Long Long Overdue Blog Post

Been a very long time since I have written my last blog.  Well here's my full recap.  Last year 2016, my training was one of the best I ever had.  My main focus during the whole training process is the building of pacing plus working on my strength and conditioning.  During my long runs I mainly worked on getting out in good pace and continue to build that as the run goes on. Then as I get near the end of my long run I go faster and faster, it helped me tremendously.  I did Crazy legs last Spring basically as a workout but still went out as a competitor, ran upper 29's in the 8k.  I new I had some more speed work to do.  In late August, I went for a 17 mile around Verona and man my legs were feeling soo tired after I was done.  I enjoyed the run because I know I can handle these kind of runs especially training for a Full Marathon.  My goal was to run the Full Marathon but had a minor setback with my sister getting married and plus being busy with work.  I decided to do a Half Marathon in Madison this past fall.  Coming in to this race, my plan was to get under 80.  If I did that I would be very happy.  As the race progressed I was right in to the top 10 early from the start.  I was thinking man this could be the day I will be able to hit a PR.  In the middle of the race I was feeling it but I still hang tough and kept grinding.  When I got to the last few miles I kept fighting and pushing then as I saw heading up by the Capitol Square seeing the clock & I thought wow I have a chance to hit a massive PR. I sprinted as hard as I can and after I crossed the finished line I was soo thrilled that I PR'd.  I ended up 7th overall with a time of 1:16.16.  It was the best half-marathon I have ever ran in my running career plus this was my third half-marathon.  After taking time off from half-marathon, slowly back into training and ran at UW-Platteville for 3k at Alumni, basically ran the same time I did back in college, shows I'm in decent shape.  Right now I'm getting ready for Crazy legs this Saturday & plan is sometime later this summer or early fall do a Full-Marathon.  The goal is making Boston 2018.