one more week ...

my buddy tony sent this to me a few weeks ago, and i think it's time to post it. as coach spafford would say, 'the hay is in the barn' ...

here's hoping the rainbow(s) i saw yesterday driving to and from mansfield to volunteer at the dirty girl race were a good sign (fingers crossed) ...

actually had a blast saturday. did some number recording, handed out some medals and basically spent a good day distracting myself and meeting new people. chesla puts on a great race and there were some pretty impressive runners rambling through the woods. i even got to pace one of the lead guys in the 48 hour race - yes - i said 48 hours! ken moon was on lap 24 when i joined him - that's 184km he'd already completed - and i could barely keep up with him on the downhills! congrats to all the runners!

did a bunch of jump squats and push presses at friday night club. LOVING the new place!

tuesday i had my last leadville session with the mighty one. 'so let's make it a good one', says he. 'you will push the prowler for 20 seconds hard, 10 seconds rest, for 16 minutes with 95lbs on it. oh, and when you're done those, you'll do it a few more times with less weight ...'

and so hopefully, all that insanity and hard work will make these legs strong enough to conquer the mountains in colorado!

fuck i love this guy!

well, that's pretty much it - other than a couple of just 'putting in time on my feet' runs this week to keep me sane.

derrick and alex - you've done your job - done it exceptionally well - now it's just up to me. let's hope my 'heart' is strong enough ...