Catching Up

After five days "off," during which time my training was the unfortunate causality of work and indoor track practice, I thought to brave the cold and go for a run prior to leaving for the six hour Rochester Relays this late afternoon. Today's meet is the first "big" meet of the year, at least according to those in the know, though I have had that "big meet feeling" prior to each of the five competitions leading to this evening's.

Unbelievably, the Indoor Track and Field season will be coming to end end for most of our athletes in three weeks, while just a handful (barring am incredible leap in development) will continue on to train for competition at the Sectional and (possibly) state levels.

I on the other hand, have continued to sporadically train, and in week's like this past one, not at all. In fact, though I "thought to brave the cold," I instead chose to remain semi-warm indoors (for the most part) and complete the lo-o-o-ong process of putting away the holiday decorations (unplugging and repacking the "candles" from the window sills and unwrapping the garland from around and along the banister) and, finally, wrapping up the grading of some mostly "not bad" research papers.

It has been a busy week, but there is still Sunday remaining on which I can still get out and avoid having six goose-eggs in my training log equating to a completely lost week of training. What would really help me get stay on track would be to sign up for a longer (or "larger") racing experience beyond the Freezeroos and such--or more to the bone--decide if there is an attractive enough endeavor I'm willing to take on now.

For this evening, I confident our (relay) teams will do well and that the student-athletes will continue to benefit from having the opportunity to compete...

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