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So last night I stayed up late and completed my training plan leading up the marathon. Here are my goals for the next 14 weeks.

Primary Goal: Boston Qual (3:10)
Goal Time: 3:00
Goal Pace: 6:50/M

Secondary Goals:
-build base cycling fitness in prep. for
Spring Collegiate cycling season
-improve swimming efficiency (total immersion)
-maintain / build muscle mass (strength training)

Saturday Morning was the regional cross country meet and and while I was at the bottom of the pack, I still PR'd, coming in at 38:39, shaving nearly a minute off of a road 10K I did on 10/19. Assuming I don't get a wild hair and go to grad school and run XC then this was the end of my college running career.

not only lowers my cholesterol but also the earth's gravitational pull, allowing me to levitate rather than run 10K's :)

Last saturday was the cross country conference meet. I kept on joking to my teamates about bringing a durian to the conference banquet dinner......

Tomorrow is a school holiday so instead of doing homework I ran ALL over Austin posting flyers/pamphlets for OA austin/talking up possible sponsers. Looks like we might get some pretty rad local businesses to lend a hand or discounts for members etc, although nothing official yet.

In a recent email with grandfather I asked him if he had been partaking in any of the Olympics and he replied “No, I haven't watched the Olympics in years. Hope you enjoyed the spectacle and the events. I used to enjoy watching the competitive events themselves, but the increased nationalistic chest-thumping was jarring to the enjoyment of the sport events and became boring to me.”

Last Tuesday was the monthly Splash N' Dash (750m swim + 3K run) and as usual I was a little late out the door.

your roomates cat bites your ankle when your in plough pose

After a discussion with local pro/coach Jamie Cleavland I am closing off my inaguaral tri season with an olympic tri in two weeks and forgoing the 1/2 Ironman in October to focus on collegiate cross country instead. (Being my senior year this will be my last opportunity to be on a college team and have a true XC experience, since I only ran the last race last year)

In tri's swimming is my weakest sport by far so I've been trying to improve a bit.