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On both Friday and Saturday I accompanied him and his mate Tommy Schmitz to the Stanford Invitational. Steve ran a great 800m in finishing 2nd (1:48) and came back the next day (Saturday) to run the 1500m as well. We're planning on running a 1500m together this coming weekend. The plan is for him to pace me through 800 - 1000 meters at "x" pace. Will decide on that later. I'd love to run a quick 1500m but as Lorraine has mentioned, this is just a throwaway race. It's more to set me up for a good steeple and make the steeple pace feel that much slower. So we'll see how it all goes. Below is last week's training so read and enjoy...
Week (#43) March 30th - April 5th
Sunday: Distance: 21.50 miles @ 11:45 AM (33 degrees), Pace: 6:26Run Duration: 2h15
Very hilly run of Poorman's Loop + Sunshine & Mt. Sanitas.
Monday: Distance: 11.00 miles @ South Boulder Creek Path. Then 6 x 150m @ 19-20 seconds in spikes.
Tuesday: AM: Workout @ North Boulder. 1 x 3 miles & on Road . With Lorraine. Ran it earlier in the day than normal, due to afternoon flight to California. 1st time running this 3 mile road loop since January 22nd. 1st 2k = straight uphill. Splits: 5:24, 5:11 & 4:41 (last 1/2 mi = 2:12). Felt good and went @ aprox 75% effort as Lorraine had asked for. Distance: 10.00 miles total for day.
Wednesday: Workout @ Los Gatos High School ( CALIFORNIA) @ 1:00pM . 12 x 200 meters (200m recovery jog). Felt surprisingly easy. Started easy @ 30 sec and worked my way down. My buddy Steve Sherer (aka Mr. 3:56) was track side with me doing his own workout. Avg Pace: 28-29sec.
P.M Easy 4.5 miler (+ Core) along local creek path with Steve's mate: Tommy Schmitz. Distance: 12.00 miles
Thursday: Distance: 10.00 @ Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park @ 12:30 P.M with Tommy & Steve. Very nice and lush trails. The scenery (will try and post a picture soon) was great. The trees = MASSIVE!
Friday (Harlan's Birthday) 11 A.M Distance: 8.00 miles out & back on Creek Path near Los Gatos High, then cruisy 3 x 200m @ track in 26 seconds with full recovery (200m jog/walk).
Saturday:
11 A.M Workout @ West Valley Community College: 1 x 2000 meter Steeple. Ran 5:49 with splits of: 69,2:19,3:32,4:43,5:49. Felt pretty good just fell a sleep around 3 or 4 laps. Had to hurdle water pit due to it being boarded off. Had Steve there giving splits and checking out form. All in all a decent effort. Will look to be smoother/faster next time out. 4:05 P.M - Crusiy 8 miler @ 5:37 pace along marked miles on Los Gatos Creek Path. Didn't plan on running that fast, but it felt very easy so I just rolled with it. Distance: 14.25 miles
Week's Total Mileage: 86.75 (avg: 12.40 miles per day)
All in all I'd say it was a good week. Started in Boulder with a nice long and hilly run, and ended down at sea level with a solid 1st crack @ steeple barriers since '07 and a good post workout tempo run as well. Los Gatos is a nice area with some good hilly trails nearby. Another added bonus is that the local track/high school is barely over 1000 meters away from Steve's pad. The speed seems to be coming around quickly as well. Looking forward to the rest of my West coast trip/training & RACING!
Peace & Love
-Rob
Dixie currently feels:
Explosive 
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White rabbits!
Yeah... That's supposed to bring good luck if it's the first thing you say on the first day of a month.
I don't know if it applies to specific months, or one specific month...
March is the month with my favourite month name.
I mean, how cool does it sound?
MARCH.
Although, white rabbits was not the first thing I said today.
The first thing I said today was:
"...And we'll get your ears through."
You're probably thinking: "...WTF MATE."
Well, that's what I said to Gina as I was putting her collar on.
She doesn't wear a collar in the house - she only wears it when she's outside or on a lead.
She has big floppy ears, and they'd gotten trapped underneath her collar.
I said that to her gently as I tried to free them.
This is Gina - laid on my parents' bed.
She was laid on my bed earlier, when I was cleaning my room. Cheeky cow. 
Gina isn't our pet - she belongs to a friend of my parents.
They're away in India, so we're looking after her - as we often do when they go away.
When we do look after her though, she doesn't eat anything for the first day or two - but once she's accustomed herself to the surroundings, she'll eat something we put down for her.
If we let her eat anything from our hand, or from a plate on the floor - she'll be sick.
My parents took her to my nan's earlier - and apparently she was sick on her rug.
We were looking after Gina in Christmas of 2006 - and we'd put down a plate of turkey for her.
She ate it as fast as is actually possible - walked about four metres, then chucked it straight back up infront of the front door.
It didn't look much different to what it looked like before she'd eaten it.
When both of my parents are at work, I take Gina for a whizz on the field behind our house.
I've been asked by two of my friends why she squats to pee.
Quite simply - because she's a girl.
If you didn't know that - female dogs, or bitches - don't cock their leg to pee.
It's just like us female humans, we don't have a penis to direct our urine spray, so we have to sit or squat.
Whizzing in a forest is the worst for a girl - if you ever have to pee behind a tree or a bush in an emergency resort - you have to keep your balance, make sure you don't dall down with your arse in a pile of leaves and dirt - and you have to hold your trousers and pants back, to make sure you don't pee on them.
It's also a common accident to pee on one's shoes.
So boys - spare a thought for the females, who cannot aim their yellow expulsion.
I liked looking at the snow once Gina had whizzed on it when I took her for a walk on the snow-covered field last year - with a former friend of mine.
It was difficult for us both to stand up on the icy pathways, and I was suprised that Gina actually wanted to stay out in such weather - she doesn't like rain, wind, or fireworks.
I sat with her one night on bonfire night when we were all around my mam's friend's house for a party.
I was a little afraid myself - mainly because Gina kept looking like she wanted to bite me, although I just wanted to help.
Here's an extreme close-up.
- Taken by Adam, this afternoon.
Unless you really dislike dogs, I bet you can't stare into her eyes and not say "Awww!"
Go on. Try it.
Dixie dares you. :P
It's easy to get overheated and sick right now too. And dehydration is a real problem if you are outside for long. Plenty of water is needed. So if you are out in this heat...DRINK!! No alcohol mind ya!
These forest pics were taken at a zoo. Yes, a zoo has these evil-looking lakes!
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