Demons

Well, the Griak didn't exactly go as well as planned for anyone on the team. Out of the 60 teams in the maroon race we ended up 18th. The conditions were great for racing but the course wasn't exactly running fast due to the heavy amount of rain we got the day before. I finished in about 190th overall in 28:25. Coming in my goal was to make the top 100. I would have had to run about 27:35. To give you an idea of how muddy the course was at some points I attatched a picture of the boys high school race.

Although I was not exactly pleased with my results from the week, I feel I had a fairly good week of training. I was about 70 miles for the week with 2 doubles and a "long" run of 12 miles on Sunday. I think I am going to cut back to about 60 for this week just to play it safe and remain there for the remainder of the season.

So, what's going on here? I have decided to start keeping a running log in the form of a blog. I have seen several people do it including Steve Magness who was a sensational high school runner in Texas. An alumni's blog from my school, Eric Sondag, was inspiration for starting this project up.

I am currently in my fourth year of school at the University of North Dakota. I am taking 15 credits and working towards a degree in aviation management. I have been running cross country since 6th grade and this will be my last season. I have two full years of track remaining.
My PR's on the track consist of 1500m 4:12 ('06), 5000m 16:04 ('06), 10,000m 33:25 ('06)

My training over this past summer consisted of about 60 miles a week until I ran into problems with my foot (again) in the middle of July. So I was running about 40 miles a week up until the end of July when I pretty much cut running out for about three weeks. I was riding bike about 12-15 hours a week after I cut running. I switched shoes and am currently in my fifth week of running at least 6 days a week. My mileage for the week (and presumeably the remainder of the season) will be between 60 and 70 miles. Last Friday we had our first meet of the year at home. I finished in 12th place on a windy day in a time of 27:31. I felt pretty good about the race because I ran even splits throughout the race. On Saturday I am racing at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota.

Here is a link to our schedule for the remainder of the season: http://fightingsioux.com/sports/mxcountry/schedule.asp