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Typical Training Week
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With the Commonwealth Games only weeks away and 3.31.06 under his belt and ranked third fastest Commonwealth athlete in the world this year behind Kenyan’ s Silas Kiplagat( 3:29.27) and Augustine Kiprono Choge( 3:30.22), Gregson came down with a stress fracture, forcing him to withdraw from the Australian team.
“ Obviously I’ m devastated,” said Gregson.“ If I had of arrived in Delhi healthy I know I would have done something special.“ But that’ s part of the game, staying healthy.”
With fellow miler Jeff Riseley also out of the Commonwealth Games due to injury, and strict qualifying criteria in place for next year’ s world championships, the excitement expected of Delhi will play out on athletics tracks around Australia in the upcoming domestic season.
“ I wasn’ t a 14 year old who was Ian and I let things happen
Typical Training Week
Monday: AM: 60min PM: 40min and strides
Tuesday: AM: 8x1km reps off short recovery PM: 40min
Wednesday: AM: 60min PM: 40min
Thursday: AM: 30min threshold run( Heart Rate based) PM: 40min
Friday: AM: 60min
Saturday: AM: Hill Reps PM: 40min
Sunday: AM: 1hr 45min