AM - Very easy run with Sasha on the river. We did 4x100 strides just for fun. I still have some lingering cold effects but hopefully they can clear by next saturday. I'm at the point were I really do not feel like I am running very much at all even though I will be at 75 miles this week. This is a good thing. More importantly my desire and motivation to want to put the miles and hard work in to achieve the most I possibly can in the marathon has returned. I am looking forward to some high miles this winter and am starting to feel much more optimisic about being able to exceed my previous fitness levels and PRs next year. Until recently I was not sure I would surpass where I once was but now I am confident that it will happen. I'm not sure how St. George will go but I am actually more excited about getting the miles back up after St. George. Some people might think I'm crazy but I'm actually looking forward to doing 120 mile weeks all winter and next year. The desire to train hard and go after PRs is back and that is the key ingriedient that I have been missing for awhile so I am excited. PM - 3 easy miles with boys. I just can't wait to shake this cold for good! Nice quote from Haile G. on his goals: "I feel that I can achieve something outstanding in Berlin," said
Gebrselassie, who increased his weekly mileage in the surroundings of
Addis Ababa during the buildup to Berlin to 250km (156 miles). βTo
become stronger in the last part of the marathon I increased my speed
in the final part of my training runs."
During much of the press conference Haile Gebrselassie remained
cautious regarding a time goal. But at the end he was asked to start a
marketing campaign for adidas, in which runners are asked to show their
motivation for running by a drawing. Haile Gebrselassie did a line
drawing, showing himself and then wrote underneath it: β2:03:00 β I
will show you.β Then he explained: "Well, 2:04 would be okay as well.
You always have to aim high." Interesting website: http://www.wearenotjoggers.com/home
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