Getting Ready for the season....

I have spent the last few weeks getting work straightened out to change my schedule.  I have had a few meetings and introductions and I am ready to coach my first practice.  It is not getting here fast enough.  I have been getting my body ready to run that many days a week.  The most I have ever ran in one week is 4.  This will be a step up when I go to 6 days a week.  Since this is a training blog I will stick to this topic.  Here is how my week went:

Monday-Rest
Tuesday-Run 4 miles.
Wednesday-Rest
Thursday-Run 5 miles
Friday-Run 4 miles
Saturday-Honoring my commitment to shannon.  45 mile bike ride and 4 mile run.  The bike was out to Jean, NV and back.  The run began with a summer rain shower that was so awesome.  Then a 4 mile run.  Made me real bummed this kind of effort is going to a race but it is what it is.  I felt awesome today.
Sunday-Long run scratched.  Sully has been sick and we took him to the vet.  Just a bowel irritation at this point.  I was going to go 8-10.

This week I hope to run monday-saturday.  We will see how things go.  Quote:

"A win on the track is not easy to easy to achieve, but a win in cross country is a rare treat."
Jack Daniels, PHD

Our first meet is at Reno our rivals to the North.  Bring em on!  I started reading Daniels' Running formula.  I heard it is a running coaching must.

Barefoot running

here is a new post on barefoot running!

I forgot to post?

First and foremost thanks for the comments and emails for congrats.  That means a lot to me.  Life is funny these days.  Not having a training plan is weird.  It has been more than 3 years of continuous training.  I have practice starting in a few weeks and I trying to get myself acclimated to running 6 days a week.  Who knows what the next few weeks will bring but I am hopeful it will be a huge learning experience.  This week has been interesting.  I have been low level sick now for about 2 weeks.  My stomach/bowels has been turning tricks in my body.  Not fun at all.  Here is how it went:

Monday-Strength/conditioning
Tuesday-4 miles.  Sully is a good running buddy.
Wednesday-4 miles that turned into 2 miles.  Had a bowel episode at the lake when Sully and I were at the lake and things just didnt work out.
Thursday-5 miles.  Just getting miles in.
Friday-off
Saturday-Swim/bike brick-Newbie training and not so much training for me.  I love exposing people to this lifestyle.  She is going to be a great addition to the group.
Sunday-8 to 10 mile run turned into 2 miles.  I almost had the worst run ever.  Thank god I got home in time.  one mile out and one mile back.  ROUGH.


Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo,
Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.  

KD via someone else, lol