And so it begins… Today I’m making the return to running, or at least going to test things out. It should be an interesting day. The HS kids also have their first supervised LT workout which is always fun. After 3 years of being in the system, the older athletes should have it down, but…

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Alright, so I have been horrible at posting anything for a while. That was mainly because we didn’t have internet in Belgium and I was restricted to using my blackberry, which makes it kind of hard to type up long paragraphs. I’m not sure where to begin, so we’ll start with the racing, which pretty…

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I’m finally here in Leuven. Normally I’d be pretty pumped and excited but really I’m just dead tired. We left washington at 6pm and 7 hours later after a plane ride where I didn’t really catch much sleep, I was in Belgium, only it was 7am now. We all made our way to the place…

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So, I’ve been horrible at updating this thing. In all fairness I’ve been busy travelling all over, but it’s mostly my summer lazyness. My Canadian race series didn’t go too well. I had some allergy trouble in Vancouver/Victoria so those were pretty much useless. Although going through 1200 in 3:01-2 and then running like 53-4…

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A brief interruption on the Sprint training update for a congratulations to Ryan (for those who follow the blog, that kid in the form video I posted a couple weeks ago) on a big PR, running 9:04 for 3200 at regionals. Unfortunately only the top 2 move onto state (he was 3rd), but you really…

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Altitude Training: I’m going to post my powerpoint presentation on Altitude Training I did for class. I think it’s relevant, especially after I read a recent blog by Greg McMillan basically saying that altitude is a must. I don’t believe that’s so. I think it can be very useful, but to think it’s some sort…

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I’m going to try something new, a video blog. In this blog, I’ll be going over running mechanics and how to work on them and fix them. Let me know what you think. Training update: Things are back on track. Had two solid workouts last week, a 6mi tempo and 7x800m. On the 800’s we…

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This is a special blog. It’s a guest blog by my sister Emily. She just got through with her first year of Junior High track and Cross Country. I thought it would be interesting to hear a 7th graders take on some of the things that her coaches have told her throughout the season. It…

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Training update:I went through a little bit of a rough period where my legs were pretty much fried for a couple workouts. I think the workload and all the new stimulus’ finally caught up to me. So, we backed off for a bit and I’m getting back to normal. So, my last couple workouts were…

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In Houston, it snows about once every 4-5 years. Snow that actually sticks to the ground is an even rarer occurance. For this reason, as a kid, snow is an exciting wonderful thing. Now, living in Virginia, I’ve come quickly to hate the snow/ice. It’s not so much the snow that gets you, it’s the…

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