The Right Attitude

I want to start by saying congrats to Meb on his win in NYC! What an amazing and tough race he ran. I learned a big lesson not to underestimate him earlier this year by the beating he gave me at the USA half marathon championships. He worked hard after those couple years of injury and bad luck and it was inspiring to watch him come back and win on the biggest stage. I was especially motivated all week after watching the race. I was just coming off my break and I was already ready to go, and then that just pushed me even more. Luckily I have Alberto holding me back. Watching the race really gave me the itch to get back into the marathon. We will start looking into that soon enough, but the first priority is to get back into shape. After taking two weeks off I was thinking I would be right back at it, but we Alberto really wants to give me a month to recharge my body, so that means easy workouts and a lot of strength but it is much slower build-up than I am use to. I really enjoy the change though. All the new exercises are fun and it feels like we are changing things all the time.
The atmosphere here with the Oregon Project is so exciting. Everyone is ready to give it everything and without a doubt, we have the best support system in the sport. We want to win medals and that is the focus for everyone who is a part of our team. The sense of team is growing as well, because we have so many people all working toward the same goal. I have started to run with Jerry’s guys some and now Galen and I are getting on the same work schedule, so it is fun to have the ball moving again.
Back to the grind now, World XC is only four and half months away, time to get fit. Until next time…