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1st race coming up.
This is conference week so it’ll be my first race of the 2008 track season. I’m excited to get the season started, but this is only the start of the season. Sometimes I tend to try too hard (if that’s possible) and pressing in my early races, instead of letting the racing come to me.…
Read MoreDrugs, Pettite, and The difference between baseball and track and field fans
Andy Pettite a role model? You wouldn’t think since he is an admitted drug cheat, but according to my local paper that is exactly what he is. Sure he came clean and is a “good guy” according to just about everyone, but the fact is he only came clean after he had to. He lied…
Read MoreClemens is a druggie, Republicans dissapoint, Texans strength coach, whaaaaat?
I spent most of the day watching the Clemens-McNamee battle royal that took place in Congress today. There are plenty of sports sites out there that break down the testinomy so I’ll keep this brief. How stupid does Clemens think we are? McNamee gave three names. Two of which confessed and said he was correct.…
Read MoreBack to the grind
It finally feels like I am in my normal training routine again. Earlier last week I had some achilles pain that was due to my orthotics being worn down. About every 1.5-2 years my orthotics wear down and I start to get pain on the inside of my left achilles. The solution is simple, wear…
Read MoreFirst real workout back
This week was the first in which I felt like a runner again. That was partly because I began actual workouts and partly because I was running doubles again. The legs are going to take a little bit of time to get used to it all. but overall the week went well. As far as…
Read MoreRunning Economy?? Overated.. echinacea and EPO?!
Running Economy,my log, and Echinacea. Running Economy RE is another one of those magical physiological markers that tell us how fast a runner should run. Just like it’s cousin VO2max, having a good RE is essential to becoming a great distance runner. In fact, if you combine it with other abbreviations, you have the ultimate…
Read MoreSchool has started unfortunately but at least I am running. I’m finally over the awkward phase of running. For a couple of days I felt complete uncoordinated when running and had no sense of pace what so ever. These past two days I’m starting to get back in the groove. My lungs feel great, but…
Read MoreLet’s talk cross training…
Since that is all I’ve been doing lately, let’s talk about the horrible thing runners have to do called cross training. As I have been reading about cross training the past couple of days, there are several things that really annoy me. Before we get into that, let me briefly tell you where I’m coming…
Read MoreI’ve been down and out with a small injury, thus the lack of updates. It’s tough to get back into the normal routine when you are cross training instead of running. You really don’t feel like doing the normal things you do when you are running (i.e. update logs, check out running related websites,books,etc.). Luckily…
Read MoreThe week of training:It turned out to be a pretty tough week of work. The intensity and density of the training was increased a bit. Next week I’ll lower the density a little bit focusing on the key sessions a little more.11/18/200710mi easy+10x100m(2E,1G) 11/19/20077.5mi of1.5mi w/up, 1mi (4:43), 400 steady, 1200 (split 71s), 800 steady,…
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