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Name: Evan Bloomberg
Age: 17
School: Northport High School
Coach: Jason Strom
Personal Bests:
400 - 57 (in practice)
800 - 2:05 (relay split)
1500 - 4:10 ( Thursday night armory)
1600 - 4:29
3200 - 9:34
5000 - 15:45 (NIN)
3MI - 16:01 (Sunken Meadow)
5000m - 16:56 (Sunken meadow as a junior)
Championships: I'll let you know when the year is done, as of now I am yet to win one.
Typical Training Week
Pre-Season
Sunday - 12 - 15 miles (long run)
Monday: Fartlek - Gym
Tuesday: Double: (barefoot running in the morning) - longer run at night
Wednesday: Long day - Gym
Thursday: Double: (barefoot running in the morning) - longer run at night
Friday: Tempo run - Gym
Saturday - easy day
Season
Sunday - 12 - 15 miles
Monday: Repeat 1000's (5-7) (gym)
Tuesday: Duel meet - Tempo run
Wednesday: Easy day (gym)
Thursday: Long run (gym)
Friday: Repeat miles, or 1500's (3-4)
Saturday - Race
Goals: Going into the season my main goal has been to break both the high schools 3mi & 5k record - set by Kevin Tshirhart in 2005. Along with those goals, I have set my sights at placing amongst the top 5 individuals in the Eastern States race in vcp, placing in the top 3 as an individual at states, and qualifying for nxn as a team. Whether or not I reach my goals this season I hope that the team can benefit from my influence as a hard worker and continue the legacy that Northport will leave this year.
As for the gym work I rotate between shoulders and arms (Fridays) - (For gym stuff I do 3 reps of 10 sets)
- shoulder press
- Turkish get ups
- shrugs
- dips
- tricep pulldowns
Chest and back (Wednesdays)
- medicine ball bench
- pull ups
- regular bench
- incline bench
- bent over rows
- lat pull down
- back extensions
Legs (mondays)
- Squats
- med ball lunges
- knee extensions
- hamstring curls
- calf raises
That's pretty much all of my gym stuff... I do core stuff like planks and such, but just at home every now and then.
Evan, we hear that you're enrolled in seven advanced placement courses. How do you handle it all and train??
I take the full International Baccalaureate program, it's the same thing as an A.P class except ap is more of an american program where as I.B is international. Anyway, there are almost no differences aside from the certificate you get when completing the IB program. As for the classes I take they are:
- IB english
- IB math
- IB social studies
- IB physics (2 periods)
- IB spanish
- IB Theory of knowledge
It's a lot of work I must say, I get a few solid hours of homework every night. Unfortunately though, I have to sacrifice studying during the week due to my demanding track schedule (weekends are usually when most of that gets done, and i have to pay extra attention during class). After getting home I usually stretch, ice bath, eat, shower, do as much homework till 10:00-10:30, and then wake up the next morning to either run and go to the gym or just go to the gym.