Today was a victorious day…and I it was here in London. Waking early was really hard because of lack of sleep. Ran/walked to Virgin Active Gyms. Saw some cool building on the way. They wouldn’t let me in without a friend. So I asked the next ...
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5:40 – The alarm on my phone sings to me. I hit snooze knowing that means I will have to go a few miles per hour faster on the freeway to make the 7:00 check in time up at Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center (KOPFC) and Olympic Oval. Back to sleep ...
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Today was a great run. It was a little one – only two miles but it was fast. Having the elevation of Danville California (358′) I think helped a bit. My first mile was sub 8:00 which felt really good because the last .25 miles were all uphill. Goi...
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Today I swam at Elevate Utah in the endless pools with Coach Marci. We practiced the High Elbows drill with the pool noodle and talked a lot about getting into a champion’s mind. At first I was keeping my head in the water, literally and metaphoric...
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Wahoo!!! A new Personal Record. Today I trained hard with Coach Marci. We did some fun drills and at the end she timed me on 50 meters x4. During this time I found that I was coming in around 45-49 seconds on each of the attempts. Marci had to go and tol...
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Today was the first day I felt comfortable in the water and actually wanted to get back in. What a huge difference from the panic attack of the first few months to now. Along with the enjoyable time I saw an old time acquaintance, Gary Henderson, who is a...
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The morning starts way too early. I reset my alarm and made the conscious decision to get a little more sleep and not to arrive at the designated time of 6:00 a.m. just to pick up the timing chip. Because the Sprint distance doesn’t start until 8...
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