Saturday was districts. Obviously, i'm not technically elligible... but i went to have a good time... we got there on friday, and found the coolest playground in the history of the world... imagine hundreds of square feet of jungle gym. if you see this kind of thing, and feel it's time to go work on your io flick, your a bigger dork than me.
So we ran the course, and then had dinner, team meetings... funny story... on the mile walk to dinner, w/ the coaches, and one kid, it comes up that i'm juvenile. i'm called peter pan. i say, 'hey, it's not my fault i'm good lookin'' at dinner, one of the other coaches, a world class (truly) runner and i, and the head coach are there... we order beers, and i get carded. she says, (and she's pretty youngish, attractive), do you want to see my id? server says, 'no.'
OUCH...
Saturday,the usual, got up at 6, wandered around scenic dalles, ate some waffles, wandered, drank some real coffee, wandered, ate a egg sandwich, wandered... finally go to the course... got a good workout in on the course, warming up w/ girls, then, as they raced, running from one spot w/ no fans, to the base of the one hill to cheer them up... like 600 meters... did it 6 times (3 each way on the 3 loop race)... then warmed up w/ guys, and did the same thing... it was sweet to be at the base of the hill, yelling 'up up up' to the team... and i got in a nice interval workout... so 12 x 600 at a steady race pace... plus 2 x 2000 warmup...
again, i'm super proud of all the kids: missing perhaps our best runner (achilles injury early in season), the guys sold out... and the girls crushed... the next day was the frisbee tournament... and i was fairly friskee... monday, a 4 mile run at a 7 minute pace, and 30 minutes of roller skiing, today, a rest day, 15 minute recovery run, 20 minutes of double pole (upper body) on the skate skis, 8 chinups, 20 minutes of biking... calves are crampy...
tommorrow... a snappy whistle run (slow, medium, fast, based on how many whistles)... then some more roller skiing, then thursday is rest: we have to go get the SUV's for the trip... if it works out, i'll do a longish roller ski... if not, c'est la vie... friday, over to eugene, run the course, strides... saturday... lope around yelling 'good job, go go go'.
supposed to be the start of winter: forecast calls for rain and cold. interesting for running... great for snow.
peace, congrats to all attenders at UPA nationals.
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