If I didn’t want this, it would be so (too) easy to take a LOT of days off. My training week starts on Monday. I knew this week had: 3 days x 12 mile doubles 18 mile long run 5x1000m repeats 10 miles with 10x100m surges/gear change practice 1 rest day You can see where…
And that’s stating things nicely. I had said in my 5k report that I decided to cruise the last mile because I knew I was on pace for sub-20 and was perfectly happy finishing just under that benchmark. Plus, I didn’t really know if I was going to blow up if I tried anything, so…
I could not be happier with how this went! So I save you the scrolling, I finished the indoor 5k in 19:56. Congrats to Matt H, a high school XC teammate, who guessed 19:58, and a 2nd place guessing finish by Michelle, a TNC athlete, with her 19:53. Sara and I showing off our numbers…
Training has been going great! It helps that we have had a much-warmer-than-normal February. It has been sunny 35-45 degrees, and the snow has almost disappeared! I’ve been steadily increasing my mileage and intensity and last week hit 66 miles on 6 days. Jerry said that I can look forward to 100 mile weeks in…
Just a quick update – I headed to the U of MN to see Dr. Bond (could there BE a cooler name than that?) on Tuesday. Like so many of you suggested, I just explained where my head and heart were at. He started out by asking me about my symptoms, how I thought I…
As y’all are probably aware, I am bi-polar. I still dislike saying that. I wonder if I’ll ever truly become comfortable with it. Who knows. Anyway, y’all are also probably aware that symptoms didn’t show up until after Greta was born. I probably had symptoms prior to that, but it’s hard to discern what is…