Chris Lundstrom, now the Team USA MN coach, saw the results from my first test and said, “Hmm, I don’t think you really maxed out, either.” Results and commentary on that test are here. This summer I had the opportunity to do two tests as part of a PhD student’s study. The first was sometime…
I am very proud that I have been able to come back after Anna. On Sunday I ran the Twin Cities Marathon in 2:58:30, finishing 14th. I’m in the middle of budget season at work and prepping for the Championship season for NHS XC, so won’t recap the details. Highlights included: Running side by side…
Jerry and I decided to try to qualify to race in the elite wave for TCM. I went back and forth: was it worth the hassle and last-minute race switch? Pros: ELITE-ONLY porta potties at the start, elite fluids during the race (I don’t need the fluid, but it is nice to tape gels to…
Today’s GAC alumni XC race went SO well. This training cycle for TCM has been really rocky. I’ve put in the miles, done the hard workouts that Jerry has written, but had no idea where that left me given the numerous workouts that I struggled through. Today I won the GAC alumni 5k in 18:35…
No, I haven’t died. Just OMG, XC season has started and I’m in the middle of a marathon training block!!! I have been more focused and productive than ever before. Does it matter? If it is not that important (checking facebook, reading a lot of news, cleaning more thoroughly, and ahem, blogging…), then I simply…
This training cycle has been more up and down than I’ve ever experienced, I think. The good news? I’m now faster than I was post-Beauterre/pre-Anna (see the December 2016 5k race blog post here), which is a point in my life that I remember as being “fast”. So despite the seemingly frequent downs, I hang…