I showed up to practice today, nervous as I’ve been in a long time! The distance team was driven outside of town on a less busy/no stop sign road. The team and I did about a mile and a half warm up, and then started the threshold. Wow… Simone will be so helpful for me!…
I am SOOO excited. Unbelievably excited, actually. Although I’ve done well the last 7-8 months, training alone because I haven’t been able to find anyone my speed within a reasonable driving distance, it gets old. Plus, I know I can push myself harder if I’m chasing someone or being chased. [Aside on running in Red…
I took 2 days off because of the move. Wow, how do we have so much stuff?? [Aside: when we drove to our closing, it was literally -20 out, without windchill. Yikes!] Luckily, we had a lot of help, but it still took 2 full days. I meant to try to run Saturday evening, but…
Wow, what a busy time! I’m excited, yet un-excited at the same time. Is that OK? I’m aprehensive about the move because I know it’ll change my daily life a bit (ok, not “change” — just shorten). I’ve loved living and working in Red Wing and I really like the house we’ve been renting (and…
An all-time personal best indoor 3k for me. And it felt GREAT! I felt completely in control, strong, and smooth the entire race. I hit 41s pretty much every lap (42s were the goal). I’m normally a really consistent pacer, but I was a little surprised by this just because I haven’t done any pace…
I think ahead to Saturday, and all I can do is smile and shake my head :). Ha! I’m looking forward to seeing where I’m at, but know I’m completely unprepared for something this fast/short (it was really fast for me in college, when I was a 5k/10ker!) & will have some really fast competition…