AM: (9 miles, 1:18:48). Ran at Buffalo Park, after watching the Team USA Arizona (McMillan Elite) do their workouts ... Two of them are getting ready for the World Championship in the Marathon in Daegu, South Korea in August (Andrew Lemmoncello and Nick Arcinaga) and others are training for a variety of track and road races. Man they are fast! It is amazing to watch them. After they were done then I did my run - Buffalo Park is a 2 mile looped dirt trail, with hills, at 7500ft. I wasn't really doing a workout, but I did try to work a little harder after a warm-up. My times on the loops were 18:03, 17:07 (8:33), 16:47 (8:23), 16:44 (8:22), I then cooled down for another mile or so. It doesn't look like much, but one of the hills is pretty horrid, and it is the hills where I really feel the altitude ... It was good to run hard though ... just as a matter of comparison, Brett Gotcher ran his loops in 9 mins or so, and he looked awesome doing it! I can't wait for Houston to see how he, Nick and Stephanie do, all three of them have a chance at making the Olympic Team! PM: easy 4 Hoping you are all having a great day!! | 