Mo, 5/13/2013 9 miles steady thru Patapsco with 1,302ft elevation gain in 1:11:11 * 10:26, 8:06, 9:39, 9:20, 7:33, 7:18, 6:51, 9:06, 7:34 Tu, 5/14/2013 AM: 4 miles easy around Ft. McHenry in 26:21 PM: 9 miles with 10' + 2 x 5' + 5 x 1' + 5' hard on Rockburn Trail in 1:05:14 * 5:53, 5:52, 5:56, 5:44, 5:46, 5:45, 5:52, 5:37, 5:59/mi pace with 916ft elevation gain... absolute breakthrough. What a great workout. Set a loop record (6:11) during my 10:00 pick-up. Crazy.. and then I was able to increase and keep pace. Very fit, very promising, especially with a 4 mi run only 4hrs earlier. Good, crisp conditions. We, 5/15/2013 10 miles post Staph Infection surgery with two anti-biotics at Patapsco in 1:14:27 Th, 5/16/2013 Work Fr, 5/17/2013 AM: 4 miles easy thru Patapsco in 32:12 PM: 4 miles with two KOM at Sawmill Trail in 32:05 Sa, 5/18/2013 30 min easy around Old Track Loop + 12 x 400m on Norris Ln. with 1:30 rest in 1:04:14 * 5:05, 5:22, 4:48, 5:23, 5:01, 5
The above picture is of myself and current BYU superstar harrier, Josh Rohatinsky. I came across Rohatinsky while part of the USOC "Live High, Train Low" Altitude Study in Deer Park, Utah. The above picture was taken at the Heber City High School track in Heber City, Utah, at close to 5600 feet of altitude. Rohatinsky was "hired" as our rabbit for our 3000 meter time trials while in Utah. On this occassion, I believe I clocked 9'04" for the 3000 two days after running 25+ miles in the Wasatch Mountains (my infamous getting lost story), while Rohatinsky led us through the mile in under 4'40". Great kid. At this time he was about to breakthrough with, I believe, a sub-9' 3200m later in the season, or he had already enrolled at Brigham Young University. Regardless, we all knew that this kid was special. And he proves it to this day, as he is already undefeated and headed into the NCAA Division I Cross Country National Championships as a co-favorite for BYU. Great memories.