Training Log: Gift of Fury
- Day 42
Filed Under (Training) by admin on 18-03-2010
Tagged Under : Darcy Rota, Gift of Fury, Vancouver Canucks
TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
DARCY ROTA
Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man whose talent for the game combined with a strong work ethic earned him nine seasons with 20 or more goals in the NHL and made him one of the relatively few scoring bright spots on a Vancouver Canucks team that suffered many losing seasons during the 1980s.
Darcy Rota played a key role in the Cinderella run to the Stanley Cup Finals enjoyed by the Canucks in 1982, and the next year produced one of the greatest seasons in team history with 42 goals and 81 points.
He had been a consistent scorer with the Chicago Blackhawks, which had followed a stellar junior career with the Edmonton Oil Kings. During his final year with the Oil Kings, he scored 73 goals and 129 points in 68 games.
Rota compiled some fine NHL numbers, with 256 goals and 495 points in 794 career games, and made excellent use of the knowledge he had acquired during his playing days by becoming part of the Canucks management team and later president of the Burnaby Express of the BCHL, where he helps develop the next generation of future NHL stars.
TODAY: 10K RUN
10K
- 51:34 (Moderately Hard Pace)
- Mile 1: 7:10
- Mile 2: 7:43
- Mile 3: 8:16
- Mile 4: 8:43
- Mile 5: 8:54
- Mile 6: 8:34
TRAINING NOTES
Well, I was moving at a “moderately hard” pace, but it is not that long ago that 52 minutes would have meant I was moving at a “quite leisurely” pace. Use it or lose it! The first step back on the road to greatness…
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