Easy day at Work

Fri. Feb. 22, 2008

So right now I am just hangin out at work reading a kick ass book and about to go eat lunch. I haven't written in a few days, which has been the common thing as of late. I was going through a rough patch with my training over the past few weeks and I feel myself coming out of it. I was doubling every week day since last year and when I upped my mileage upon coming home from Cali I took a nose dive. I felt great for a while but the lack of rest really caught up with me. So I talked to my coach Mike Barnow and figured out that I needed to back off a little bit and stop the two a days for a while. I also had a run where I talked out loud to myself trying to figure out what was wrong with me. After some blood tests and everything else turned out normal, the only other logical explanation was that I was probably a little overtrained. I was having the most difficult time waking up in the morning. Coming from my past of running all my runs at around 6:30 pace or better, I was now having a hard time running like 7-7:30 pace for even 3 miles. So I now am running about 65 miles a week and I am really starting to feel better. My eating has been able to be controlled and everything is looking up. This sunday I was also informed that I will be competing at USA Nationals in the DMR. Obviously it is not an individual event, seeing as if I did not race yet this indoors, it will nonetheless be an awesome/fun experience.

Also, Jeff Caron is over in Ireland racing for Team USA which I am pretty jealous about. No big deal, I will turn the tides over our rivalry somehow and sometime soon. He right now though has the upper upper hand.

Also it is snowing and the weather is pretty crappy so I will see if I will be running today or just taking it easy before my race on Sunday.

Also alot of my run have been taking place up at the Rockies after work which requires me to wear a headlamp. The trails are pretty even and there is not much concern for rocks and roots, but there are still some rocks. The only thing I think I really have to worry about is running into some pissed off/scared deer and hungry Coyotes.

Thurs. Feb. 21, 2008
1 hour run at Rockies with a headlamp

Wed. Feb 20, 2008
1 hour run at Rockies with a heaplamp

Tues. Feb 19, 2008
Irvington HS track
20 min warmup, 7x400, 20 min cooldown
66, 64, 63, 62, 62, 62, 62

It was a solid workout, and it was tough to hit the splits in the beginning cause it was cold out and we were not used to that fast of a pace with heavy clothes on.

Mon. Feb 18, 2008
1 hour run at Van Cortlandt in the morning before work

Sun. Feb 17, 2008
1 hour 30 min at the Rockies with Stephen Chemlany and the boys.
This was a nice and relaxed pace, Stephen and I chatted alot about upcoming races and previous ailments....apparantly he was also Iron deficient...Its nice to see that I am not the only one to go through that. We also agreed that we never want to go through that again.

Sat. Feb 16, 2008
2.5 mile warmup, 1.25 mile tempo, 3x400 hill 3x300 hill 3x250 hill, 3.5 mile cooldown
Tonight I went to Madison Square Garden and watched St. John's get destroyed by Villanova with Rebecca. We had some kick ass seats in the 5th row, aaaaathank you.

Fri. Feb 15, 2008
1 hour run before work, Met with Dr. Ruck in the am. A.R.T.

Thurs. Feb 14, 2008
1 hour run

Wed. Feb 13, 2008
1 hour run

Tues. Feb 12, 2008
Practice was cancelled tonight because of the shitty weather, so we ran for an hour at the Rockies with headlamps. It is awesome becuase of the scenery and how even the paths are.

Mon. Feb 11, 2008
Offf, Hamstrings were real tight