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Training - Friday 2nd December, 2011

Whispering_Jack

By Whispering_Jack
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jayceebee31 Redleg

jayceebee31   768

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Na , not at Gosh's paddock today- I went down at 9.45 am to be told they are doing time trials.Next open session is next Monday.

deeflog Redleg

deeflog   679

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I wonder if the foo fighters will be joining the boys for training.

gee i am bloody excited about tomorrow night!!!

ox_5 Redleg

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From @MelbourneFC Twitter.

"The boys had a time trial around Princes Park today. Top 3 were@jtren9 followed by youngster @TomMcDonald92 and then@nathan2jones.

Two of the three are expected, nice to see Trengove beating Jones though. But Tom McDonald - He continues to impress. For a big boy, 194cm & pushing 90kgs now he sure can run.

Barney Rubble Redleg

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I got sucked in.

I went down and paid $15 in the carpark opposite. ($15 because there was a special event on)

Then got told about the time trials.

What a loser.

Dinosaur Rover Mighty Demon

Dinosaur Rover   197

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What time do they do the 3k in?

Thanks

ox_5 Redleg

ox_5   163

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What time do they do the 3k in?

In the first 3k time trial for the year Jones ran just over 10 minutes from memory.

Low 10's and anything under 10 is "elite".

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robbo24 Demon

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In the first 3k time trial for the year Jones ran just over 10 minutes from memory.

Low 10's and anything under 10 is "elite".

I heard Misson mention he expected AFL players to be getting low 10's. I attempted this and only managed to get 2km in 9 min. It really is amazing how elite these guys are. (disclaimer: not very fit myself)

Chook Legend

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I wonder if Rohan Bail was fit enough to do this time trial. Either way, with his tweaked groin I would have been surprised to see him finish in the top three.

Chook Legend

Chook   15,023

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Is Bail ever not injured?

If you want to be really fit, it seems you have to walk that line between chronic injury and super endurance.

mauriesy Redleg

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Low 10's and anything under 10 is "elite".

I heard lots say that. That's a kilometre rate of 3:20. Elite for a footballer maybe, but miles off 'elite' running pace.

The current world record for 3000 metres is 7:20.67 ... a kilometre rate of 2:26.

Craig Mottram has run 5000 metres at a kilometre rate of 2:36.

Ron Clarke ran 10,000 metres at a kilometre rate of 2:45 on his way to the world record way back in 1965.

World class marathoners run 42,195 metres at kilometre rate of 3:00!

Steamin Demon Redleg

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I got sucked in.

I went down and paid $15 in the carpark opposite. ($15 because there was a special event on)

Then got told about the time trials.

What a loser.

It's the effort that counts Chippy.

Steamin Demon Redleg

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I heard lots say that. That's a kilometre rate of 3:20. Elite for a footballer maybe, but miles off 'elite' running pace.

The current world record for 3000 metres is 7:20.67 ... a kilometre rate of 2:26.

Craig Mottram has run 5000 metres at a kilometre rate of 2:36.

Ron Clarke ran 10,000 metres at a kilometre rate of 2:45 on his way to the world record way back in 1965.

World class marathoners run 42,195 metres at kilometre rate of 3:00!

Hahaha good stats. I think the word 'Elite' gets thrown around very loosely. Having said that 'Elite' distance runners aren't getting Bumped, Tackled and having pin point passes from 40M are they? Footballers ARE 'Elite' athletes.

ox_5 Redleg

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Hahaha good stats. I think the word 'Elite' gets thrown around very loosely. Having said that 'Elite' distance runners aren't getting Bumped, Tackled and having pin point passes from 40M are they? Footballers ARE 'Elite' athletes.

Yeah, I meant "elite" for footballers.

No chance they will run times like long distance Olympic runners, completely different specimen.

Mazer Rackham Trident

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Having said that 'Elite' distance runners aren't getting Bumped, Tackled and having pin point passes from 40M are they? Footballers ARE 'Elite' athletes.

Not to mention the runners don't have 90+ kg of muscle to lug around.

RalphiusMaximus Trident

RalphiusMaximus   6,102

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I heard lots say that. That's a kilometre rate of 3:20. Elite for a footballer maybe, but miles off 'elite' running pace.

The current world record for 3000 metres is 7:20.67 ... a kilometre rate of 2:26.

Craig Mottram has run 5000 metres at a kilometre rate of 2:36.

Ron Clarke ran 10,000 metres at a kilometre rate of 2:45 on his way to the world record way back in 1965.

World class marathoners run 42,195 metres at kilometre rate of 3:00!

Now that last is just hellishly impressive. It's insane how fast those buggers go over such distances.

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