Wednesday, February 28, 2007

 

Room for Improvement...and Squares...and Jello

So yesterday was the big first workout. After Monday's easy 6 (and the previous weeks of easy other amounts of miles), I was pretty excited but very much worried. I knew I had no speed but doing a workout alone -- nothing points to how little speed one has like that.

So anyways, the schedule called for a 15 min warm up, 20 at 6:20, and a 15 min cool down. I decided to do this around the bike path at Reid. Jogging over from my house, I met up with U of A's Obed Mutanya as we waited to cross Broadway near my house. We chatted for a minute about his race in Seattle last weekend and then parted ways. He was knocking out 80 min and was heading to ODC. I already knew my warm up was going to be closer to 20 minutes so I had to cut over past the track.

As I continued to Reid, I couldn't help but think about how seriously some of those guys take their warmth. I mean, it was 3 pm and I was even contemplating going out without a shirt. Obed, on the other hand, was in full-on Arizona warm ups. Nice guy though. Every time I've passed him on runs, he's given a wave or something.

So anyways, I got to the zero mark in about 20 minutes. There I dropped my shirt, did a couple stretches and was off. While there were plenty of people on the path, I was glad I didn't have to do too much weaving. The wind was noticeable but nothing no concerning as the gusts seemed far-between. I went through half in 3:05 and and mile 1 in 6:15. At this point, I could definitely tell my breathing was hard but, worse than that, my form must have been really funky. Along Alvernon I felt like I popped into a groove and this made the workout more tolerable.

Near the driving range I passed Obed again. We exchanged little waves and, like a true competitor, he sucked the life out of me right there. Yes, this guy is such a badass that he will break you, in warm ups, jogging a different direction, and not even notice.

Brutal.

Not knowing where the two-mile mark was, I began worrying as I turned west. I ended up coming through in 12:44 (for a hearty 6:29). My legs were feeling crummy, my form was definitely jacked (I believe arm drive may have been minimal), and I was barely half-way done. I tried to hold it together and came through 3 miles in 19:15 (6:31) before finishing it out by reaching the end of the railing.

As I went back and got my shirt, I was very disappointed with my showing. The times were obviously bothersome as I was well off pace, but worse than that, I felt that my effort was lacking. This sentiment, however, went away as I discovered I basically had to drop it down to ultra-marathon pace for the cool down back to my house. The legs were definitely tired and, reconsidering, there probably wasn't a whole lot more I could have done out there yesterday. I just need to work on keeping on pace and keeping an eye on my body instead of letting is fall off pace and settle in.

Since this is my first program week, I have no workout tomorrow (which is exciting for me) so the rest of this week should be some easy runs until Sunday's 10 or so.


Obed -- Daily Star's 'Choices Tucson Makes' Survey -- Lighthouse 5k Race Report


Monday, February 26, 2007

 

Impossible is nothing

Day 1 of my new structured program called for 6 easy miles. I'd like to think that I nailed it (cuz if I couldn't, I might as well have been dragged out back and shot) and this has me all pumped up.

Ok, not really. To be honest, only this video can pump me up.

Ok, not really. But you gotta watch it and then read about the dude. I mean, the link was an attachment to an 11 page resume! L4WL!

Tomorrow will be my first workout. I'm pretty stoked.

Wiki-Aleksey Vayner -- IvyGate's Articles about him (also funny) -- Wiki-Alexi Laiho

 

All Right, Quit with the Guilt Blax

Yes, I am a bad, bad Dragon. Between work, child-rearing and the other blog, my contributions over here have been quite slim. Here's what I've been up to-

This is the spring of speed for me. I've bagged any attempt at a late-spring marathon to instead focus on building up my cruising and racing speed through the early races on the SAR calendar. I'm telling you right now, I've blown the Grand Prix. I'm also going to tell you that sometimes Dragon Lucas will win the Grand Prix. Dark Horse? Hardly. Lucas will consistently finish in the top four for SAR members, and he isn't being distracted by a marathon like Dan, Shane and myself. The only question that remains is what will he do with the grand prize?

So me and racing, where to start? I crapped out somewhere around mile 4 of the Sun Run, but my own "son" made it to the webpage with his stellar performance during the kids' race. Who else falls down twice and keeps going? Not me. Next was the YMCA Lighthouse 5K, which Blax described enough two posts down. I was ecstatic to win this, and all it took was making Shane's car inoperable so he couldn't make it to the race that morning.

Something about coming off a victory, or the fact that the Lighthouse race boosted my fitness made me feel absolutely great last week, and I honestly could not wait to do the Dave's Run 5K the following Sunday (yesterday). My daily runs seemed to find me running faster with less effort, and a short set of 800's on Wednesday showed me that I was due for a good one. When Greg Wenneborg started asking at the start line what people were going to run I told him I would do 15:58, even though I've never gone under 16:07 for the distance. I just knew it was going to be a good day. Things ended up going my way and I beat my prediction by two seconds on what seems to be a short course. I'll take it though, and coming in third within sight of Greg made me feel that maybe focusing on speed for awhile was a good decision.

I'm still trying to figure out the next step, hopefully I can keep it together over the next few months of training. The grand plan involves going into marathon base training around the time of the Tucson 5000, and hopefully carrying any speed I've gained with me when the mileage starts again.

Sunday, February 25, 2007

 

Darlin', Tramps Like Us....

Damn, it's been like a week since Dragons has been updated. Given that we got four "contributers" to this site and I know at least one of us did something running-esque (even if it was just THINKING about it) during the past 7 days -- in my case, listening to Springsteen's Born To Run -- you'd think we'd be a little more on the ball.

But hey, what can you really ask for? We don't even have uniforms yet.

My bad.

So anyways, since the last update my running week was nothing too exciting. After last Sunday's race, I was honestly pretty disgusted with my recent running efforts. The Sun Run was the last race I'd actually been feeling alright about and I knew that my training was generally directionless and, for that matter, useless.

I would have sat around and dwelled on this matter and likely quit again, but last week I was pretty busy with statistics tests, engineering fairs, and internship interviews. Then I spent this weekend drinking with the Koury boys and chowing on massive turkey legs at the Renaissance Fair. It was cool too. At the joust to the death, our knight was a total dick (he was French) and he was taking all kinds of cheap shots all stabbing people and then he threatened to kill the king.

Naturally those bastards at the fair wouldn't let that happen so the English knight whipped out some dagger and strategically thrusted that bitch into my knights heart or whatever. I was pissed -- but I guess they wouldn't make much money by having an 'Overthrow the corrupt-ass ruling body Fair'.

So the whole point of me telling you that was to explain why I wasn't in attendance for the Dave's ALS 5k at the Foothills Mall this morning. To pretty much get an idea of what did happen, read Mike's account of it. His wife, Kiera took a bunch of photos and put 'em on an online album. I was gonna steal 'em for our sidebar but that just seems like some sort of blatant copyright something or other -- so I didn't.

But back to me...

Hey -- if you wanna read about Mike, go visit Mike's blog, alright? I ain't his damn press secretary.

...so as I was saying, I've got a new training program that I am putting a lot of faith in and I'm excited to see where it takes me. It definitely requires patience, but given that runners supposedly don't peak until their late 20's, I'd say I got the time. After a weekend of a couple jogs around Kiwanis park in Tempe, my 'first day' is tomorrow. I hope it goes well.


YMCA Results -- New Chad Vader Episode -- Dave's ALS Results

Sunday, February 18, 2007

 

Gonna be some changes, changes made

Last week I somehow got left out of the race results. This didn't much bother me but I was concerned because I needed to get my Grand Prix points from the event. When I ran into Jason on campus, I mentioned the situation to him. He said he would use his SAR powers to right these wrongs. I thought it really wasn't a big deal and I would just never again mention the situation.

Then Saturday as I was getting some Brooklyn pizza with Train and my little brother, my phone rang. It was Coach Borg, the official timer.
"Blax, I got an issue!"

"Good! I got an issue with you too -- so go ahead."
Turns out his issue was my not bringing my issue up with him. I explained that I understand he's a busy guy and I never meant to 'go behind his back' -- I just thought it wasn't a big deal. All I wanted were the points. He seemed to understand and we began chatting about the 5k on Sunday (yesterday). He asked what I was planning on doing about it. I told him I'd like to try and break 17.
"Just go out really hard."
Works for me. Apparently, they've done studies and 60 percent of the time, it works every time.

Arriving yesterday morning, I warmed up with Mike and Lucas. Recollecting last year's course, I was pretty excited. I knew the areas I would likely try to slow down so I could counter this. The competition seemed rather lean as well.

Naturally, on the warm up I had to realize that, to my luck, the course had been changed. It still opened on a northern route on Columbus -- but now it veered none and took us to the river path where we ran through some soft-ass dirt, made a sharp U-turn, and ran back.

So what do I have to say? I went out hard. I slowed pretty predictably and finished in fifth (same place as last year). I was reminded after the race (as I am after every effort that isn't 5 miles at 7:15 pace) that I need to do more core work, speed work, focusing, miles, and weights.

More important than anything else, fellow Dragon Mike Salkowski came up with a win today. Standing at the starting line, he would have been my easy pick for 2007 Lighthouse Champion, but you should definitely read his race recap. The dude knows how to be a winner. Good sportsmanship is a cornerstone of Dragons and Mike exemplifies it with his post here.

I should have been pretty disgusted with an 18:30-something but I honestly wasn't even phased. I had quite a bit of fun and was dog tired at the end. I got to eat some Chuys at 9am, listen to some BOB-FM, and politely decline a massage. There was a rock-climbing wall and some drum group. I walked away with an age group victory and the pair of socks that came with it.

During the cool down though, I was reminded of why I was running 18:30-somethings. At this time last year, I was a minute faster and improving. Right now, I sort of feel like I'm in a rut. Still, the only difference in my training is that last year I was hitting WOG twice a week. I think I am really starting to realize the benefits of workouts.

I've never claimed to be a student of the sport (triple-A baseball is more my bag), but my inability to coach myself has become almost completely apparent in the recent weeks. It might be an underestimate, overestimate, or something in-between of myself. It might be a simply lack of training knowledge and an even greater lack of focus for reading books about training. If you don't believe me, I have a couple books I checked out from the library like last summer sitting in my room. Every few weeks I get an email telling me they are due so I just renew 'em online. It's finally reached a point where I've renewed them too much and now I actually have to take them back. I can't tell you one thing either of those books taught me.

So with a couple months until the Spring Cross Country Classic, I am going to be going the way of the Arizona Cardinals and looking for new coaching direction. It's bad enough that I've been running like Denny Green -- I don't need to be coaching like him too.

That being said, I do look forward to being away from races for a little while. I was definitely happy to get in a couple competitions after the build-up I put in over winter but now I'll be happy to get in another bulk training period. Especially one with more direction/structure.

I haven't gotten this week planned out yet (an attribute of a truly bunk coach) but I suspect it'll be a push back towards mileage with maybe some mile repeats somewhere along the way.


Mike's Recap -- Dave's Run next Sat -- Spring XC Classic

Friday, February 16, 2007

 

it's funny b/c it's true

I hear through the grapevine that the Dragon known as Omniscient recently ran the same distance on the same track in Seattle where, a short time earlier, he delivered his performance that qualifies him as a sub-9:00 2 miler (converted), but came through just a smidge slower this go 'round. Now, obviously the race wasn't a notable setback or anything, and the trifle of seconds gained is owed to nothing other than the vicissitudes of indoor track, but I still felt that the following reminder was in order.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

 

I ain't got no love for da hoes

I don't feel like I'm in sub-17 shape. I think that I may be, considering 16:59 isn't "that fast" -- yet I haven't done it in a long time.

Since midway through last Sunday's 5 miler, in fact, I've felt kind of removed from my running. That doesn't sound very clear. It's like, the Sun Run, I was very focused and very in-tune to how I was feeling throughout the race and that seems to be how races should be run. But Sunday, I just sorta drifted out, said 'screw it' and just finished it without slowing down too damn much.

But I still slowed down quite a bit. I hate that course more and more as each day passes. So with Sunday's YMCA 5k on tap, I'm glad this week is more about working on speed and pushing it, rather than staying under control and endurance.

This is the first time in a long while that I've looked at a 5k as a shorter race. Don't get me wrong, I still pretty much don't like stuff that takes over 10 minutes, but after races of 5 and 6 miles in the past few weeks, I'm looking forward to getting out on a familiar course and trying something different.

I used to see 5000's as a race where I would try to keep it quick and conservative for the first mile and then open up a little for the second mile, and then try to have enough saved to continue strong through 3 miles. I remember reading somewhere (no doubt in Runners' World or some other expert performance magazine) that you should save half your energy for the last third of the race. Having never been a runner who was good at conserving (for those of you who wonder why I'll never do a marathon), this probably has lead to my 3.1mile demise.

Thanksgiving was a perfect example of this. I actively held myself back for the first mile and still came through pretty quick. Frankly, if I would have just let myself go at a pace I wanted, I would likely have been only 5 to 10 seconds faster -- but I would have been a lot more comfortable. Instead, what did end up happening was that I had to play catch-up during the second mile and when I hit the 2 mile mark, I found that I was both tired and still out of position.

I am easily crushed mentally. It is something I need to work on -- but I think the first step in this is to gain confidence in myself. And I feel that, comparatively, I am better at hanging on for a last mile rather than catching someone else who is suffering for a last mile. So that is what I am going to shoot for at Saturday's race. Unlike the Sun Run and Vday races where I went out, basically got stranded because I was running my own pace and subsequently fell off before being picked off in the final K or so.

This is all very choppy, sorry, I am listening to some BODOM Razzy gave me and he keeps IMing me telling me to listen to different parts of different tracks.

Anyways, point is that last year I ran this race and 17:20ish'd. I basically went out well off the pack, got stranded, and brought it home. Nothing special. This year, I'm much more excited about the race. For starters, fellow Dragon, Mike (and possibly Lucas) will be running the race so I'll at least know the capabilities of the leaders (unlike Vday where half the lead pack stopped at halfway). J will also be in attendance as the race runs through his backyard. Also, I like the course. The downhill grade of the first mile is great for taking off a few seconds -- but isn't so steep that you really have to battle it on the return trip.

So that's the plan for Sunday. This race is notorious for good food, a rock climbing wall, and a reasonable course. Be there.

2006 Race Recap -- They need to fix my Grand Prix Points -- Gangs infiltrating the military -- Felons can now join Army

Monday, February 12, 2007

 

Really -- I did finish: A Fine Valentines Race Report


I've linked up the results here below but you won't find me in there. Somehow I was omitted from the race results and, honestly, when I saw it I wasn't even surprised.

Yesterday I was nobody and I spend the better part of the morning waiting for Haley Joel Osment to walk up and explain to me that he only saw me because he saw dead people and, well sorry Blaxy, but you just aren't in the system.

I didn't post Friday because I was tired as hell (I think it was Tuesday that pretty much did it to me) and ended up going to Championship Dining and just getting all drunk. Gay name, gay male patrons, hot ass bitches inside. Train came and picked me up so I didn't get a DUI in the one mile it was from there to my house. In all this, I didn't run. Not because of my other activities, just because I was smashed from the week's training. I was rolling towards 60 for the week but after never recovering from Tuesday, I had to take 50.

For as great as Tuesday was, I don't know if it was really worth the total slowness of the rest of my week there. It ended up serving as both my long run of the week as well as my only workout (after leaving me worthless for any sort of Thurs or Fri workout) and, in fact, it may have served as my demise yesterday as I might have been overconfident in attacking the ramps on the course the first time around.

So, as far as the week goes, I'm not especially thrilled with how it went but I'll take it nonetheless. If nothing else, it's given me a better idea of my current fitness level and I can go from there.

So on to the race...

I jogged the mile to Main Gate at 7:15 this morning. There wasn't a bib waiting for me so I had to go get re-signed up. Not a big deal to some, but bibs 1 through 100 got a free sandwich from Sinbad's and I am sure that my preregistration would have scored me one of these delicacies.

I warmed up with Mike where I learned that the course would include racing down University, around Old Main, down the Mall, and over to Arizona Stadium where competitors would have to go all the way up the ramps, across to the south side of the stadium, and back down all the ramps where a hairpin turn was waiting at the bottom, surrounded by chalk arrows directing you back up the ramps, across the concourse, and down the first set of ramps. Then a loop near Campbell and back to Old Main.

People who were lucky enough to be loved could then stop running and have their partner pick up the slack for a second lap. Apparently gays, widowers, and tragically awkward dancers (my category) have to get used to being alone on Valentine's Day though, so it was here that I just took a deep breath and headed out to do it all again.

4 trips to the top of Arizona Stadium was enough to fire up many of the recreational runners that had come out for this, Tucson's cheapest, race. Personally, while I kinda enjoyed a course that just laid my ass to waste (and it did -- you can figure me in the results in 13th, running a 34:14), I do believe that the markers were notably off and I think that could have only been made up for by adding a drum circle (like the one in front of Old Main) to the top of the stadium. Also, my ankles were kind of sore from the braking at each of the ramp 'switchbacks'. Of course, this may have just been a personal problem as I am freakish downhill runner (one more reason I run couples' relays alone).

Frankly, my race performance was a combination of coming in tired, not having a suitable approach, and simply going out too hard (which lead to basically giving up before unleashing a vicious kick in the final 60 meters). It was rough and I wasn't up to the challenge. That's all there is to it and I hope to do better next time.

This is all in retrospect though. As I ran home with a Dunkin' Donut in each hand, munching away while waiting for Chipotle to open so I could get my free burrito and drink, I can only say that I really did enjoy myself at the Valentine's Day run and got a kick out of the whole thing. Between the emotionless teammate forming, getting to see Mike's kids (they seriously melt this cold, cold heart), a bunch of old recreational runners getting all pissed that they wouldn't be setting a 5 mile PR on a 4.2 mile course like last year, and, of course, Shane's first Tucson win (I believe) -- it really was a notable experience.

The quads are pretty blasted today so I am just going to try to get out in the evening and log in some decent miles. I haven't figured this week yet but I think I'm going to hang around or drop down a bit from 50 in order to get in two very much speed-based workouts. The following week I'll probably go ahead and try to get in the 55 - 60 range.


Race results -- Ike Turner wins Grammy -- Being a Batch

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

 

Click to view clearly


I've been dreading planning this week's schedule. With an all-but-useless last week, I'm eager to get back at it this week. However, with the Hilly Valentines 5 Miler on Sunday, I was reluctant to put in anything too hard on Thursday for fear it may leave me still kinda unfresh for the race.

This is leading to a real toss up for me because I feel like my fitness is still very much in a limboesque state. While I feel like my workouts, as unfocused as they are, are doing a lot of good for me right now (as is the case when you start them back up), I also realize the damage they lay on me. And it is this unpredictable recovery time that has me reconsidering this week.

On the other hand, I can't ignore what a benefit feeling good on race morning does for me. Well, I should rephrase that -- in my delicate position, I can't tell you have fucked I am if I show up fatigued. I do not have the fitness required to (a) show up tired, (b) show up sore, (c) go out too fast, or (d) race off the roads.

A Catch-22 that I am sure I'm not the first to face.

With a terribly sluggish (and brutally hot) 5 on ODC being my only miles on Monday, my week was already in the red. This adds in a new dimension -- with a race on Sunday, I am already chasing mileage for the week. Still though, on Lucas' warning that Saturday will have "quite the elevation change" I made yesterday's workout into A Mountain mile repeats. This was a staple workout for me last Spring and I think it delivered for the period I was including it in my training. Also it may have been solely responsible for my injury -- who knows. And while I would have preferred to hit the V, the A Mountain workout is just far more convenient and that carries a lot of weight around here.

A Mountain did quite a little number on me and so I used yesterday afternoon as well as this morning as recovery efforts. This evening's Group Run should get me geared up for another effort tomorrow. I had originally planned to go out the V after my classes but reconsidered for fear that it might have an outside shot at leaving me sore at the line on Sunday. This sounds like a real conservative standpoint to take, but remember that when I did the V about a month ago, it left me doing 5 mile hobbles for the next two days -- and each was worse than the run before it. Also, I still have the issue of chasing miles. So I've scheduled an AM visit to Tumamoc in hopes of getting in a longer run with a difficult middle portion that pretty much completely spoils the return trip home.

Friday is still up in the air but I'd like to use it to get in a couple miles at race pace to get comfortable. I did this with some 800m sections on ODC before the Sun Run and I found it beneficial. However, with ODC being worked on (and blocked off), I may have to find somewhere else to work on the old speed'n'turnover. Saturday will then be an easy 5 at Reid to stretch 'em out before racing on Sunday. I hope to end the week in the 60 range and have a moderate-at-worst Sunday performance.

Still time to sign up for the Mud Run -- Valentine's Day 5 Miler -- Sentinel Peak

Monday, February 05, 2007

 

Amber Alert -- Mud Run

Train told me that the June 9th Mud Run was sold out. No shit -- these events sell out like fucking pronto. I spoke to J about this issue and since I was the only Dragon registerred at this point, I wrote the RD and had her move my registration to the June 16th edition.
Mr Blax -- as one of our top finishers last year, we are happy to grant your request. We also look forward to receiving the registrations of Mr Levario and the rest of your party. The Mud Run is pleased to have such strong runners showing to our event.
The RD didn't mention some kid whose pal was talking mad shit to J after the womping he laid on the field last year. I don't know the story -- maybe he can elaborate.

The other night I was talking to Mike Levario and he suggested we form some sort of team for the Mud Run team competition. The team competition, for those of you who are not familiar with the race, requires all five of your team members finish at the same time. I guess it's one of those leave no man behind and keep fighting till you can say no man died in vain things. Frankly, I think we'll all be up top in results and any team we put together would just be devastating to the competiton. I didn't really agree with forming a team for the race on these grounds. Then I thought about the fact that J -- who might be shooting at another CR for the Mud Run -- would have to wait for us and wouldn't really be allowed to run his race. I continued to object to the idea but told Mike that, if we could get the necessary people to agree, I would do a team competition.

Then I got to thinking that we simply might not have 5 people. J, Mike, and myself are only 3. I know Lucas knew of this event but I forgot to ask him the other day if he was interested in coming. Still -- we'd be a man short and I think we'd need to get the team registration handled within the next week. I had all but written off the idea of a tem this year until about 45 seconds ago.

You see, this post was supposed to be a lot shorter but as I searched Ask Jeeves for photos of the race, I came across the page of Drunk Running Club (DRC) talking about how they want to take the team division again (after getting second last year). I didn't have to read far into these guys' blog to see that I think they are a bunch of jackasses. For those of you who think I hate for no good reasons -- they say a 5k is 3.2 miles. Now I am fully in support of putting together a team that can stomp these guys' gay-ass 59:14 as well as their rival's 53 and change.

Anyways, all YOU need to take away from this is that if you plan on being part of Dragons Presents: Mud Run Trip 2007, get your registration done (you can do it through Active.com off the race page) because the June 16th registration will surely be filling up soon.

I'll go ahead and leave comments open in case you want to let us know if you got registered/want to do a team.


Mud Run -- Active Registration -- DRC (Assholes)

Sunday, February 04, 2007

 

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This is one of the most tragic days of my life. Nonetheless I thank you Bears for the transcendence.

 

Just bought a Cadillac....

Yesterday concluded my highest volume week in recent memory and, more than likely, my highest mileage ever. The total mileage was 114 miles in seven days and six of which were two-a-days. During my last run yesterday evening, I was extremely surprised how fresh I felt considering I had already run about 110 miles and had completed a 15 miler run at about 6:00 pace a mere five hours before. I think this speaks "volumes" to the value of a high volume program as, in my opinion, the best way to gain strength is to put in the mileage.

Granted, I do not take a super technical approach to my training but I am sure I worked all levels of muscle fibers this week specifically on Monday and Wednesday (our two workout days).

On Monday, the higher mileage guys (me included) hit the riverpath for a 12 mile run at, per Coach's instruction, "sub 6:00 pace". Usually, during these runs, we manage to ease into a comfortable 6:00 pace meaning the first few miles are at 7:00-6:45. Monday was different. We hit the first mile in 6:03 and just dropped it from there. On the way out, we hit six miles in 35:07 and then finished 12 in 1:08:50 with the last five miles at about 5:35 pace or so. This is by far the easiest 12 mile run I have completed on that course and is more than likely a PR at that distance.

On Wednesday, fueled by two of Kiera's chocolate chip cookies, we hit the track for 12x400 with a 100 meter jog recovery (about 35-40 seconds). The first 3 were at 70. The next 7 were at 68. Number 11 was 66 and the final interval was 62 which felt incredibly easy. Overall, the workout was cake as my heart rate would plummet during the jog recoveries which is an excellent indicator of fitness.

What does all this training mean for my racing? Well, in the short run, my preparation for indoor has been devoid of intervals conducive to "fast" running. However, I seem to respond to straight up mileage/threshold work better than true intervals so I think I am ready to roll. In addition, the strange thing about the indoor season is that you sometimes just pop out fast races. This sentiment is seemingly shared by the world's best. In fact, during the post Wanamaker Mile interview with Mottram and Kip (Bernard Lagat), Mottram discussed his training and indicated that he has not really done anything specific for the track yet which, in his opinion, did not affect his race. Also, Coach has indicated that Kip's training has been on the light side and he still managed to run 3:54. I hope the same rings true for me in Seattle next weekend.

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