the essential
The Columérins, after having limited the damage by beating Biarritz before Christmas, returned to training this Saturday. And getting back into shape will have to be effective with this first match at Valence-Romans on Friday.
It’s not just back to school for schoolchildren! The Columérins returned to training last Saturday, after a two-week break. Obligatory vacations which allowed the players (and staff) to take time off. “They were instructed to cut off a good week, almost ten days, before carrying out a small recovery program of their own at the end of last week,” reveals Laurent Delahaye, physical trainer. On Saturday, a little fitness session brought together all these little people returning from vacation. “We ran quite a bit on Saturday, which means we pay attention to the distance run the following days, to adjust the intensity,” he continues.
The group has seen many returns (Pacheco, Pirlet, Tartas, Whetton, Timu, Herron, Delourmel), even if not all of them have yet applied for the competition. “As we are already playing on Friday, we must quickly get to the heart of the matter. But stopping for such a long time, because in two weeks we lose a lot of physical qualities, implies taking precautions. » Hence Saturday’s session which had the air of pre-season preparation.
A journey to Drôme cut in two
Moreover, the week remains classic for Julien Sarraute’s men who will have to quickly get back on track, especially since this block only has three matches. “We are not in a position to leave a match aside. We are behind on our objectives, recalls Laurent Delahaye, regarding tenth place and the ten points missing from La Colombe in the top 6. We have three matches, we are going to play them to the fullest. Clearly, we are going to Valencia to achieve a result, we are not thinking about the next match. »
The journey will be cut in two, as was the case when going to Grenoble and Oyonnax. “We leave Thursday morning, we train in Montpellier on the MHR synthetic pitch, we eat and we leave. It allows us to start in the morning, then do a little explosiveness and set up in the middle of the trip. »
An optimization of time which will not be too much to try to make a move in the Drôme.
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