Posted by: baggio16
Yep, only four and a half weeks to go. I really don’t want this fall season to end. After life pretty much sucking the first eight months of the year, I’ve really hit my stride and I’m in a great place. Everything just seems to be falling right into place.
All my tune up races are pointing to a PR at Houston. I’m actually not really that worried about a PR, just want that BQ. My legs and head are …
Posted by: baggio16
Well the fall/winter racing season is now officially over before Houston. Probably my best season since 2006.
There was a 5k/10k time trial on schedule and I hate time trials. So I decided to try and find a 5k in the area. Unfortunately, the only one I could find was in St. Cloud (about a 90 minute drive), so I was almost stuck doing a time trial. Luckily a friend pointed out a race down in Northfield, a more reasonable …
Posted by: baggio16
I have to admit, it’s much more fun writing a positive race report, rather than all the depressing ones I’ve written in the past. I was beginning to sound like a Damien Rice cd.
Overall I am satisfied with the half, not really happy, not really upset, just satisfied. I went into the race in the middle of marathon training and was hoping to be around 1:28.
What I’m really excited about is that I think I have put all …
Posted by: baggio16
I really wasn’t planning on running 170 miles the last two weeks, but I did. Last week was a really tough one, the mileage wasn’t that bad, but there was loads of quality mixed in. Tuesday and Saturday’s workouts were both 12+ miles and the high bridge was on Saturday. I came through it in one piece, but the 16 miler on Sunday wasn’t the best run I’ve ever had.
Now on to a cut-back week for Philly. The plan …
Posted by: baggio16
After one of my longer weeks of training this year and some decent training results, I have finally come to the point in my running where I’ve stopped feeling sorry for myself and just started to run. It’s taken me a couple years, but I think I have done it. I’ve proven the last few weeks that I am a decent runner and the confidence is at the top end right now.
Probably should have saved this for next week’s recap …
