Run young
I have found the secret to training for a long time.
Run with people younger than yourself and feed off of their energy.
Today's morning run is proof. I went for a seven mile training run with Mario, Mark, and Katie in scenic worcester/auburn. What would have normally been a dismal time, huge wind gusts, a couple of minutes of horizontal rain, and a lot of traffic, turned out to be quite pleasant. When you train with people who have a lot of energy, none of that stuff bother's them. We were gabbing like a sewing circle. A lot of gossip in college athletics which keeps things interesting. It was a great run. Afterwards we had breakfast at the Coffee Mug in Auburn and talked track for an hour. Good times. The breakfast was decent but not as good as christy's brunches.
This afternoon I turned in an easy five with the first mile in 6:39 and the last mile in 6:24, oops. Tomorrow I can not do any of that hot dogging. Just have to be nice and easy like the morning run today.
Congrats to the USA women's hockey team who today lost a hard fought battle in an overtime shoot out to underdog sweden. The ladies' played there guts out all game. The dominated play but were stymied by a stubborn goaltender who turned back shot after shot. Losing in a shoot out is like flipping coin or a tiebreaker in tennis. Someone has to win but after 70 minutes hockey that is a draw, it is a shame someone has to loose. I know the press will play this up as loosing gold but it was a great game. They wil lhave to reload to play finland which had a standard 60minute game today. The poor goalie from Finland probably feels like she has a bullseye on her chest after facing 34 shots in a 6-0 loss to the canadians. I was really looking forward to a USA/Canada showdown. Let's hope USA can get on the podium with a bronze.
Oh yeah, more curling on today, and I watched it, again. What's wrong with me?
FYI, anyone who is looking for something to do tomorrow is welcome to come out to Clinton and help me put my house into boxes and wrap glass stuff in newspaper. Where is the party at!