I've decided that it would be in my best interest, and in the interest of my long term running success to join the local running team here in Toledo, Ohio. Dave's Running Elite Team is fairly new organization created by former Malone runner Evan Gaynor. I've recently been training with Nick Thomas who is on the team, and he kind of talked me into racing USATF's club cross country championships which is December 8th, for Dave's. Originally I had no intentions of running hard for six more weeks, but feel like with the addition of a weekly fartlek or tempo and more emphasize on a harder long run I won't tire myself out. I'm not going to change my weekly mileage or alter anything major that may take away from my spring on the track. I am excited to be back doing stuff other then mileage though, and I love that I have the opportunity to train with a good group of guys, and be able to represent a team this upcoming spring. I feel humbled to be able to race under Dave's and hopefully I don't embarrass myself to bad out in Lexington, Kentucky.
I've got 4 weeks, and 3 days to get into 10k shape!
"It is simply that we can all be good boys and wear our letter sweaters around and get our little degrees and find some nice girl to settle, you know, down with...Or we can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere! We can scald dogs, put records out of reach! Make the stands gasp as we blow into an unearthly kick from three hundred yards out! We can become God's own messengers delivering the dreaded scrolls! We can race dark Satan himself till he wheezes fiery cinders down the back straightaway....They'll speak our names in hushed tones, 'those guys are animals' they'll say! We can lay it on the line, bust a gut, show them a clean pair of heels. We can sprint the turn on a spring breeze and feel the winter leave our feet! We can, by God, let our demons loose and just wail on!"
