Coming soon to an Oregon track near you....

So I am leaving this Wednesday for my first visit to Hayward Field, and I am pretty excited. The past 2 weeks have been a little bumpy for me as far as consistency but nothing to worry about. I have just been feeling a little sluggish on runs and the past few workouts but I know after a few easy days I will be good to go. Once I came back from Boston I only had 1 day off in 11 days of working and I think that it made me feel tired without even really knowing it. So I had the past 2 days off which was nice and I am only working today and tomorrow. I am racing the 1500 and believe that it will go well as long as I follow my plan of hanging out the first couple of laps.

I will also be sharing a room with Mr. Jeff Caron at the Days Inn right next to campus. So I will be buying ear plugs for the loud noises that erupt from his mouth hole.

On Saturday I rabbited for Abiyot on my team in an Invitational Mile at a HS meet near here. My job was to take him out in 3:05 for the 1200. It was a cold, windy day but I still ROUGHLY did my job. I was planning on going through in 62, 62, 61. We went 62-63 for the first lap, 60-61 for the 2nd lap, so about 2:02-2:03 through the 800 and then he took off on me. Apparantly he didn't know that I was supposed to lead through 1200. Kind of a rough mistake for him, cause he came through the 1200 in 3:03 and then ran 4:07. If he had waited one more lap it might have been a little better, but who knows. So I kept going for a little bit trying to catch him, but at 1000 meters I looked behind me and saw that no one else was near and that it was pointless for me to keep going, so my job was finished. I also got $50 for doin my job which was nice.


Mon. May 05, 2008
50 min run BXR path and strides

Sun. May 04, 2008
1 hr 15 min run at Rockies

Sat. May 03, 2008
15 min warmup, drills, rabbited 1000 meters, 3 mile cooldown

Fri. May 02, 2008
50 minutes on Colonial Greenway Trial - strides

Thurs. May 01, 2008
Off

Wed. April 30, 2008
9 miles

Tues. April 29, 2008
3 mile warmup, 6 x 800, 3 mile cooldown
2:19, 2:19, 2:18, 2:18, 2:18, 2:17

Mon. April 28, 2008
8 miles

Sun. April 27, 2008
1 hour 30 min @ Rockies

Sat. April 26, 2008
3 mile warmup, 3 x 2 min hill, 5 x 1 min hill, 3 mile cooldown
Legs did not feel 100% today

Fri. April 25, 2008
1 hour run

Thurs. April 24, 2008
1 hour run