I’m driving up to Duluth right now. Well, actually, Nate is driving and I’m in the passenger seat. I did a 10 minute shake out jog this morning with a couple of strides and may do a little after we arrive in Duluth and do the expo/bottle decorating/packet pick up thing. I never feel great…
My mileage has been high lately which has meant a lot of podcast listening time! I thought I’d share some interesting points I heard. Some I already knew, some were new, but I thought all were worth repeating here. Especially the 3 for 1 rule! Just a little time to kill on the roads last…
I was super nervous for the workout I was about to do. I wasn’t sure why. It’s not like this was my first workout, or even first workout on an indoor track… but, it was the first workout where Jerry had written goal times similar to what I ran pre-Trials. I explained to Leigh on…
… for a 3 mile “5k”. Definitely not what I was hoping for, but a good trial nonetheless. At the start. No one wanted to step to the front of the line. Nathan in blue on the left, me in the gray T-shirt, and Leigh in the light gray shirt to my right. Smiles all…
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…
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…