Garek B Running

10 miles on Jeremy Ranch Road!! It was pretty slick so we didn't really push the pace too hard plus it was more of a recovery run at elevation not a hard effort run.

Am: 4 miles around the zoo.

Pm: Drove out to the Oval for the last time before Scotland!! Did a workout I haven't done before and it was killer. Warmed up the same with 2 miles and then 1 mile speed changes. Changed shoes and then jogged a lap and then to the 1000m start. The first set was a 1000 and then a 600 with only 3 minutes recovery. Thousand was 2:45 and the 600 was 1:36. Then we jogged a lap. Next set was 800, 400. The 800 was 2:11 and the 400 was 58. Had 2 minutes recovery between the 800 and 400. Jogged another lap and the final set was a 600 and a 300. One minute recovery I between. The 600 was 1:30 and the 300 was 46. Cooled down to 9.

The past 3 workouts at the oval have all been great! I'm excited to see what I can run in Scotland! We leave tomorrow at 11:15!

5 miles before we left for the airport.

No miles today. We are still on our way to Scotland.

Ran 6 miles around the park where we race. Felt pretty good execpt my butt, it was sore from sitting on the airplane for so long.

Ran through the course and then jogged some laps around the park. The course is going to be a mess, it's already super muddy.

Warmep up about 4 miles and did some drills and strides. Didn't get as many strides as I wanted because they put us on the line and it was super cramped and there was no room.

The start was the worst start of a race I've ever had. We were right along side a wooden barrier and as soon as the gun went off the Scots next to us shoved us into. Got out with Paul and then worked up to Phillip. It was a 4 lap course and was a mess. Lead the first 2 laps with Phillip and then we both started to fade. Tried my best to stay in it but trekking through the mud was exhausting. On the third lap Austin caught up to me and we worked together but then at the start of the 4th lap we pulled his hamstring and dropped out. Worked through the last lap and pushed into the finish. 12th Overall and 2nd American. Found out later that most of the guys ahead of me were 19 years old. I was pretty happy with my first race in the USA singlet. Hopefully I can rep the red, white, and blue again soon!

Cooled down to 10.