Aaron:
I want you to remain positive, motivated and do as your coach says even if you disagree. I have no doubt you are doing this already, but there is a time and place for you to speak to your coach in private if you need to. If you do speak to your coach in private questioning your training do so with the intent of understanding how you are going to get from point A to point B with goals being met at points C, D, E, etc… along the way.
I definitely understand what you’re saying. This is a pretty big step, perhaps too big, as I’ve thought about before.
Am I overly concerned though?
Not particularly, I have a lot of faith in Matt.
Cross season only has a month left for me as our conference meet, ODAC Championships, is on the 31st.
I am completely looking forward to being done with XC and working more towards my true events.
On a more somber note, I do need to talk to Matt about future plans for me. I have all intent of being a DIII competitor at Nationals sometime and I want to make sure he keeps the long term in mind.
11:15 Race @ Home
1.5 mile continuous warmup
Dynamic Flex
8k in 32:30(6th out of 21)
Static Stretching
ART Work on Shins/Right IT Band
Well, my goal for this course today was a 32:00 and I came close enough that I am satisfied.
First 3k I was cruising, starting to labor through 4k, definitely doubting myself near the 6k mark but I was able to bring it home strong without slacking off.
After the initial positions were set up I was behind the lead pack, I was chasing one guy the entire race and caught him near 7k and ended up beating him by 5-6 seconds.
Great race. The course sucks very badly by anyone’s standards.
Good: Stayed eyes up on target, hips forward on flat ground lead to a relaxation and rhythm that moved me up, surged over the top of the first few hills for places, almost puked in the chute. Full effort.
Bad:: Nothing to put here. I am very satisfied.
Bikko took 1st, Stutz took 2nd, I got 6th, Barcelona took 14th. If only we had a fifth guy we would of dominated the team standings.