My journey as a marathoner...

Mon Feb 20 AM 12 miles PM 6 miles Tue Feb 21 AM 10 miles, 5x Christian Hill 2:59, 2:56, 2:56, 2:55, 2:55 PM 8 miles, drills, strides, core Wed Feb 22 AM 10 miles PM 8 miles Thu Feb 23 AM 12 miles PM off Fri Feb 24 AM 12 miles, 8 x 250meter strides PM 8 miles Sat Feb 25 AM 5 miles PM 13 miles (1:21min), core Sun Feb 26 AM 20 miles (2:06min) w/ fartlek last 9 miles (5:39 pace) 5x (5min on/ 2min off) 4x (3min on / 1min off) PM off 124 miles Very happy with the Christian Hill workout this week. Around this time of the year, it's tough breaking 3 minutes up that hill because of the cold air. Looking at my previous logs, I don't typically run much faster up Christian in the winter months anyway. I'm looking forward to some great training in the next 3 weeks. I don't feel fast but I feel like I'm establishing a good base. Thanks for reading.

Mon Feb 13 AM 12 miles,core PM 8 miles Tue Feb 14 AM 8 miles, drills PM 10 miles, strides Wed Feb 15 AM 13 miles, 5x Christian Hill PM 7 miles, drills, strides, core Thu Feb 16 AM 12 miles PM off Fri Feb 17 AM 13 miles, strides PM 8 miles Sat Feb 18 AM 13 miles PM 7 miles, core Sun Feb 19 AM 20 miles (2:07) w/ 10 mile fartlek in middle (5:38 pace) 5x (5min on/ 2 min off) 5x (3min on / 90 sec off) 5x (15sec on/ 10 sec off) PM off 131 miles I will keep the log here as I build up for the outdoor season for anyone interested in keeping track of my progress. For now though, nothing too specific, just fartleks, tempos, hills and long runs. I'm putting in the "dirty" work so I can be very strong for when real track workouts start. I'm very excited because I haven't had a full track season since college. I also haven't had any racing since Dec 4.

www.asemana.publ.cv: Cape Verdean athletes await Wild Card for Olympics Feb. 4, 2012 This is a translated article from Google Chrome. There may be some context errors. The Cape Verdean Olympic Committee (COC) will enroll in the next few days, five athletes as candidates for the Wild Card (calls) Olympics (JO) of London, next summer is a chance for Mario Camões and Yannick d'Oliveira ( judo), Gilson Rodrigues (taekwondo), Nelson Cruz and Ruben Sanca (athletics), failed to qualify, even feeding the hope of carrying our flag to the world's biggest sporting event. But still going to have to go through a tripartite analysis, taking part in the International Federations, the Organization of OJ and Olympic Solidarity. The names of the lucky ones will be announced no later than May, and the only athletics meet his "bonus" in June, on the eve of OJ. For now, the president of the COC says that the fact that athletes compete with Wild Cards is not a certificate of inferiority to...