Track and Field Blogs - Patrick Rizzo

I want to start out by expressing that Yolanda is full of crap. Winter is FAR from over here in Michigan. Sure, we've gotten a whole 2 days of sunlight since November, but that doesn't make it spring. There is still snow in the forecast and last I checked, we haven't had a morning run over 32 since some time around men's trials. It's probably going to be this way until after women's trials too and we just have to deal with it.
Moving on, many of you read last month that I got hit by a car while I was running. Now here we are 5 weeks after the accident and it's time for an update. My right eye is no longer swollen shut or red in the eyeball so people have finally stopped staring or being repulsed at the store when I'm helping them. That's a plus. I have been working out again, which is good. Workouts still aren't going as well as before the accident though. I can get down to about a 5:10 pace on a good day, but I was comfortable at that pace beforehand. The days seem real hot and cold for my hamstring and hip (which took the impact of the car). It seems like there are more cold days lately though.
This week is really going to be the litmus test for Boston. We get the 26.2k simulator on Friday and follow it up with the infamous 2x6 mile just six days later. I figure that surviving this is more difficult than surviving the marathon itself. At least we'll have a taper on our side and 4 more weeks of training under us. Given my progress from 5 weeks ago laying in a hospital bed to now making some stabs at working out, I won't count anything out for 4 more weeks down the line. Hopefully when we get back from Boston though, all this snow crap is over with, we've already had almost a half a year of it. It would only seem fair for summer to be 6 months as well. At least I like the summer.
Off topic, I take back anything I have previously said about Reneau's musical taste. He can recognize the musical mastery of greats like John Prine and Harry Chapin.