Monday

Mon. Nov. 5, 2007

7am - 3 miles with Libby
5pm - 6.75 miles with the middle 2.1 miles at tempo pace

Did the whole morning thing, then headed to work for a few hours.

Libby and I drove to practice at the normal meeting spot on Monday at San Vicente and Ocean Ave. in Santa Monica. The team met and started the conversation with a nice joke on Damian. Then we started our easy part of the run for 2 miles then did the 2.1 mile tempo in 10:35, which is about 4:58-4:59 per mile, and it felt pretty comfortable. Matt and I finished together and Libby finished at 11:35 by himself. Afterwards we cruised back down to the start to do our drills, strides and stretching. We also got free adjustments from the team chiropractor, Dr. Paul, who is the team chiropractor for the USA Olympic Trials. Great chiropractor.

The big thing came afterwards when Damian wanted to talk to Eric and I about finding an apartment for us. Damian had promised Eric a job and an apartment and both fell through, and this has led to some sore spots about living in Southern California. So we really didn't want to hear about the apts. because we already have the idea about leaving to go run somewhere else. Today was the day that we told Skip what we were thinking about the upcoming months. I was kind of hesitant because I wasn't sure how he was gonna take it, but it went much better than anticipated. Skip is a great guy and a great coach. He is very understanding and knows what we are going through and recommended that we find what we need to make ourselves happy and run our fastest. I really appreciate everything he has done and is still doing for us.
So now we just have to plan on what we are gonna do for after Decemeber. Time to ponder....

10 miles today