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We came. We saw. We ran really fast.

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)

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The boys from the OrganicAthlete training center took 1st, 2nd, and 5th at Sunday's Run for the Hungry 5k in Santa Rosa, CA. Watch the race report.

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

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Friday afternoon I packed up the Burley and threw a leg over the saddle with a run on my mind. I'd been training for the following day's half marathon for a few weeks. As I pedaled north, thinking of the fig trees I was going to stop by, I had an idea: could I fuel this entire trip by fruit I forage along the way? I had brought some fruit with me, as I knew the fig crop was coming to an end.

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

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Zirin reminded me of important event that happened on this date 40 years ago. Fists for freedom.

Kenneth Williams called me today, and I'm thinking biceps for freedom. The dude is going to champ Natural Olympia, November 8th in San Francisco. Is anyone going to watch with me?

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.

I set a personal best today: 39:10 for 10k. I had to dig deep. As I've been reading Handbook for Humans by Jim Sloman, it occurred to me that running can be crucible for mindfulness. It is an opportunity to sit with the mind. At three miles into today's race, pain howled through my mind. I tried to sit with it, be at peace with the suffering. But judgements kept coming.

These days I've been working hard to get ready for the upcoming indoor season in Belgium. I haven't made up my mind yet whether I'll run only 60m events, or whether I'll do the 200m event too. At this moment, the most important day of the indoor season will be January 4th, when the Provincial Championships take place in Ghent. I'll do a couple more meetings, which take place in Ghent, as we only have one indoor hall.