Track and Field Blogs - Dathan Ritzenhein

I made it into Osaka yesterday afternoon. It was a long flight but overall travel was easy. It is so hot and humid here. You walk outside a are just instantly soaked. I did a run last night around dusk and it was terrible. The best way I can describe it is it is like the worst day you could get in the midwest. I plan to do my last hard workout tommorrow night so I will see how tough the conditions really are then. I got an ice vest from Nike to use, but it weighs like 10 pounds so I will use it tommorrow to see if it is worth it. I tried it in a workout before I left Eugene but it made me tired. I also hae been battling a blister on my foot that gets opened up anytime I run in spikes on a hot track, so I have some shoes that the guys made for me that are the streak XC racing flat with a Jasari spikeplate one the bottom of it. They feel great and I'll give them a final runthrough in tommorrows workout. They seem to be the perfect 10k shoes. I am suppose to have Abdi as a roommate but he hasn't got here yet. We are kinda far from downtown so there is not a lot to do but once we move to the village hotel I will try to get out and see some stuff. I'll try to post something again before the race.