Don't Pinch Me, I Don't Want To Wake Up

I thought it would be appropirate to update this old thing since it's national running day!

Over the course of the past two months, a lot has changed in my life. I graduated college from Shawnee State University, ran some of my last workouts with the Bears as they headed south to Alabama for the NAIA Track and Field National Championships, Said goodbye to my friends and family and moved to Greenville, South Carolina in pursuit of a professional running career.

This past semester has came and gown in a flash, and now that I have some free time to reflect, I can take the time to appreciate everything that has happened to me. Leaving Shawnee State, Eric Putnam, and my Bears was one of the hardest decisions I've had to make. They have become like family to me, and without the guidance and support from my college coach Eric Putnam, the other coaching staff, and my team, I wouldn't be where I am today. I know that the program is in great hands, and will continue to dominate on the national level.

Mike and Laura Caldwell, coaches of the Asics sponsored team Greenville Track Club Elite, gave me a shot, and May 15th I packed up my belongings and headed South to join the very prestigious GTC Elite. I am truly blessed and grateful to be given the opportunity to chase my dreams and persue my running potential. This has been something I've been dreaming about for years, and I don't plan on wasting a single moment. Since moving to Greenville, I have been slowly getting into the daily routine of waking up, going out and breaking down the body, each muscular fiber at a time, and following that up by refueling and recovering, only to wake up the next day and do it all over again hopping that my body will adapt and something beautiful will happen in the near future. Or, as Quenton Cassidy calls it, "The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials".

My new team, the GTC-Elite

Greenville has a very warm family-type feel to the town, with an amazing downtown area that has a wide varity of restaurents and eatieries that can satisfy any food craving. The nearby Appalachian foothills makes for a lush green environment, with a variety of nearby trails that makes for any runners dream. I've been here for almost three weeks now, and still have so much more to explore and discover about this town, but so far it already feels like home.

Downtown Greenville

I will make up my GTC-Elite debut at this Saturdays Music City Distance Carnival in Nashville, Tennessee where I hope to improve on my 5k PR. You can follow me on twitter at @BlakeWysocki and instagram at BlakeWysocki where I will probably be tweeting something running related, or posting a picture of a nearby forest.

Now get out there and enjoy the freedom and beauty to put one foot infront of the other and run!
- BJW