ADELANTE!

Great start to the week with my Track Workout this morning before I head out to Alabama for a couple of days. The workout was 6 x 1000M in sub-3:10 with a 200M jog recovery. This would be do-able. Drove out to KMHS and its wooded track (think Portland) and set out to attack this workout. From the gun, I felt absolutely powerful and great. Truly could have run 8-12 at 3:10 pace, and about 8-10 at 3:07 pace. Kept the recovery brisk, as well. Anyhow, hopefully I can get in most of my mileage this week due to work. We shall see... this might be a blessing in disguise after a surprising 94M week. Decent 3M tempo on Wednesday. With all the driving and early mornings, I've been quite tired. However, I got myself out there and thankfully thought I saw a 5:24 for my opening mile (in reality it was 5:29), so I did not panic and did not pick up the pace and just continued to run strongly. Was able to close very, very well, full of strength, which I have not done in the past, so this was a pos...

Right, I guess I should write something... Well, I seriously have issues with these ultra-long runs. Like I've said in the past, I thought I was a distance runner, but these 2.5-3h long runs give me crazy nerves and nightmares the night before. It's almost as I feel the run has to be perfect, that I have to feel good before I start, or else the run will be extra worse... which is true. Any soreness is amplified over 20+ miles on hilly-@ss trails. These runs are very, very tough and very, very demanding. I am sure they will get much more difficult as it gets hotter and hotter in the greater ATL, but as of right now, just surviving the time on my feet on these tremendous courses is a challenge enough. So, in order to stay healthy between running and working (driving), I have a great team around me, including massage therapist Robin Rogers, and more recently, Chiropractor, Dr. Josh Glass (he works with David Krummenacker). He X-Rayed my hips, found a weakness, and we are working o...

Something I have yet to do... catch a break in terms of health. Was finally healthy and then my foot goes numb and strains my ITB... so, now that I am getting very fit, my knee just aches all the time. However, that did not stop me from knocking out a solid 2.5 hours this morning in and around the Mountain, sporting an ITBS strap on my left leg and a shin sleeve compression on my right leg. Loving it... I have to say, these long runs are quite the challenge. Man, just completing the allotted time is a mission, and I thought I was a long distance runner. Seems I like more of the power, speed running of up to 90' rather than a slow and steady 2h run, but I need to adapt. The more long runs the better. So, I finally got to see Robin Rogers, my muscle therapist. Wow, what a difference. Leg feels much, much better, but it is not completely 100%. Still injured and still bothering me, but I will press on with treatment. I had a disappointing hill workout this morning. It was windy and fr...

Alright, so in Cotton Row, when my left foot decided to just fall asleep and be "dead" for 5 miles, the effort of running through such an issue caused severe straining of my left IT Band and my lateral knee. So, I have been able to train, but after my long run on Saturday and a very, very painful 7-miler on Sunday, I decided to take time off for cautions sake. This has happened in the past and is usually quick to heal. So, we shall see if this is the case or not. Hopefully so... Pratt also lended me an IT Band strap in order to help out. Tomorrow I will attempt my quarter workout at Marietta High. Well, after a long day at work, I headed out to the track at close to 7PM with my family. Warmed up well with an IT Band strap, which my IT was feeling alright, although nowhere near 100%. Opened up, surprisingly, with an easy 67, which for my lack of speed/strength, was both surprising and positive. I then rolled through the workout, not feeling fast at all, but feeling like I was ...