{"id":49457,"date":"2021-04-06T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T03:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/?p=49457"},"modified":"2024-09-18T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T00:37:12","slug":"troopys-training-diaries-putting-in-the-hard-yards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/features\/troopys-training-diaries-putting-in-the-hard-yards\/","title":{"rendered":"Troopy\u2019s Training Diaries &#8211; Putting in the Hard Yards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tarkine.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tarkine-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tarkine-Logo.png 751w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tarkine-Logo-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tarkine-Logo-696x245.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Troop describes himself as self-coached throughout his career, though he did enjoy a mentor relationship with Steve Moneghetti. Though he often emphasised how hard he worked, how valiantly he battled, he was a very talented distance runner.&#8221; &#8211; Len Johnson quote from <a href=\"https:\/\/runnerstribeshop.com\/products\/back-in-stock-limited-edition-australian-marathon-stars-paperback-book.html\">Australian Marathon Stars<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17744\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroop.jpg 295w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroop-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroop-224x420.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lee Troop Athens 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Profile<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coach:<\/strong> Self-coached<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date of birth:<\/strong> 22 March 1973<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hometown during career:<\/strong> Geelong\/Ballarat<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal best:<\/strong> 2:09:49<\/li>\n<li><strong>Career highlight:<\/strong> Breaking Ron Clarke\u2019s 33-year-old Australian 5,000m record in 1999<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17745\" style=\"width: 581px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroopGeelongXC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroopGeelongXC.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroopGeelongXC-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroopGeelongXC-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroopGeelongXC-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroopGeelongXC-696x385.jpg 696w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroopGeelongXC-1068x592.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LeeTroopGeelongXC-757x420.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lee Troop. Photo thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/insideathletics.com.au\/\">Tim McGrath from Inside Athletics.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In February 2004 Troopy was interviewed by Neil Macdonald, who managed the Geelong Region Cross Country team from 2000-2007.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarkine.com\/collections\/auto-pilot\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Autopilot-landscape.jpg\" alt=\"Advertisement image for tarkine.com\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The below training schedule is courtesy of <strong>Neil Macdonald.\u00a0<\/strong>For more Troopy info check out <a href=\"https:\/\/runnerstribeshop.com\/products\/back-in-stock-limited-edition-australian-marathon-stars-paperback-book.html\">Australian Marathon Stars.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63913 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/03-TD-1.jpg\" alt=\"Advertisement: Tarkine Trail Devil\" width=\"504\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In February 2004, Lee Troop was a man on a mission. His goals for 2004 were to have a crack at the Australian Marathon Record (2:07.51 held by Robert de Castella) at the London Marathon and to finish in the top 10 at the Athen\u2019s Olympic Marathon. To achieve these goals, Lee changed his training focus from the more traditional Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday \u2018hard \/ quality sessions\u2019 to the following, more \u2018marathon specific\u2019 training program.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24581\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runnerstribeshop.com\/products\/back-in-stock-limited-edition-australian-marathon-stars-paperback-book.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/marathonstars22_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/marathonstars22_001.jpg 579w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/marathonstars22_001-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/marathonstars22_001-281x420.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Australian running classic, buy now from the Runner&#8217;s Tribe shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Warning: do not try this at home!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 37 &#8211; 39 kms. Run easy pace for first two hours (28 &#8211; 30 kms.), then run last 30 mins. hard (9 km.)<\/li>\n<li>PM: 10 &#8211; 11 km. easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 15 &#8211; 16 km. easy<\/li>\n<li>PM: 15 &#8211; 16 km. easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 16 km. \u2018Mona Fartlek\u201d (2 x 90 seconds, 4 x 60 seconds, 4 x 30 seconds, 4 x 15 seconds hard with equal time recovery between.)<\/li>\n<li>PM: 10 &#8211; 11 km. easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 28 &#8211; 30 km. easy<\/li>\n<li>PM: 10 &#8211; 11 km. easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 15 &#8211; 16 km. easy<\/li>\n<li>PM: 15 &#8211; 16 km. easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 17 &#8211; 19 km. 3 &#8211; 4 x Eastern Park Road Circuit (undulating 2.34 km. circuit) in 7 minutes with 2 mins. jog recovery between.<\/li>\n<li>PM: 10 &#8211; 11 km. easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 15 &#8211; 16 km. easy<\/li>\n<li>PM: 15 &#8211; 16 km. easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Total 230 &#8211; 240 km. All easy runs between 3.40 &#8211; 4.00 min. \/ km. pace. Core stability work for 30 minutes on Monday and Thursday. Physio on Tuesday and massage on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52273\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tarkine.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tarkine-Kicks-Green-1024x606.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tarkine-Kicks-Green-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tarkine-Kicks-Green-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tarkine-Kicks-Green-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tarkine-Kicks-Green-696x412.jpg 696w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tarkine-Kicks-Green-1068x632.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tarkine-Kicks-Green-710x420.jpg 710w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tarkine-Kicks-Green.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ad:<a href=\"https:\/\/tarkine.com\/\"> The world&#8217;s most eco-friendly high performance running shoe company.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2004, Lee Troop was a man on a mission. His goals for 2004 were to have a crack at the Australian Marathon Record (2:07.51 held by Robert de Castella) at the London Marathon and to finish in the top 10 at the Athen\u2019s Olympic Marathon. To achieve these goals, Lee changed his training focus from the more traditional Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday \u2018hard \/ quality sessions\u2019 to the following, more \u2018marathon specific\u2019 training program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7252,2310],"tags":[1279],"class_list":["post-49457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-macdonalds-interviews","category-training-of-famous-runners","tag-lee-troop"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.8 (Yoast SEO v25.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Troopy\u2019s Training Diaries - Putting in the Hard Yards - Runner&#039;s Tribe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In February 2004, Lee Troop was a man on a mission. 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