Spent the last two days doing hard work that will not yield results until next spring. Divided lilies, hostas, solomon seal, American ginger, peonies, flox, and other perennials. Prepped the beds and put them in. Now I just have to wait for the robin’s song to enjoy them.
The same with endurance training. You do so much work, faith based really, hoping that a bounty of great races is the fruit of your labours. Taking daily pains to give your work the best chance of blossoming. Attending to the Details of Real.
Periodization. The systematic planning of athletic or physical training. Doing the Right Work at the Right Time. Understanding the nuances, expectations, and reasons of a well thought out paradigm. I’ve got a dozen books detailing periodization and why it is important.
The 2014 Farmer’s Almanac offers a similar template for my garden. Moon phases, predicted rainfalls, historical temperatures, prognostications of every sort in an attempt to catalog the circadian rythms of the Good Mother.
Sweaty brow and dirty nails. This now, my body of work.
We are hosting the 1st annual Bar None Beer Mile a week from tonight. Atypical in that it will be a road mile. Still the same requirements in that a beer must be drank prior to starting and then another at each quarter mile. We have added a team component, if you are a better runner, bring a good drinker. If you are a good drinker, bring a better runner. Those interested in participating, volunteering, or spectating shoot me an email at [email protected] for the location of the Bar None Ranch. And yes, this is 100% a Novelty Event.
My original mentee Andre Lejeune and I before the start of the 1988 Houston Tenneco Marathon. It was Andre’s debut. He’s now a personal trainer in NYC and is mentoring his own athletes.
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