Carlos Kambaekwa
8 October 2008
Windhoek — Namibia's leading athletes are back on the athletic track preparing for the new season under the tutorship of athletics guru Quinton Steele-Botes.
Botes has come up with a comprehensive training schedule for local athletes with the ultimate view of getting athletes in top shape ahead of several international events in the not too distant future.
Athletes are subjected to various training methods ranging from general preparation phase including the one-month meso-cycle programme and the one-week micro cycle training programme.
"The entire exercise actually takes a period of six months up to four years and is aimed at preparing the bodies of athletes. It's very important that athletes are well prepared in modern athletics, while aspiring young athletes should be nurtured gradually and not be involved in formal training modules," charges Botes.
Meanwhile, the Quinton Steele-Botes (QST) multiple event athletics championship is to get under way at Windhoek's Independence Stadium on the 24th of this month.
The two-day competition will consist of pentathlon (5 events), for primary schools, heptathlon (7 events) for girls and older women, decathlon (10 events) for boys and older men senior, while the senior men and women will also battle it out in the weight pentathlon 5 (throwing events) such as javelin, shot put, discus, hammer throw and the weight.
With the World Championships scheduled for Berlin, Germany in August next year, Botes says athletes can target the World Championships as a pringboard towards participation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India, and the 10th edition of the All African Games in Lusaka, Zambia a year later, with the ultimate goal the 2012 London Olympics.
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