Prefontaine Classic this weekend

The 5000 (Solinsky vs E Africans), mile (stacked field), 100M (Women), and 200 (Tyson Gay returns) should be esp great events to watch. Set your dvr, NBC.

PREFONTAINE CLASSIC DIAMOND LEAGUE EVENTS 2010
SATURDAY, JULY 3RD
SCHEDULE
11:00 Hammer Throw (W)*
12:03 Interview Program
12:10 National Anthem
12:14 Discus Throw (M)
12:16 Triple Jump (W) West Outer Runway
12:18 International Mile (M)
12:30 Pole Vault (W) East Outer Runway
12:38 5000 Meters (W)*
1:03 400 Hurdles (W) [Live International TV]
1:09 1000 Meters (M)*
1:16 Shot Put (M) West Ring
1:19 Steeplechase (W)
1:31 Javelin Throw (W)
1:35 800 Meters (W)
1:43 Long Jump (M) West Outer Runway
1:45 110 Hurdles (M)
1:55 100 Meters (W)
2:02 5000 Meters (M)
2:26 200 Meters (M)
2:36 400 Meters (W)
2:47 Bowerman Mile

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=title&title_id=358&event_id=120

Run w/ the team

Made it to practice - great success! I opted for the 10 mile route. The run felt good the entire time. Oh boy do I like that feeling. Now the challenge to gtfo of bed tomorrow morning. I've got a good feeling about this one.

Finished the week on a good note

78 min today - I am beginning to get my legs under me again (re longer dist runs). I know, that amt of time running is not a long run per se, but today was the first day I had that feeling of "this dist isn't shit" and felt like going faster the last 20 min. A few more weeks, and I should have my marathon legs back.

For the week, I did not run quite as many miles as I would have liked, but I did run 4 days (as planned). The IT band tweak put a slight damper on things, though, it appears to be a very minor deal. Let's hope that issue stays in check. Next week I plan to run 5 days. Whoa!

Hanging in there

Ran for 65 min today - everything held up okay, but is not 100. I may have figured out what is going on w/ the IT, thanks to my crack massage therapist. I have a lot of tension & tightness in my hamstring and the accompanying lower (by the knee) tendon attachment was pretty cranky when it was worked. Hopefully a little TLC for both my hammmies clears this lil annoyance up. Tomorrow, I plan to go a little farther & see what happens.

Easy 50 min. 1 hr in the gym afterward. Seems I have some mild IT which has crept up out of nowhere. Wtf. Suppose I have to now get serious with the stretching and rolling. Also, i'm going to head to the massage table asap. Good times!

2010 T&F Championships

Note to self:

Source - http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/

Marathon Training with Team Rogue for CIM

I'll be training the next several months with Team Rogue for a Dec marathon (most likely CIM).  The team officially started 2 weeks ago, though, this is my first week.  Being my first day, I decided to run the 10 mile route since I knew that distance was easily doable.  Didn't wear a watch, so I can't report any of those stats.  I can, however, report that the heat/humidity did not affect me nearly as much. Either my body has adapted or the humidity/dew point has decreased.  Don't know which, who knows, maybe both.

Weekend Running

Saturday - I was too lazy to wake up early and run.  Once I got up and around, I headed to the track around 1030.  I did a short warm-up, lots of form running, and 6x 150m (50 accel, 50 hard, 50 coast).  Called it a day after that.

Sunday - Easy 10 w/ Kamran and Asia.  We grabbed 4 strides at AHS toward the end of the run.  I wrapped it up w/ an hour in the gym.  My hammies are hella-tight, and I need to get on my job as it pertains to stretching and rolling em.

Hurtin in the Humidity

I met Kamrasia at the UT intramural fields today to do a few mile repeats on the soft grass.  We knocked out a 3.5 mile warm-up and then got to the good stuff.  The plan was to do 3 sets, just trying continue a little turnover work.  Ran them in 612, 555, and 601.  Those sum bitches were tough.  My legs were ok for the most part, but the humidity/dew point made the cardio piece shitty (to put it nicely).  Afterward, none of us wanted to run the warm-up route as a cool down.   I did however want to take advantage of the soft and nearly perfect grass one more time, so I decided to get in a little barefoot cool down.  I ran for about 13 min.  Decent day I suppose.

The Dell Streak is pretty cool

About 3.5 weeks ago I ran in the Congress Ave Mile in Austin, TX.  The first 1000 people to register were to receive a Dell beta test product.  That item (which turned out to be a Dell Streak) arrived last Fri.  During the next 4 weeks I am to use the product and provide feedback via surveys.  After the test period concludes, I get to keep the product.  Hmm.

What is the Dell Streak?  I'm not a super duper smart phone techster, but it appears to be a hybrid smart phone/tablet.  Perfect timing, because I had finally decided to acquire such a device (after purposefully resisting the last few years). Obviously, my curiosity has been piqued.

So I have sorta played around w/ the device some over the last few days and have determined:

• The 5in screen is bad ass
• AT&T network device
• Android 1.6 OS (downer cuz I understand there is a newer version)
• Android 1.6 does not work w/ Flash  :-(
• The newer Android OS is supposed to be avail later in the year
• 5 megapixel camera (lots of settings I haven't messed w/ yet)
• Can take pics on display side too
• Display side pics aren't very clear (but I have not messed w/ the settings)
• my existing ATT sim card works in this thing (very nice)
• Device/OS is super snappy (responds very quickly)
• Small 2 GB HD (but has 16 GB SD card)
• The phone works fine, but is a little big
• It still fits in ur pockets (unless you wear tight/skinny jeans, which means you have "other issues":)
• Did I mention it is lightning fast?

That's about all I can think of now.  I may have more once I have used the device more.  Two thumbs up for the time being.

 Additional images (fortunately mine is all black):  http://www.engadget.com/photos/dell-slate-secret-hands-on/2593089#2593097

Time to change it up

Track season is over for me I'm 95% sure.  Nothing is wrong, but I do want to be sure to quit while I'm ahead.  At the meet on Fri I only ran the 200M (in 26 sec).  Not a real good performance.  My hammies locked up with about 40m to go, and I faded pretty bad after that.  I know, I was not in shape or prepared to sprint (should have known better).  No harm, no foul.

Here's how the meet went:  3000m (only 3 people showed up to run, so I scratched that one), 200m (see above), and then I waited around about 1.5 hours for the 1500.  With two more sprint events to go after the wait, I decided to call it a night.  Just sorta lost my motivation w/ all the waiting.  I would really like to run a 1500, but at this meet, that would mean sticking around until after 9pm.  So I suppose that race will have to wait until another time.

All that said, the Summer Twilight Track Series in Austin is a great event for the youth.  It is great to see all those kids and teenagers out there having fun, competing, and learning to run/race.  Cool deal.  There are some grownups that run too, but that is not the focus of the meet.  It's all about the kids.

Next up, base training begins for the fall racing season, and gasp, a December marathon.  I am going to take it real slow though.  Ain't in no rush, and there is plenty of time.  That's all I got for now.

Through a straw

Well, our planned morning run was nixed due to rain and lightning.  Boo!  Thus, I had to decide if I would take the day off entirely or try to run in the evening.  After mulling it over, I opted for the latter.  I had no desire to destroy myself today with the track meet about 48 hours away, so this is what I decided to go w/:  4 mile warm-up, 4x400 (w/ 200m rec), and 6x200m (200m rec).

Let me tell you, it was fucking humid this evening.  Breathing was quite the chore the first couple miles around the trail. I got somewhat used to it after about 20 min, but it still sucked.  The track part was not bad.  Running 1500/3000m pace could have felt easier, but let's be real, does it ever really feel "good" to run those paces?  Not to me.

Here's to some magical weather anomaly knocking the humidity down below 80% on Friday!

Easy 40 min during the lunch break - it does not count for much, but was still a run.

It was a rough one out there today (heat, humidity, and dead ass legs) .  I shut it down at 72 min.  Had planned for more, but my body was begging for mercy.  So I relented.  Most likely for the best. 

Ladder workout

10 min warm-up
form running & light stretching

2000m in 642 (81, 81, 81, 80, 78)
2x 800:  228, 226
2x 300:  49, 48
2x 200:  29, 29
2x 100m strides

4 laps barefoot on the football field to cool down

My  legs were freaking done after this workout, but it was much, much easier than the ladder I did 4 to 5 weeks ago.  Progress.

Recruiting run

About 10.25 miles in 74 min.  Good run w/ a decent sized group.  Team manager had a 5 * recruit in house today.  The chatter was both lively and informative, and the prospect seemed somewhat intrigued.  Now it's up to TM to close the deal.  No pressure.  

Scenic Loops

1 mile loop: go hard for about .4 of a mile uphill, rec jog for about .2, steady pace for the rest of the loop x 4

Loops:

Hill, Split total
216, 601
215, 559
214, 558
208, 551

Slightly diff events for track meet #2

http://austinsummertwilightseries.com/

Order of events:

• 3000m run
• 300m hurdles
• 200m run
• 800m run
• Long Jump – 7pm
• 50m run
• 400m run
• 1500m run
• 4×400 relay

Some slight changes for the track meet next Fri. It does not look like can do the 400/1600 double any longer. Am thinking either 3000/1500 or 800/1500. Will have to think on it a bit.