Steady Eddie

Sometimes I don't realize how busy I truly am until I realize I never have time to post anymore!

This past Sunday I ran 6 miles (my longest in the past month) and it felt really good. I felt steady, that's the way I was thinking while I was running. The hamstring didn't bother me at all, so the run made me a happy guy. Tuesday I went 4 miles and it was pretty crappy.....the hamstring and other knee were bugging me, but really I was feeling pretty crappy overall during the day so I just attributed it to that. Yesterday I went 4 miles and it was pretty decent, and I think it's because I was just relaxed and wasn't really thinking about anything. Today I did 5 miles and it felt really good. For the first 3 miles I did a loop I haven't done before and I found about 1.5 miles into it that I was really enjoying the run. It was a nice sunny day, temps in the mid-50's and people were outside having fun. That's the way I like it. Sunday I'm gonna go for 6 or 7, so we'll see how that goes. Overall I've been feeling a lot better, and I know I'll just keep improving and running stronger if I keep up on these exercises.

Ok, sports now...I'll make this part quick. MSU lost to a lowly Iowa squad last week in double overtime. I went to a wedding so I couldn't watch it...I was able to listen to most of the first half in my car before I lost reception, but by then we were up 10-0 and were in total control of the game. Then when the wedding started, one of my buddies told me it was 17-3 at halftime. Ok ok, good. An hour later after the wedding ended, my buddy looked on his phone and saw we were losing 20-17! What happened! We had no idea, so we ran to the bar in the builiding we were in and caught the end of the game...which didn't end so well I guess. Oh well. Tomorrow is arguably the biggest game of each year, against Michigan. The last time MSU won was back in 2001 on a controversial play....or at least Michigan fans didn't like it. I personally saw nothing wrong with it. The Youtube clip I have at the end of this starts with 17 seconds left in the game and 2nd down for MSU. You can watch the rest and see how biased Michigan's whiny announcers are.

Tomorrow morning is also the USA Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City....131 runners will circle Central Park 5 times and only the top 3 will make it onto the Olympic team. How's that for pressure? Good luck to all....and also good luck to all the high schoolers running in the state meet tomorrow.

"...the only enemy I know about for sure lives in the mirror. Look, I know I'm a long shot at the Trials; my PR is seven minutes slower than Ryan Hall's. But if everything goes right - my health and my preparation, the wind and the weather, and if I pray properly for protection - then I have a chance. Hey, anything can happen in a marathon, right?" --US Olympic Marathon Team hopeful Brandon Leslie, as quoted in Runner's World