So here I am slacking on the posts again and not following through with my New Years resolution of training updates once a week. I guess I'll have to change that to a Chinese New Years resolution since that year has just started today.
As I said before, I am running again and am doing so semi-consistently. I feel like I'm healthy again, but am being very cautious as I hop on the comeback train again. I'll wait another week before posting training stuff up here because the past two weeks were all over the place. I had some decent runs with some cross training thrown in there and a bunch of core and strength work, but it still does not meet my standards of training worthy of publishing.
I also had a lot of things thrown in this week that distracted me from the consistency that I started with last week. It all started with a little road trip to Colorado as I helped my friend Tony move all his stuff some 2000+ Miles away. We left Boston on Sunday afternoon in the middle of a snow storm and headed west in a 22 foot moving truck with Tony's Subaru towing behind it. Without any major delays, we made the slow trek across the country, stopping only for gas and food/coffee.
Tony took the first 7 hours driving through the very snowy Massachusetts and a ways into New York. I then took over for the next 11 hours driving through a storm in Buffalo and some more snow in Indiana. Tony then relieved me for a couple hours before passing the reigns back in Illinois as I drove for the next 4 hours, again hitting some very snowy roads in the Chicago area. Tony had the pleasure of driving through most of Iowa as we had clear roads but saw some 30-40 cars and trucks that had gone off the road that morning in the storm and were awaiting tow trucks to pull them out. It was pretty surreal to see so many cars off the road including a couple 18 wheelers that were overturned. As you may know, Iowa is a pretty long state, but Nebraska is even longer and I made the riveting 8 hour drive through the entire state. Once I
entered Colorado and the second straight night of driving, I completed my duties for the trip and let Tony finish up the last few hours.
After 38 hours on the road, we finally made it to Tony's apartment in Aurora (just outside of Denver) around 2:00am Tuesday morning and grabbed a couple hours of sleep before we unloaded the truck the next morning. We started unloading at about 5:30am and made pretty good time, cleaning everything out in just under 3 hours, giving us the rest of the day to relax and unwind a bit. The view from Tony's apartment can be seen below and in about 9 months when their house is built, they'll have an even better view of those Rockie Mountains every day, as seen below.
I debated taking a long nap before getting my run in for the day, but after checking the Half Marathon results online, I suddenly got motivated and wanted to get the run over with. The weather was absolutely gorgeous with clear skies and views of the Rockies, hitting record highs into the 70s. I had to take advantage of this weather and actually had a decent run considering how many hours I had been in the truck and how few hours I had slept over the last few days. It was also my first run over an hour in almost two months, which was very comforting. I was definitely tired during the run and the many cups of coffee that I consumed were quickly running out, but it felt good to finish the run and I had a great night of sleep after all of it was done. I got up Wednesday morning feeling much better and had another nice run at altitude before Tony and I hopped on a plane back to Boston.
Less than 48 hours later, I started in on my volunteer duties at the always exciting Terrier Invitational. This is a really great meet and one that I've competed in many times. Since I wasn't competing this time around, I figured I could still put my knowledge of the sport to good use. With the help of Dan Suher and Mike Lansing, we covered the meet for FloTrack and called some 200 races or so, making sure these athletes get recognized publicly for all their accomplishments. It was a long couple of days at the track but there were some really great performances across the board, including Jenn Donovan's US Qualifier in the Women's 3K, Justin Lutz's PR in the Men's 3K, Jess Minty's Indoor Debut/PR in the Women's 5K, Nate Jenkins battle in the Men's 5K and many more including the Men's Mile Championship race that ended up being the FloTrack Race of the Week. Be sure to check it out and look for more coverage of the Boston meets in the next few weeks.
As I said before, I am running again and am doing so semi-consistently. I feel like I'm healthy again, but am being very cautious as I hop on the comeback train again. I'll wait another week before posting training stuff up here because the past two weeks were all over the place. I had some decent runs with some cross training thrown in there and a bunch of core and strength work, but it still does not meet my standards of training worthy of publishing.
I also had a lot of things thrown in this week that distracted me from the consistency that I started with last week. It all started with a little road trip to Colorado as I helped my friend Tony move all his stuff some 2000+ Miles away. We left Boston on Sunday afternoon in the middle of a snow storm and headed west in a 22 foot moving truck with Tony's Subaru towing behind it. Without any major delays, we made the slow trek across the country, stopping only for gas and food/coffee.
Tony took the first 7 hours driving through the very snowy Massachusetts and a ways into New York. I then took over for the next 11 hours driving through a storm in Buffalo and some more snow in Indiana. Tony then relieved me for a couple hours before passing the reigns back in Illinois as I drove for the next 4 hours, again hitting some very snowy roads in the Chicago area. Tony had the pleasure of driving through most of Iowa as we had clear roads but saw some 30-40 cars and trucks that had gone off the road that morning in the storm and were awaiting tow trucks to pull them out. It was pretty surreal to see so many cars off the road including a couple 18 wheelers that were overturned. As you may know, Iowa is a pretty long state, but Nebraska is even longer and I made the riveting 8 hour drive through the entire state. Once I
entered Colorado and the second straight night of driving, I completed my duties for the trip and let Tony finish up the last few hours.After 38 hours on the road, we finally made it to Tony's apartment in Aurora (just outside of Denver) around 2:00am Tuesday morning and grabbed a couple hours of sleep before we unloaded the truck the next morning. We started unloading at about 5:30am and made pretty good time, cleaning everything out in just under 3 hours, giving us the rest of the day to relax and unwind a bit. The view from Tony's apartment can be seen below and in about 9 months when their house is built, they'll have an even better view of those Rockie Mountains every day, as seen below.
I debated taking a long nap before getting my run in for the day, but after checking the Half Marathon results online, I suddenly got motivated and wanted to get the run over with. The weather was absolutely gorgeous with clear skies and views of the Rockies, hitting record highs into the 70s. I had to take advantage of this weather and actually had a decent run considering how many hours I had been in the truck and how few hours I had slept over the last few days. It was also my first run over an hour in almost two months, which was very comforting. I was definitely tired during the run and the many cups of coffee that I consumed were quickly running out, but it felt good to finish the run and I had a great night of sleep after all of it was done. I got up Wednesday morning feeling much better and had another nice run at altitude before Tony and I hopped on a plane back to Boston.
Less than 48 hours later, I started in on my volunteer duties at the always exciting Terrier Invitational. This is a really great meet and one that I've competed in many times. Since I wasn't competing this time around, I figured I could still put my knowledge of the sport to good use. With the help of Dan Suher and Mike Lansing, we covered the meet for FloTrack and called some 200 races or so, making sure these athletes get recognized publicly for all their accomplishments. It was a long couple of days at the track but there were some really great performances across the board, including Jenn Donovan's US Qualifier in the Women's 3K, Justin Lutz's PR in the Men's 3K, Jess Minty's Indoor Debut/PR in the Women's 5K, Nate Jenkins battle in the Men's 5K and many more including the Men's Mile Championship race that ended up being the FloTrack Race of the Week. Be sure to check it out and look for more coverage of the Boston meets in the next few weeks.
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