My journey as a marathoner...

Monday June 21 5miles, 34min, grtc drills Tuesday June 22 5 miles, 35min, monster circuit, hurdles Wednesday June 23 AM- 8 miles, 60min, strides PM- grtc drills Thursday June 24 8 miles, 55min, strides Friday June 25 10miles, 65min, hurdles Saturday June 26 10 miles heartbreak hill, 65min (35/30) Sunday June 27 12 miles, 1:16min (40/36) 58 miles Someone once told me that everything you do, it only takes it 3 weeks to make it a habit or become used to it. It usually takes me about that same time to get in the summer training mode. I'm very excited to just be able to run. Nothing like battling the heat on solo runs and keeping the stubborn approach to getting fit. There is always a temptation to do summer road races is , especially now that I can accept cash prizes. My goal is to slowly build up my mileage to a point where I feel comfortable and I have the right amount of balance between hard and easy days. I'm going to hold up on sort of racing and follow the long term plans.

Monday June 14 off Tuesday June 15 5 miles, 35min Wednesday June 16 off Thursday June 17 off Friday June 18 off Saturday Ju ne 19 off Sunday June 20 5 miles, 35min, drills 10 miles Hope you all are having a great summer so far. I'm currently in down time letting my body recover before I start the base training phase. This is still a fun time for me as I get to to re-evaluate a few things to better myself in the future. Things such as what vitamins I should be getting, what additional core routine I should add or what races I should look forward to. This time is also good to try new things, new trainers, new running surface, new drills, new recovery products or even new training methods because there is a lot of time to make adjustments until the first race (which I honestly have no idea when or where that will be). There are always things that we can improve on as runners, but we must slowly reach them year by year. However, we must also allow the proper timing to make those impr

Monday June 7 12 miles, 1:22min, drills Tuesday June 8 AM 5 miles, 35min PM WO 8x300's at 47sec w/ 200 rest, 8 miles Wednesday June 9 AM 10 miles, 70min, drills PM 5 miles, 37min, drills Thursday June 10 AM 2 miles, 14min, drills, strides PM 8 miles, 56min Friday June 11 AM 5 miles, 35min, drills PM 5 miles, 35min, drills, strides Saturday June 12 AM 2 miles PM Race 5000 at NBB Twilight DNF, 9 miles Sunday June 13 Off 71 miles On Saturday I raced at the Twilight 5000m in hopes of running a good PR or qualifying for the US Championships. Honestly, I have not felt very good since the NCAA's and going into this race, but still wanted to give it a last shot at it. It was tougher recovering from 5k/10k double physically. Mentally, the fire wasn't there after returning and trying to run fast one last time. On the other hand, I would not have wanted to go any different with regards to preparing for the NCAA's. The first priority was to perform well at NCAA's since it was m

Monday May 31 12 miles, 1:22min, drills Tuesday June 1 AM 5 miles, 34min, drills PM 10 miles, 69min, drills, strides Wednesday June 2 AM 5 miles, 34min, drills PM Workout: 6k Progression on treadmill: 6:19, 5:50, 5:35 (17:46 total), 8 miles Thursday June 3 AM 5 miles, 34min, drills PM 10 miles, 67min, drills, strides Friday June 4 10 miles, 65min, drills, strides Saturday June 5 AM 5 miles, 34min, drills PM Track Workout: 3k-2k-1k-1k (8:34-5:46-2:45-2:45), 10 miles Sunday June 6 15 miles, 1:36min 95 miles Tough week of training, especially coming off the 5k/10k double last week, but next week should be lighter in preparation for the NBB Twilight 5000. It's pretty much my last shot to qualify for the USATF champs. I would need to run 13:52.0 or better. I will attempt to go after the standard, but as of today it doesn't look like the field has many guys to tag along with. Anyway, if I don't get it at least I will know I went for it.