Last long run

Today I had a day off because yesterday I ran my last long run before my half marathon. I ran with Ben and his brother Luke, which are great runners. We did 10 miles on Saturday and I felt great. It was an OK run to begin with the first did 6 miles then we did an 11 min tempo then after that we ran the last couple miles. I did not feel as fresh after the tempo run. I took a break today and road around on my bike a little. Tomorrow I will do a slow easy pace with Joe white around Hickory.

A great Run!!

I took the day off yesterday because I was tired. I went to Lenoir Rhyne today and ran around the college. I only did a 4 mile short run. It was a great day and my legs turned over well. I have an 11 mile run tomorrow and that will be my longest run till my 1/2 marathon next weekend. I am ready to go and cannot wait. Had a great week and I am looking forward to next weekend in Charlotte.

Running with Josh Sparks!!!!

Did a work out today with Josh Sparks. He is going to Lenoir Rhyne and is a student teacher at Fred T Foard. He was great and he ran the Boston Marathon. That is the Marathon I want to run one day. It rained and it was cold but we did have a good workout. Short and sweet work out. Tomorrow I am going to the park with Pop and I will have an easy day with a 5-6 mile run. I have 10 days until my 1/2 marathon in Charlotte and I am ready for the run. I cannot wait to get back to Charlotte to see how I have improved my 1/2 marathon time.

My new COACH

Today I went to Fred T Foard to talk to a man by the name of Colonel Crowe. My mom and Dad wanted me to talk with him about being my running coach. I was very excited and I really liked him. I want to make it to the Olympics and he is going to help me train and work on my speed and times and I cannot wait to start. I have one week of training left after this week before my 1/2 marathon in Charlotte and then I get to start training with my NEW coach. My new coach reminds me of Steve Prefontaine and has a great back ground. I will keep you all posted as to how my training goes. I have a day off today. This poster is exactly how I feel at this moment. I cannot wait to start my training with colonel CROWE

Fleetfeet Run with Joe White

Today I ran with the group when I say group it was me and one other guy named Joe White he was every nice new to Hickory. We are going to try to run every week. Today I ran about 7-miles, but I don't now how fast we ran. It feltvery fast. We ran all over Hickory.got lost so many times I could not count. Finally we found our way back to Fleetfeet.

Great training continues

Today my training continued on a strong note. I did 4 miles in 21 min and 12sec, which was about 10 sec quicker than normal. After that I did 3-half miles in 2 min and 60 sec, a 3 min and a 3 min and 1sec run. I was feeling very strong and good today. Yesterdays improvements seemed to be taking hold. My overall pace has picked up and I can hold it. After that I did 2 steep hill climb intervals. The first interval was on pavement up the hill and my time was 60 sec up the hill and 30sec on the grass and my time up was 60 sec up and 30 sec down, so both was where the same. I am trying to run on different surfaces to get ready for a cross country team. I want to find a coach and or a team to run for soon. I finished up my day with a half mile in 2 mins and 50 sec. Today was a great day. Tomorrow I will be going to Fleetfeet to run with the group for a 6 mile run. Fill you in later.

My fastest MILE todate....

Today I ran my fastest mile at 447. A pace of 4 min and 47 sec is my best effort yet. I was so surprised because my legs felt like mashed potatoes and the first 30 mins of my work out was terrible. I could not find a pace to work out and almost called it quits for the day. Mom was with me pushing me and she got me moving and then I wanted to see how my pace was and she did the timing. That was the quickest mile I have ever ran. I also worked on my half mile pace and came in 2 min and 38sec 2 times in a row. We also worked on my sprinting and pushing myself at the finish line to get that last bit of energy to practice beating the guys at the final run to the finish line. We did allot of stretching today and my legs feel pretty good. I will be running a long run tomorrow and I am looking forward to it.

first run at lr

today i ran at Lenoir Ryann university at there track. i did a 5k with 8 400 meter repeats. and i thank i will go back to the collage to do my intervals.

Trainning for my 1/2 marathon in Charlotte

Training right now is on and off for me. Right now I am training for three half marathons 2 in March and 1 in June. I can tell my training is really dependant on how much I eat and what I eat. Sometimes I do not eat enough and my legs would not turn over like I needed them to do. It caused me to stop because my legs would felt like rocks. That is not a good feeling especially when I have to be ready for my first 1/2 marathon on March 6th.

My snow run

Yes! I got up this morning at 6 am to run 5 miles. With snow still on the ground it was probably crazy because there was no grip this morning. As I would take a step I was not sure if the snow was slippery or not. The pace that I was running was two minutes off of my half marathon pace. For my that's really bad but with the conditions what they where I felt pretty good about the run. I worried about getting hurt so I ran a little bit cautions. So tomorrow I'm going to do intervals. Make sure you watch the Olympics, it on tonight so show the support.

Day of rain

Today it was raining and that's good and bad. I do not like rain, but I am really sore from the Fleetfeet run I did yesterday.so I'm glad I did not get to run. The whether man says it going to be Sunny and Warm tomorrow and maybe windy, but I am looking forward to running tomorrow. See you then for a better post day.

running with fleetfeet

Today was my first run since I have been sick. Iwent to Fleetfeet to meet up with the Mizuno reps were they brought all of the latest Mizuno running shoes. I got the chance to run in the new Mizuno Wave Elixir 6. Talk about great. I know what I want for my birthday this year. These shoes are not even on the market right now they are so new. We ran a 6 mile run and I found out quick that these shoe had great redound and was a bit more narrow than the older model. The fit was better for my foot. It had a very light feel even thought the shoe was not that much lighter in true weight than the old model it sure felt like it.

For my first day back on running it was a good brisk pace and my partners on the run where just as excited about the shoes. In all I think today was a great day for a run. I am already looking forward to tomorrows run, but it is to bad it will not be in the New Mizuno Wave Elixir 6.

my first blog post

Today is my first post to my running blog.  My favorite pasttime is running.  I eat sleep and drink running.  I ran my first 1/2 marathon in Dec 2009 and I have two more in March of 2010.  My ultimate goal is to be in the Olympics.  I want to compete for the US and take GOLD.

I plan to post my running experiences as I have them good bad or otherwise.   Over the past 8 months I have tracked my trainning, eating and my workour preformace, but I run into so many areas that I need another runner to bounce an idea off  or ask how to handle a trainning issue and so many other things and It needs to be someone beside my Mom. (sorry Mom) 

For instance today was a terrible training day.  I fell right out after a few intervals.  I was so desperate  to run today I ignored the way I felt and ran anyway.  You have to know that here in NC we have had snow and rain all weekend and then all week until today and I was dying to run, so I pushed myself to run.  I am so worried about getting out of shape with everyday that passes. 

Does anyone know how long it takes to fall out of shape?


So this will be my blog tracking all of my expriences on my way to winning the GOLD!!!!  Looking forward to sharing.