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I am nearing the end of the biggest training block of the season and I feel great. Two weeks ago I ran my first 100 mile week of the year. I structured it like this: Week 1: 5 am, 10 pm Monday; 15 pm Tuesday(3 mile warm up, 10 mile tempo, 2 mile cool down); 5 am, 10 pm Wednesday; 12 pm Thursday; 6 am, 12 pm Friday (workout); 10 am Saturday; 15 am Sunday Week 2: 12 am, 6 pm Monday; 5 am, 10 pm Tuesday (workout); 6 am, 10 pm Wednesday; 6 am, 6 pm Thursday(travel), 8 am… more »

So I’m sitting at home doing what I normally do which is tour the running websites. I watched the NYC video’s on the American press conference here on flotrack. Now to be totally honest I am a pretty cocky guy. I think its part of getting good you have to believe you can do it or it will never happen. But anyway they had a press conference for the Americans and I was bothered that two of the athletes they highlighted were guys who finished behind me at the trials and who had slower PB in the marathon then me.… more »

I LOVE New York City This weekend I will have another chance to compete at the ING New York City Marathon. If you have never witnessed this race, all I can say is that I hope one day you will have the privilege to run the race or be one of those badass spectators. The ING NYC Marathon is the place to race in the fall. I will give you 3 reasons why I strongly believe that: 1. The New Yorker Road Runners Club puts on the most professional event in the world. The support and care they provide to… more »

There are 12 days until I run the ING NYC Marathon and I am excited to see what I can do. I have been training since Sept 1st and I think things have gone pretty well. When I threw the idea out of running a marathon in Beijing Terrence Mahon, Ryan Hall and Deena Kastor's coach, said that I did not have the patience for it. I think he might have been trying to push my buttons but in reality it has been hard to stay focused. 25 mins into my first run when my legs started to hurt, my… more »

I’ve done a lot of analyzing and looking backwards in the last few journal entries. I’ve looked back into the season’s mistakes to glean from them morsels of wisdom and lessons which I can apply not only in sport but also in life. (In fact, I’m writing this article backwards, from the last sentence up. It just sort of worked out that way (I didn’t do it on purpose). Anyway, for a change I’ll be looking refreshingly into the future with this entry. Actually, one more look back at this week: I wanted to mention that I was glad to… more »

Lately, I have been mixing philosophy with my running. It is not always a good thing, like when it paralyzes you in the Rosenzweigian sense--when real life experience becomes separated from philosophical wonderment. But as a whole I have been able to temper my reflection to a productive and manageable level. As I continue training for the CIM marathon this December I begin to add the 20 mile runs, longer tempos I am starting to feel a refreshing feeling in my stride. Partly, because of the intentionality behind my running. I begin my recovery run with pushups, core, yoga and… more »

I just finished the Chicago Marathon and I'm very happy that I was able to run well considering the conditions. I want to thank Chad he was one of the guys I was running with in the first half. I also want to thank the organizers for allowing me to run the race I do feel very fortunate to be able to participate in such a great race. I always seem to learn a lot every time I run one of these things, the biggest lesson that I learned is that being able to share your experience with the ones… more »

Wow! Three state championships in a row for the Kodiak Bears and me respectively. WOW! 14:47 adidas classic. I think I'm finally starting to take the next step into the national spotlight; a long awaited coming out party. First of all I have to thank all of my family, friends, and fans that have cheered me on and believed in me in my quest to become a name that people fear. I appoligize for taking so long to publish this thoroughly kick-ass blog post, but the kid is a very busy dude. To be honest this is a great way… more »

On the way down the hill to meet the team the other morning, Clint came up with a great point that I decided to write about this time around. His opinion was that runners are like cats or dogs. The more I thought about it, the more I agreed with him, and I have come to the conclusion that most runners could be defined by a ratio of cat-ness to dog-ness. If you've ever had a dog, you know that they will eat as much as you feed them. When my dog Toby was a puppy, his bag of food… more »

Two races in two straight weekends and my final Collegiate Cross-Country regular season is over. I will not be racing again until conference and that is the start of the post season. Two wins isn't a bad way to do it either. Stanford was the first of the two and it was a great way to start the season. This was the 8th time that I had run the Stanford Invite and in that span I have only run the same course twice. Each year the course has gotten flatter but as we learned this year, that doesn't necessarily mean… more »