One More Go Around

Most of you guys know that running is one of the few things I work hard at in life. Why? meh. It is the only thing that keeps me going. Can't say that about school or work.

Well after a relatively unsuccessful XC season, time wise, maybe more successful in gaining knowledge though, it is time for one more go around. Sunday will be the first day I put in mileage since the state meet, and Monday indoor practices starts already. I have no specific goals for indoor, other then to stay healthy, build some strength, and prepare myself to run a few big races with big times in the spring.

I ran a 10:23 in the 3200, and 4:42 in the 1600 last season. Now, I want to run 9:50, and 4:35 in the same events this spring. I think I have potential to run a 4:35 for the full mile indoors by the end of the season, but I have always been better at the mile indoors then the deuce. Partly because my training has always been more speed orientated in the winter. None the less, the biggest thing I want is to have fun, and get back to the way I used to run. Sure, I may open my first quarter in a 63, but hey, at least I am not over thinking during the race. Thats my biggest problem, admittedly is trying to be to smart of a racer.

During indoor, with not a lot of pressure on me, I can experiment with racing techniques, and find what will be best for me, so their is no wasted race in the spring.

Of course I need to get back on track. Some of you will understand this right away, others will not, while one of you may say "pun." I just have a ridiculous habit that always pops up during the winter season, that is almost guaranteed to be broken this winter, along with another goal I won't open up about on here, but you can find it on the more public dyestat.

Some blog entry huh? I'll try and make things more interesting, but my most interesting blogs are always after I run, or have a point to make, neither of which I am doing. Instead, I am trying to fill space if you will. I feel obligated to contribute to this blog somehow, since I haven't done anything to it since Monday, and my blogging counter parts seem to update it everyday.

I wish the Journey was still around. That would be the old blog for the few of you who haven't followed me from feed to feed, and site to site. I knew I should of saved my posts from their on to a hard drive. They would of made a book. And if OJ Simpson can write a best selling book so can I. If Ann Coulter can be seen as a legitimate author, then so can I.

Oh, and by the way vote on the poll. I'm buying the spikes on Saturday, and I am pretending that you guys are helping me decided which ones to get. Will I follow your advice? I don't know. Keep in mind I focus on the 3200. I also need something aggressive for when I am thrown into the 16 and 4x8. In my arsenal, and ready for use, I already have a pair of slightly used milers, Montreal shifts, and vents, with the sole and plate so flat I could use them as shot boots.

The final word. I have a long road ahead of me to reach my goals. This time I know I can do it though. I need to take action further then what I did for cross. I now know a iron deficiency problem may of caused some bad races during XC, and made me be in my sluggish mood all the time, and I am doing what I can to end that. I am eating better, not that I was ever that unhealthy, besides the nightly woopie pie. If there is one thing I learned during XC, it is that the little things always count, and they may not be hard to do, but they can make a big difference sometimes.

Taking the extra step to get more protein into me, more sleep, daily vitamins, or whatever thing comes up may be what pushes me over the edge from average goofy high school runner, to fairly awesome goofy high school runner. I know I want it.