves some longer and harder race style efforts.
1 min read
Nov
15
DBR workout for Nov 16, 2023

DBR workout for Nov 16, 2023

6 x 3 mins hard uphill (jog down recovery) 6 x 20s sprints (walk down recovery)
Nov
08
DBR Bow Valley Workout for Nov 9, 2023: "The 4-8-8"

DBR Bow Valley Workout for Nov 9, 2023: "The 4-8-8"

"The 4-8-8" 4 x 300 8 x 200 8 x 100
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Nov
01
The Ingebrigtsen Hill Workout (variation)

The Ingebrigtsen Hill Workout (variation)

Hard Uphill x 40s Jog down recovery (usually around 90s) Repeat x 8 Jog around for 5 minutes Repeat the whole set
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Oct
25
DBR Bow Valley Workout for October 26, 2023 "Flagler's Fartlek"

DBR Bow Valley Workout for October 26, 2023 "Flagler's Fartlek"

Warm up jog 5 x 15s sprints on the flat (1 min R) 6 x 1 min hills (1 min R) 5 x 15s sprints 6 x 1 min flats Cool down
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Oct
18
The Quarry Lake Pyramid is back!

The Quarry Lake Pyramid is back!

Last week was hard - oof! It took me a few days to recover, so I am going to make
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