Got the speed work done this morning while the temps were way down. Toured the oval at Millard West with my old buddy John Tully, we both had excellent results. Two X 1 Mile at current 5K race pace, egos checked at the front gate. Saturday’s race result wasn’t the desired outcome but it provides an Excellent Data Point for conducting this week’s speed effort. We factored in the cooler temps and lower humidity and both ended up at minus :15 from Fun For Justin 5K race pace. Checking our splits at each 200m, adjusting accordingly, focused more on hitting the target times than on running fast. Good work done.
Not only did Aubrey Baxter win the Most Valuable Female Athlete at the USA Club National Championships, she also established a new Championships Record in the Shot Put with her winning mark of 15.60m (51′ 2.25″).
A nod to my old buddy Dr. David Martin. He made a donation of almost 2000 pounds of running memorabilia to the Berlin Sports Museum. The treasure trove will be housed and named the “David E. Martin Collection”. Dr. Dave as he is known around the marathoning world has been a leading figure as a researcher, statistician, author, and expert on all things running. It was my pleasure to work with him on both the 2004 and 2008 USA Women’s Olympic Trials Marathon. I had a Very Interesting conversation with Dave about Omaha native Tim Dooling’s intentions to set the 50+ World Record in the marathon, he personally wished Tim “Good Luck”.
Did my mile repeats in the Brooks T7, lightweight and fast, my times were 6:35, 6:34.
I ran 5 Marathons, a dozen half marathons and numerous other road races in this single pair of Nike American Eagles. Circa 1981 or 1982, I raced nearly 1000 miles on them. At 4.3 ounces each you really felt like you had wings on your feet. I’ve hung on to them for these 30 years just so I could feature them today!
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