Alica Schmidt shares glimpses of late-night lactic sessions as she gears up for 2025 track season

Alica Schmidt recently shared a few glimpses of late-night lactic sessions as she is gearing up for the 2025 season. Schmidt traveled to Potchefstroom, South Africa, to attend her first training camp for the upcoming season.

Schmidt began her training session for the upcoming season in October 2024, which included a high-endurance training camp. This was followed by a brief getaway, where the German sprinter was seen delighting in the holiday vibes with her friends and family.

Following the festive celebration, she returned to track in South Africa, where she was recently seen attending a pretty intense late-night lactic session with her fellow trainees. She shared a few glimpses from the latest session, referring to it as the "hardest" one so far.

Schmidt stated that the intense session left her unable to stand for 30 minutes due to exhaustion. However, overseeing the strenuous session, she exhibited a positive mindset, showing her readiness for another lactic session in the coming week.

The German athlete was also seen flaunting her Olympic Ring tattoo for the first time, which she got inked on her lower right hip to commemorate her Paris Games appearance.

"Late night lactic sessions ✨ actually today was one of the hardest workouts ever, I couldn’t manage to stand up for 30min 🫠 but that‘s part of the game and I can’t wait for the next one on Saturday 🫡"

"Ps: showing off my tattoo for the first time 🤭," she added.

She further highlighted the intensity of the session by sharing a picture on her Instagram story and wrote:

"Managed to smile after throwing up 3 times after today's session. Running is hard man."

Screenshot of Schmidt's Instagram story.

Alica Schmidt gears up for upcoming Indoor season

Alica Schmidt at the 2024 Olympic Games in France, Paris. Source: Getty

Alica Schmidt recently expressed her excitement for the upcoming indoor season in the 2025 track calendar.

The 400m expert competed in the 4x400m relay event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Champiosnhips. Schmidt bagged a silver medal in the 400m event at the 2022 German Indoor Athletics Championships after posting a time of 52.80 seconds.

Sharing a glimpse of her previous indoor session, she wrote:

"Indoor season is around the corner 🔥 last few weeks of preparation here in South Africa before it‘s go time 🇿🇦🙌🏼"

At the 2024 Paris Games, Schmidt competed in the 4x400m mixed relay event along with her teammates Paul Bredau, Manuel Sanders, and Eileen Demes and settled in seventh place in the heats round.