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After spending almost 2 weeks in warm Tallahassee, I’m back in the freezing conditions of northern Virginia. Unforunately, that means no more shirts off running for a while. On the drive back, it was kind of disheartening to see the temperature drop as we headed north. We split up the trip with a stop at…

I’ve now been in Tallahassee, Florida for a week now. After getting over the general tiredness/soreness from travelling so much, we’ve been able to get in some good training. The weather here is great. It’s been around 70 degrees and sunny every single day. You couldn’t ask for better training conditions, especially in the heart…

With only a couple days in Virginia, here are a the two biggest things I’ve noticed so far. -It’s really cold here.-There are tons of places to run in Northern Virginia. The first is obviously a negative, but the second observation helps make up for it. Coming from a city with limited running routes, it…

I’ve finally arrived in Virginia. It was a really long drive that I don’t think I want to make too many times. Now, that I’ve driven all this way, I get to spend the next day or two unpacking and moving everything in. Oh what fun that will be… Just a quick update. Running is…

Sorry for the lack of updates. It’s been a pretty hectic time. So, here’s a very quick run down of everything that is going on. My running: I reaggrevated my hamstring on a thanksgiving day race. It sucks, but I stopped early enough that I don’t think it will take that long to come back…

Slowly but surely, I’m getting back into the swing of things. Every day, I’m able to go a little bit faster in workouts. I’m down to being able to go a little bit faster than mile pace without noticing the hamstring. Still not great, but I’ll take it for now. Training update:Last week I hit…

Just wanted to post a quick link to an audio interview with John Cook, coach of Shalane Flanagan, Erin Donohue, and Shannon Rowburry. It’s a great interview with some insight into what was going on in Beijing. http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/?pid=1&spid=81

So, that didn’t go too well. I ended up re-straining (if that’s a word) my hamstring coming down hill during the race. I think I let myself go a little too much and felt it grab. I stubbornly tried to keep going hoping things would loosen up, but after about 800m of trying that and…

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…