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Papa’s gotta brand new bag!

I’m back from New Mexico now. My fever is coming and going, but I’m still not sure exactly what kind of bug I have.  I spoke to Coach Brooks after the meet and have decided to stop training for 7-10 days and just give myself a rest.  I just pushed, pushed, pushed during Indoors to [...]

MMA in Denver This Past Weekend

I always knew I was a player and not a spectator, but I never really realized how much until I went to the Ring of Fire, MMA fight in Denver this past weekend.

Still Training Away at 6400 feet….

I’m sure I will suffer terribly racing 5k road races but if I can run under 17 up here then I’ll be impossible to beat this year. I think I only ran 19:30 for a 5k at 5,000 feet the year I ran right at 2 minutes for the 800m.

First Day On The Track

This week I will have to get on the track more and start doing some ladder repeats. Not the most fun thing to do, but it has to be done. So I will cowgirl up and “get’er done.”

Training in Colorado Springs

The Incline was bad, but only because of the altitude change (personally coming from South Carolina (zero elevation to 6,400 and racing up to 9,400 feet was brutal). I did pass people who actually had fluid in their lungs!