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VIDEO: Sasha Gollish’s pre-2018 U Sports Championships workout

Watch the University of Toronto middle- and long-distance runner prepare for the Canadian university championships with this pre-race workout

Sasha Gollish

Canadian Running caught up with 2015 Pan Am Games bronze medallist and 2017 Canadian university cross-country champion Sasha Gollish before the 2018 U Sports Track and Field Championships.

The workout

– Activation (15 minutes)
– Warm up (10-15 minutes)
– Drills
– Strides
– 2x400m off 2 minutes recovery, 2x200m with 2 minutes recovery
– Cool down

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues runner will be competing at the March 8-10 Canadian university indoor track championships in Windsor, Ont. She’s entered to contest the 1,500m and 3,000m. On Wednesday, she did a pre-race workout (like a shakeout) at the University of Toronto on a non-banked 200m track.

Gollish won the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships 3,000m and will be racing for the Varsity Blues during her fifth and final year of eligibility in Windsor.

Sasha Gollish
Photo: Adam Wojtkowiak.

Catch the action from the U Sports Championships here.

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