Age is just a number.

Easy 10 miles today. Yeah I know it's Sunday Sasha.  Needed to get out though as I was feeling cooped up from being inside all day.  1:09:46 total time. 6:58/mile average. 70% mhr.

AM-Had our first group session coaching today at the oval. You should start seeing some new blogs popping up as I encouraged everyone to keep record. We were originally going to do a ladder session but ran out of time. However we still managed to get in a good workout complete with speed changes. After everyone left I proceeded to finish the full workout listed as follows; 2x400m, 800m, 1000m, 1000m, plateauing in effort and now coming down the ladder with an 800m, 400m and a quick 200m finished with a kick at the end. All done with complete rest. As the season progresses and everybody gets better I will start to cut the rest down little by little at 5k goal pace. Everyone did great and it was a pleasure to meet you all and I know we are going to do really well this year.

PM-6 miles easy pace. No time just easy jogging.

PM-2-Hmm-Got into a duel with some friends about who could run the fatsest mile. Being Irish and such AS WELL AS GERMAN I had to oblige.  The results were not pretty to say the least.  More too follow later.

Six easy miles out jogging on the trail. 7:20-7:30/mile pace. Just punching the clock, so to speak. I keep wondering what kind of toll this is going to take on my arms carrying a three pound torch for 26.2 miles. Has any one done this before?

Easy 6 miles this morning on the parkway trail at 6:30-6:40/mile average pace.  Stretching and strides at 1 mile race pace.  

Easy 5 miles on the treadmill at 7/min mile average with mainly slow paced running and then some strides at the end.

Did a very easy run this morning and with the exception of running a few segments at MP pace the majority of the run was at 7-7:30/mile pace.  7th east and 114th out and back course.

A rough day today, but a win nonetheless eh.. with some cash and a nice Swiss made watch to wear home. I woke up yesterday and had a nice little tickle in the back of my throat and by night time a sore throat and runny nose! Oh yeah, Murphy's law at it's finest I thought. But I had made the commitment to run and I knew I had a pretty good chance for first, so I went anyway. The first 12-13 miles were great and I really thought I could just keep going forever at a good clip. But by 18 it became clear I was not going to get the time I wanted. Oh well I thought, and with Sasha's help pacing and holding the Gator bottle I managed to make it home with a respectable time.  All in all a good run on a really scenic course. I only hope I have some legs for next week! So everyone bring your turning fork as you may be scraping up some roadkill next Saturday.

I have to say by the way I have never seen a race director go out of their way like Hyrum Oaks did on this race. He overcame some pretty tough obstacles to put this race on. And he even gave me a personal tour of the course the day before. Way to go Hyrum!     Dark Horse out....