Phase II of conditioning starts this week. For now, keep plugging in your desired mileage into the phase I calculator. But soon, you'll have a new phase II calculator to use. Mileage for week eleven increases a little before another down week next week - the first week of classes!
*send in your week ten running total!
I just watched the Olympic Games swimming - 4 x 100m freestyle relay. I hope you saw it too. Incredible! The relay from France was the favorite, even to the point of talking smack, i.e. "we're going to smash the Americans!" On paper, there was no way the Americans could win. The commentator said that he analyzed it every possible way, and every time he came up with France. Someone should have told the four Americans on the relay...
It was close all the way. On the anchor leg, France had the 100m freestyle world-record holder, a 6'5" stud. No way the older, veteran American could beat him, let alone make up the two meter lead the French swimmer started with. Someone should have told the American anchor leg...
With fifty meters to go, the lead was still two meters. With twenty-five meters to go the lead was one meter. With ten meters to go, the lead was about a half-meter. Into the finish, the wall, it was tight. Somehow the American did the improbable. Somehow he swam down the world-record holder. Somehow he willed himself to the wall just in front of the French. The gold medal was won, the world-record was smashed.
It was magical. It was awesome. It took the fastest 100m freestyle split of all-time.
Silently, as I didn't want to wake anyone up, I raised my fist and pumped it. It's what athletics is all about.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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