This week marks a transitional period in my training. I'm about 50% recovered, and starting to work on the track, with an upcoming 2 mile race that we'll use as a time trial, and a goal of a timed mile in August. It will take the rest of '08 to slowly keep coming back, but the first part of slugging out 20 min "runs" is behind me, and now some fun can begin.
At this point, Jay Lavalley- http://www.jaysonjo.com/ , is taking over my coaching. Jay and I have a long history together, and every year we seem to grow a little closer, and a little stronger. Jay stuck it out with me while I went through a really hard couple of years recently. Although we've never been afraid of testing one another, the dynamic of our realtionship has never taken on the one of coach and athlete. The last ten years of my injuries have been frusterating enough for us both... I wasnt able to utilize his running advice even though I wanted to.
Its funny, but everything seems to be naturally falling into place. Having Jay take over my training, discussing which races we want to run, and when and why we do certain workouts is not only exciting and extremely motivating for me, but also just feels right. Jay has always supported me, but this new territory is already bringing us closer. It requires trust, faith, honesty and commitment from both of us. I'm humbled and honored that he would spend the time to use his own knowledge, expiereince in the sport, and innate training skills to help me.
Theres so much more to say, but I j ust wanted to break from my usual format to aknwledge the beginning of what I can already tell is going to be an intense, not always easy, but most certainly rewarding venture for Jay and Myself.
At this point, Jay Lavalley- http://www.jaysonjo.com/ , is taking over my coaching. Jay and I have a long history together, and every year we seem to grow a little closer, and a little stronger. Jay stuck it out with me while I went through a really hard couple of years recently. Although we've never been afraid of testing one another, the dynamic of our realtionship has never taken on the one of coach and athlete. The last ten years of my injuries have been frusterating enough for us both... I wasnt able to utilize his running advice even though I wanted to.
Its funny, but everything seems to be naturally falling into place. Having Jay take over my training, discussing which races we want to run, and when and why we do certain workouts is not only exciting and extremely motivating for me, but also just feels right. Jay has always supported me, but this new territory is already bringing us closer. It requires trust, faith, honesty and commitment from both of us. I'm humbled and honored that he would spend the time to use his own knowledge, expiereince in the sport, and innate training skills to help me.
Theres so much more to say, but I j ust wanted to break from my usual format to aknwledge the beginning of what I can already tell is going to be an intense, not always easy, but most certainly rewarding venture for Jay and Myself.
1 comments:
Excellent stuff! Can't wait to see how the 2 mile goes... That's Sully's right? Congrats on getting back on the track. I went through those 90 sec 400s too and remember that back on a warm Nov. night in 2006 (after running again for a couple monhts), I couldn't even do them... So you are way ahead of the game my friend...
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