At Sunday's Running of the Green 7k in Denver, Greg took 7th overall on the hilly course in 22:43. Lori rebounded from injury to place 10th in 27:20.
Everyone keep up the good work!
Boulder Running Company/adidas Race Team Blog
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Gate River Run and Runnin' of the Green Results
Great result from the BRC ladies at Saturday's Gate River Run/U.S. 15k Championships! Finishing 2nd as a team to Team USA Minnesota by only 7 seconds, Ali led the way in 6th place with 51:38 and was followed by BRC/adi newcomer Brianne Nelson in 10th place in 52:50. Adrian took 20th in 54:51 to best her previous PR (from the same course) by two minutes and round out the scoring for BRC. GREAT race!!!
At Sunday's Running of the Green 7k in Denver, Greg took 7th overall on the hilly course in 22:43. Lori rebounded from injury to place 10th in 27:20.
Everyone keep up the good work!
At Sunday's Running of the Green 7k in Denver, Greg took 7th overall on the hilly course in 22:43. Lori rebounded from injury to place 10th in 27:20.
Everyone keep up the good work!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Little Black Submarines
I survived! Fatigue February! Almost gobbled me up quite a few times, though I was able to get out alive, and thus stronger. First, I’ll admit that in December of 2011 I finally broke down and gave into all the hype: I bought the Black Keys latest album, “El Camino”. What I found was the hype was non-existent, as they’re the real deal, though this isn’t a album review, this is about how one song spoke to me.
Now, this time it didn’t come to me while meditating in a hot bath of Epson salt. I was actually out the door for a cold, and dark second run. Despite fatigue from running and working, the second run has somehow become something I look forward to daily. There’s something tranquil about clipping off a few miles under the cover of darkness, where the street lamps can barely catch your shadows. These second nightly runs became Reflection Time, and on this particular night, I was rationalizing what exactly I was doing to myself by running this much, and this far into a state of overall fatigue, when the lyrics “Everybody knows, a broken heart is blind” echoed through my mind over and over.
I reached the crest of Gillespie Hill and could see the lights of Boulder shining to the north of me, illuminating the Flatirons like paper silhouettes. It hit me. I had a broken heart. Rest assured, some little filly didn’t break my heart, I’m referring to running. For years you focus on something big. It takes up the majority of your thoughts, for some, it consumes them (I‘m sure for actual Olympians this is much more intense). Four+ years ago I watched the 2007 Olympic Marathon Trials in a basement while living in Manhattan, Kansas. I told myself I’d be on the starting line for the next Trials, before promptly hammering out 20miles just under 6 minute pace. I figured I was well on my way at the time. Though, when the gun sounded in Houston this January for the 2012 Trials, I wasn’t on the line.
“You know me, I had plans, but they just disappeared to the back of my mind”
In the fall-out of these “plans”, I had become blind in one perspective. I’ve gone at running with reckless abandon, blind of the consequences of such rigorous training, running for the sake of running, running to release. When I began to think about it, I’ve got friends, great athletes, who I generalize as “Oblivious Runners”. They run with reckless abandon. It doesn’t matter who’s in the race, or what the distance is, they approach it the simplest of ways: to Compete. They’re blind (I say this as a good thing). They’re definitely on to something, and ironically enough, most of them don’t even know it.
“Oh can it be, the voices calling me, the get lost, and out of time”
At the top of that hill I decided. There’s two ways to go. (Fortunately for me, at the top of Gillespie Hill, both ways go downhill), when your plans are squashed, which way do you go? Do you allow perceived failure (failure is a perspective) to stop you? Or do you find another way? You either Quit or you Go Back At It Harder And Smarter Than Before.
Dreams may “disappear" to the back of your mind, but they’re still in your mind. So you’re either cursed to play the “What If” game or you confront it head on and find out what you’re really made of. Granted, I was at the top of the hill when the combination of Boulders lights, the Flatirons, and The Black Keys spoke to me in a fiery echo of the song “Little Black Submarines", I had two down-hills to chose from. One took me home the short route, the other would add on a few more miles in the cold and dark February night .
I knew which way to go.
Now, this time it didn’t come to me while meditating in a hot bath of Epson salt. I was actually out the door for a cold, and dark second run. Despite fatigue from running and working, the second run has somehow become something I look forward to daily. There’s something tranquil about clipping off a few miles under the cover of darkness, where the street lamps can barely catch your shadows. These second nightly runs became Reflection Time, and on this particular night, I was rationalizing what exactly I was doing to myself by running this much, and this far into a state of overall fatigue, when the lyrics “Everybody knows, a broken heart is blind” echoed through my mind over and over.
I reached the crest of Gillespie Hill and could see the lights of Boulder shining to the north of me, illuminating the Flatirons like paper silhouettes. It hit me. I had a broken heart. Rest assured, some little filly didn’t break my heart, I’m referring to running. For years you focus on something big. It takes up the majority of your thoughts, for some, it consumes them (I‘m sure for actual Olympians this is much more intense). Four+ years ago I watched the 2007 Olympic Marathon Trials in a basement while living in Manhattan, Kansas. I told myself I’d be on the starting line for the next Trials, before promptly hammering out 20miles just under 6 minute pace. I figured I was well on my way at the time. Though, when the gun sounded in Houston this January for the 2012 Trials, I wasn’t on the line.
“You know me, I had plans, but they just disappeared to the back of my mind”
In the fall-out of these “plans”, I had become blind in one perspective. I’ve gone at running with reckless abandon, blind of the consequences of such rigorous training, running for the sake of running, running to release. When I began to think about it, I’ve got friends, great athletes, who I generalize as “Oblivious Runners”. They run with reckless abandon. It doesn’t matter who’s in the race, or what the distance is, they approach it the simplest of ways: to Compete. They’re blind (I say this as a good thing). They’re definitely on to something, and ironically enough, most of them don’t even know it.
“Oh can it be, the voices calling me, the get lost, and out of time”
At the top of that hill I decided. There’s two ways to go. (Fortunately for me, at the top of Gillespie Hill, both ways go downhill), when your plans are squashed, which way do you go? Do you allow perceived failure (failure is a perspective) to stop you? Or do you find another way? You either Quit or you Go Back At It Harder And Smarter Than Before.
Dreams may “disappear" to the back of your mind, but they’re still in your mind. So you’re either cursed to play the “What If” game or you confront it head on and find out what you’re really made of. Granted, I was at the top of the hill when the combination of Boulders lights, the Flatirons, and The Black Keys spoke to me in a fiery echo of the song “Little Black Submarines", I had two down-hills to chose from. One took me home the short route, the other would add on a few more miles in the cold and dark February night .
I knew which way to go.
Kick@$$ Race Results!
Great weekend of 10 milers for BRC/Adi folks! All of our Marathon Trials qualifiers girls and guys came out from post-Trials race hibernation, but none of them have missed a beat during their short downtime. Ali, Wendy, Adrian, Tommy and Matt shook off the rust at the Pueblo Spring Runoff 10 Miler yesterday and they were joined by Sarah, Steph, Jay, Jason, and Robby.
It was a 1-2-3 hit for BRC's women as Ali, Wendy and Adrian took 1st through 3rd respectively in 59:00, 59:14 and 61:38. Steph and Sarah were 25th and 26th in 1:05 and 1:06.
For the gents, Matt led the way in 3rd in a loaded guys' field as he finished in 51:31. Robby was 5th in 52:17. Tommy is coming back around after a series of ups and downs and showed it with his 7th place finish in 53:12. In 10th and 11th were Jason and Jay with 54:21 and 54:28.
Next up for several of these people will be the Gate River Run (U.S. 15k Champs) next weekend while others will take to St. Patrick's day races around the state.
Great job everyone!!!
It was a 1-2-3 hit for BRC's women as Ali, Wendy and Adrian took 1st through 3rd respectively in 59:00, 59:14 and 61:38. Steph and Sarah were 25th and 26th in 1:05 and 1:06.
For the gents, Matt led the way in 3rd in a loaded guys' field as he finished in 51:31. Robby was 5th in 52:17. Tommy is coming back around after a series of ups and downs and showed it with his 7th place finish in 53:12. In 10th and 11th were Jason and Jay with 54:21 and 54:28.
Next up for several of these people will be the Gate River Run (U.S. 15k Champs) next weekend while others will take to St. Patrick's day races around the state.
Great job everyone!!!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Waiting
Unfortunately, I have some bad new to report. After the trials I was pretty beat up, so I took about 2 weeks off with little to no running. Afterward I started putting in some decent miles and trying to ramp up some workouts. I got about three weeks in and my old faithful achilles injury started acting up again. I dealt with it throughout the Trials training cycle, but kinda just trained through it by not doing anything too quick or hilly. But now that I don't have any big races on the horizon I have decided it is probably the best time to fully rehab the injury, as the achilles is a very dangerous injury to mess around with. It's crazy to think I have been dealing with this thing since last March, but that's how some running injuries are. So I am not trying to set a date for when I want to be running again, that way I really take the time to get ready for another good training cycle.
Having patience with running is not an easy thing to do. Watching everybody on letsrun, flotrack, and of course your fellow brc athletes tearing up the racing scene makes you really want to jump the gun. I have found reading articles and watching clips of people who have come back from long injuries is really inspiring and keeps giving me hope. Trying to keep the negative thoughts away is always tough, but finding enjoyment in hobbies and your support group is a great tool. So not too much to report here, but hopefully I can be blogging good news soon on my very own comeback trail.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Last Couple Weeks, U.S.A. XC, and the Joys of Coachlessness
Pretty great last few weeks! USA Cross Country last week went really well and I was really excited with how it panned out. The course was awesome and definitely one of my favorites, so stoked that it's back there next year. I got 14th this year, and am hoping to knock at least 4 places off of that next year. I hadn't previously ever finished higher than 16th so I'm getting closer! Yay! It was great having a couple of teammates (Loren and Rachel) out there too, and Colorado was well-represented! Plus, Loren was such a good sport when they made him put tape over his BRC logo. But YEAH the course was awesome! Nice iffy footing in places, cold wind, hills (my favorite), and mud. Loved it. So glad that we've forgone the Beautifully Groomed Golf Course style cross country race in favor of more appropriate terrain for the next couple years. The field was great. Without a World's this year though supposedly the field was less deep (according to Letsrun sources, for whatever that's worth...), but really it seemed like the top-20 or so had about as much depth as it usually does. No, there was no Shalane and no Blake Russell for instance, but there was a Sara Hall, a Liz Costello, a Laura Thweatt, and others who offset that loss of depth. So really, I think that's debatable.
Right here is a good place to insert my special thanks to Loren for being a great roommate, pre-race shake-out run partner, fellow detective in the search for the Elusive #48 on the dark streets of St. Louis (long story), and for introducing me to all of A&E's great late-night TV shows, namely Storage Wars, Parking Wars, and Shipping Wars. I don't watch much TV but I can't believe what I've been missing out on this whole time.
The last few months have gone so well, and the cherry on top was U.S. cross, and all of that has me thinking that, you know, maybe the whole having a coach thing gets a little over-rated? That's not to say that subjective advice of someone who is not emotionally attached to your running isn't helpful (it is), and that having someone around to assess what you're doing wrong when things go, well, wrong isn't helpful (it is), but it all really boils down to consistency and common sense. The basics usually seem the same regardless of who is telling you to do what: hard on your hard days, easy on your easy days, and if you screw up then figure out how you screwed up then don't do that thing again, mmkay? Now I'm not professing to know everything (or anything for that matter) or to have any knowledge of the physiology or the more scientific reasoning behind different workouts and different training structures, to be really honest I'm actually probably awfully naive. Could you be a lot better with someone mapping out your every move? Absolutely. Could you be worse? Absolutely. But everyone's an experiment of one and if one thing doesn't work try something else because eventually some combination of things will work, it's just sometimes lots of trial and error getting there. The kicker seems to be that it takes a little more honesty with yourself sometimes: do you really feel crappy today and need to knock a couple miles off of your long run, or are you being a pansy? When does the cost outweigh the benefit? When do you need to push the envelope and when do you pull the reigns? That part is tricky sometimes. But really you just have to have a little faith in yourself and don't outsmart your common sense. And remember: if you say you can or you say you can't, either way you're right. Of course, it's a little easier to say all of this since I think it's a little hard to mess up 3k-10k training anyway. When I move up to the marathon (yes I will), that might be a different story, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Welp, since it's pretty much just been go-go-go since last October and I really haven't put in a good chunk of training longer than 2 weeks that wasn't interrupted with a race, time now to cool the jets for a few weeks and just train. No races on the immediate horizon till the springtime and in the meantime back to the grind! Congrats to everyone on great races for the last few weeks, and good luck to everyone in the Spring Runoff 10 miler! Keep on keepin' on.
Right here is a good place to insert my special thanks to Loren for being a great roommate, pre-race shake-out run partner, fellow detective in the search for the Elusive #48 on the dark streets of St. Louis (long story), and for introducing me to all of A&E's great late-night TV shows, namely Storage Wars, Parking Wars, and Shipping Wars. I don't watch much TV but I can't believe what I've been missing out on this whole time.
The last few months have gone so well, and the cherry on top was U.S. cross, and all of that has me thinking that, you know, maybe the whole having a coach thing gets a little over-rated? That's not to say that subjective advice of someone who is not emotionally attached to your running isn't helpful (it is), and that having someone around to assess what you're doing wrong when things go, well, wrong isn't helpful (it is), but it all really boils down to consistency and common sense. The basics usually seem the same regardless of who is telling you to do what: hard on your hard days, easy on your easy days, and if you screw up then figure out how you screwed up then don't do that thing again, mmkay? Now I'm not professing to know everything (or anything for that matter) or to have any knowledge of the physiology or the more scientific reasoning behind different workouts and different training structures, to be really honest I'm actually probably awfully naive. Could you be a lot better with someone mapping out your every move? Absolutely. Could you be worse? Absolutely. But everyone's an experiment of one and if one thing doesn't work try something else because eventually some combination of things will work, it's just sometimes lots of trial and error getting there. The kicker seems to be that it takes a little more honesty with yourself sometimes: do you really feel crappy today and need to knock a couple miles off of your long run, or are you being a pansy? When does the cost outweigh the benefit? When do you need to push the envelope and when do you pull the reigns? That part is tricky sometimes. But really you just have to have a little faith in yourself and don't outsmart your common sense. And remember: if you say you can or you say you can't, either way you're right. Of course, it's a little easier to say all of this since I think it's a little hard to mess up 3k-10k training anyway. When I move up to the marathon (yes I will), that might be a different story, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.Welp, since it's pretty much just been go-go-go since last October and I really haven't put in a good chunk of training longer than 2 weeks that wasn't interrupted with a race, time now to cool the jets for a few weeks and just train. No races on the immediate horizon till the springtime and in the meantime back to the grind! Congrats to everyone on great races for the last few weeks, and good luck to everyone in the Spring Runoff 10 miler! Keep on keepin' on.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
What a Weekend!
Great races across the board and across the country at last weekends races! Results are as follows...
Husky Invite (Seattle, WA): Scott Dahlberg posted 8:08 in the 3k while Brandon Johnson ran 14:23 in the 5k.
USA Cross Country Championships (St. Louis, MO): In cold, very windy conditions on a genuine cross country course, Loren Ahonen placed 16th in the men's race, while on the women's side Shannon Payne took 14th and Rachel Gioscia-Ryan placed 25th.
Mercedes Half Marathon (Birmingham, AL): Sean Brown took 3rd place overall, clocking 1:07.25.
Congrats to all and keep up the good work everyone!!!
Rachel Gioscia-Ryan at USA XC
Husky Invite (Seattle, WA): Scott Dahlberg posted 8:08 in the 3k while Brandon Johnson ran 14:23 in the 5k.
USA Cross Country Championships (St. Louis, MO): In cold, very windy conditions on a genuine cross country course, Loren Ahonen placed 16th in the men's race, while on the women's side Shannon Payne took 14th and Rachel Gioscia-Ryan placed 25th.
Mercedes Half Marathon (Birmingham, AL): Sean Brown took 3rd place overall, clocking 1:07.25.
Congrats to all and keep up the good work everyone!!!
Rachel Gioscia-Ryan at USA XC
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Into The Black
It’s February. Fatigue February! As I have branded it, with the exclamation point at the end like that too. It’s not necessarily a dark month in Colorado, but cold non-the-less, which adds to the aura of Fatigue February!. Since it’s F2 and all, I’ve gone to a solitary Rocky Balboa-style of training in the “Russian Mountains”. Obviously I’m not in Russia right now, though the Flatirons are covered in a foot or two of snow and right out of my front door, which has given me the opportunity to bound up them in the knee-high deep snow while sporting a thick leather jacket and black combat boots and scream “Drago!!!” when I get to the top of Bear Peak. Just another typical day in Boulder…
To catch up a bit (I know, it’s a wHile - emphasize the H). I spent the months of November-January just running, no real structured workouts, just straight up old-school Yogging. I wanted to build a massive aerobic base to carry me into when things really heat up, in late Spring on into Summer. So, in January I ran three unstructured “workouts” (accidental tempo runs), mostly in attempt to change gears so the 4.1 Mile Fast-and Flurrious Cross Country race at the end of the month wouldn’t be too much of a rust buster (even though it was).
Surprisingly enough, the race actually went quite well. Despite not running any faster than 5:20 pace for any “workout” prior to the race, I clicked off 5:08s in the snow and finished just under 21 minutes in 20:59, and felt great. My legs just weren’t 100% ready to go, which was expected. To add to the Cytomax in the glass-half-full, the time was well over a minute faster compared to last year - when I was peaking for the US Half-Marathon Championships. Major progress has been made, off straight aerobic training…
Now, I go Into The Black of Fatigue February. I’ve pumped up the volume even more, and started to loosely plan out my training (tempos, hills, repeat). Given that this is Fatigue February!, I’ve decided to most likely stray away from racing. I fear if I stepped onto a course this tired, I’d be out-kicked by a woman pushing a stroller with four toddlers in it. They’d peek at me, sympathetic of course, through their plastic windows out the back, little curious eyes, “why does that man look like he’s dying?”. I might not be dead yet, but near-death is a good definition. Just close enough to feel ALIVE in a few months (picture Nicolas Cage jostling in the waves after “falling” in City of Angels), yeah, that kind of ALIVE. The contrast is a must.
Well, I’ve got to get my combat boots on and leather jacket so I can run up Bear Peak (in a an all-out-sprint of course) and scream “Drago!” at the top, hopefully I get their before another homeless Boulder guy does…
Stay Classy Colorado!
To catch up a bit (I know, it’s a wHile - emphasize the H). I spent the months of November-January just running, no real structured workouts, just straight up old-school Yogging. I wanted to build a massive aerobic base to carry me into when things really heat up, in late Spring on into Summer. So, in January I ran three unstructured “workouts” (accidental tempo runs), mostly in attempt to change gears so the 4.1 Mile Fast-and Flurrious Cross Country race at the end of the month wouldn’t be too much of a rust buster (even though it was).
Surprisingly enough, the race actually went quite well. Despite not running any faster than 5:20 pace for any “workout” prior to the race, I clicked off 5:08s in the snow and finished just under 21 minutes in 20:59, and felt great. My legs just weren’t 100% ready to go, which was expected. To add to the Cytomax in the glass-half-full, the time was well over a minute faster compared to last year - when I was peaking for the US Half-Marathon Championships. Major progress has been made, off straight aerobic training…
Now, I go Into The Black of Fatigue February. I’ve pumped up the volume even more, and started to loosely plan out my training (tempos, hills, repeat). Given that this is Fatigue February!, I’ve decided to most likely stray away from racing. I fear if I stepped onto a course this tired, I’d be out-kicked by a woman pushing a stroller with four toddlers in it. They’d peek at me, sympathetic of course, through their plastic windows out the back, little curious eyes, “why does that man look like he’s dying?”. I might not be dead yet, but near-death is a good definition. Just close enough to feel ALIVE in a few months (picture Nicolas Cage jostling in the waves after “falling” in City of Angels), yeah, that kind of ALIVE. The contrast is a must.
Well, I’ve got to get my combat boots on and leather jacket so I can run up Bear Peak (in a an all-out-sprint of course) and scream “Drago!” at the top, hopefully I get their before another homeless Boulder guy does…
Stay Classy Colorado!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Getting Back At It
It's been a couple weeks since the Marathon Trials and I'm getting back into training again with some easy running and light workouts. I was really happy with my race in Houston. It was great to set a new PR and to finish as strong as I did. Although...I did come away thinking that I finished so strong that I may have sold myself a little short. I felt great, I got my fuel right, and I never hit the wall! The experience was amazing and I'm so thankful that I got the chance to compete.
Looking forward, I'm heading to the U.S. 15K Championships in Jacksonville, FL in March. I'm considering a 10K on the track at Mt. Sac, but that's a big question mark. The 10K is one of those races that I can't seem to put together for the life of me! I'm also going to head home to Michigan in May for the U.S. 25K Championships.
I spent most of the last year doing marathon training. I'm so excited to change gears and try some of the shorter distances. We'll see how it goes! Until then, I'm trying to get used to the burning feeling that comes with doing workouts at altitude again!
Looking forward, I'm heading to the U.S. 15K Championships in Jacksonville, FL in March. I'm considering a 10K on the track at Mt. Sac, but that's a big question mark. The 10K is one of those races that I can't seem to put together for the life of me! I'm also going to head home to Michigan in May for the U.S. 25K Championships.
I spent most of the last year doing marathon training. I'm so excited to change gears and try some of the shorter distances. We'll see how it goes! Until then, I'm trying to get used to the burning feeling that comes with doing workouts at altitude again!
Friday, February 3, 2012
What's been going down
I'm pretty happy to already have two races under the belt for 2012! About a month ago was the Quicker Quaker 5k up in Lafayette, which was a good one, except that I hadn't done it previously and had heard it was a "really fast" course. Um no. Maybe I misunderstood and was really told that it attracts really fast people. Because it does. It was Olympic Trials weekend though and you've gotta figure, "While the cats are away the mice will play!" And aside from just being a fun race, they were offering up some $$cha-ching$$ for the top 3. And I got 3rd so that was swell. Nicole Aish and Melody Fairchild were neck-in-neck the whole time, with Melody coming away with the win--she's back in buisiness.
Last weekend was the Fast-and-Flurry-ous 4.1 Mile xc race up in Boulder. GREAT race and the course is a real booger (definitely one of the harder xc courses I've ever run...I loved it.) made more boogery by some snow, sketchy footing, icy patches, and 20-odd degree temps. But it was a blast and a perfect tune-up for U.S. Cross. Not to mention it was FAST. I got 4th that day, and they offered up even more $$cha-ching$$ for the top 5 there, so I could at least justify taking off work that day. BRC-Boulder put on a great race and the added rivalry with Boulder Track Club made it more fun with a lot of the team all being there, it was a little bit like a miniature Club XC. Oh and I have put in my vote to add hay-bales to the course next year, just to shake things up a little more.
Training is going great and I feel awesome. We got a hefty dump of snow today so it was a forced easier-than-I-wanted day....but probably for the best. 8 days till USA's!!!!
Last weekend was the Fast-and-Flurry-ous 4.1 Mile xc race up in Boulder. GREAT race and the course is a real booger (definitely one of the harder xc courses I've ever run...I loved it.) made more boogery by some snow, sketchy footing, icy patches, and 20-odd degree temps. But it was a blast and a perfect tune-up for U.S. Cross. Not to mention it was FAST. I got 4th that day, and they offered up even more $$cha-ching$$ for the top 5 there, so I could at least justify taking off work that day. BRC-Boulder put on a great race and the added rivalry with Boulder Track Club made it more fun with a lot of the team all being there, it was a little bit like a miniature Club XC. Oh and I have put in my vote to add hay-bales to the course next year, just to shake things up a little more.
Training is going great and I feel awesome. We got a hefty dump of snow today so it was a forced easier-than-I-wanted day....but probably for the best. 8 days till USA's!!!!
Training camp in north carolina
Great week here in durham! Team type 1 gave me the opportunity to fly out here to train and study my blood sugar levels. I'm staying here with Missy foy who has had type 1 diabetes for the past 15 plus year and is now help me out with my diabetes.
Tuesday I was on the track and did on and off 1ks avg 3.07 my offs were 3.38. So just about 5 min pace for the ons and just under 6 min pace for the offs. I did it 4 times. Blood sugar was great (100 the whole time)!
Workout today (Friday the 3rd) long run as progressive tempo. Started out first 2 miles at 7 min, next 2 6.50, then next 4 was about 6.25, next 2 were 6.00, then 2 more at 5.50, the last 3 were 5.15 and under. Great run, felt great, but from the start blood sugar was low and kept having to take my powerbar gel.
Since I've been here I have been able to watch a couple of soccer games, duke womens basketball game, meet up with an old friend (Lauren Bonds), got the powerbar sponsorship for 2 years, and I'm starting to talk to some agents for some diabetes company's sponsorships.
Lot of stuff happening! You can also fallow me on twitter @tommyneal2
Tuesday I was on the track and did on and off 1ks avg 3.07 my offs were 3.38. So just about 5 min pace for the ons and just under 6 min pace for the offs. I did it 4 times. Blood sugar was great (100 the whole time)!
Workout today (Friday the 3rd) long run as progressive tempo. Started out first 2 miles at 7 min, next 2 6.50, then next 4 was about 6.25, next 2 were 6.00, then 2 more at 5.50, the last 3 were 5.15 and under. Great run, felt great, but from the start blood sugar was low and kept having to take my powerbar gel.
Since I've been here I have been able to watch a couple of soccer games, duke womens basketball game, meet up with an old friend (Lauren Bonds), got the powerbar sponsorship for 2 years, and I'm starting to talk to some agents for some diabetes company's sponsorships.
Lot of stuff happening! You can also fallow me on twitter @tommyneal2
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