I figured I’d use this blog to answer a question from darwin lo in the comments section. I enjoy trying to answer people’s questions on here, as everytime a question is asked about my philosophy on a subject it challenges me to reexamine that subject and helps further define my views on that topic. So,…

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I’ve settled into the mindnumbing pattern of eating, sleeping, and running. The life of an aspiring professional runner requires a person to be absolutely content with doing nothing in his life for the vast majority of each day and then expending enormous amounts of energy for about 2 hours. It’s a never ending cycle. Training…

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We ended up spending just under 2 weeks at Mammoth. It was a great trip. Got in lots of good training and it was a welcome break from our pretty mundane life. Running somewhere different was also a big plus. Surprisingly, I didn’t feel the altitude as much as I thought I would. This is…

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I’m back out in California, except this time I’m up in Mammoth Lakes for 10 days (or more if by some crazy chance someone reading this is staying up here and wants to let us bum on the floor…) We drove up here on Sunday and it took a little while longer than we hoped.…

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It looks like if you want to adjust to heat and humidity, Houston is the place to be. Last year, in preperation for the conditions in Osaka, U.S. marathoner Zoila Gomez came down here for a bit to train in the conditions. In fact, she did a number of her runs at Burroughs Park. This…

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I’m in California now training with Carlos Handler and Jeff Caron. Together I think we can all take the next step forward and do some great things on the track this spring. The coach is Marco Ochoa, who was one of the top marathoners in the U.S. in the 90’s (ran 2:13ish). He also trained…

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A quick update before I head out for a workout. This past week I headed out to California to check out the Pacers Elite Distance program they are starting up and at the end of the week raced in the Jim Bush Invite at Occidental. I was out there from wed. to monday and it…

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First off, a big congrats and good luck to the HS kids. 3 of them are racing regionals next week and two came away with some significant PR’s this past weekend at the regional qualifier meet. Jeremy took 7 seconds off his PR to win in the 1600, going 4:14.18, while Ryan, only a soph,…

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It’s been a long time since I posted my training so that’s what this post is all about. It’s been a good block of training. The racing season has started, and it didn’t start out amazing but things are coming along nicely. The training block ended nicely with a 10mile PR(50:15) on our hill loop.3/25/2008AM-5…

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To start with I’ll answer some of the questions I got on the topic: “What exactly is strength endurance?” I’ll go straight to my training guide notes for this one: “Strength endurance- preserving a high percentage of your strength. Increasing the ability to use a certain percentage of your maximum strength over a longer period…

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