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4th OA .. even tho i'm in the 3rd spot in the listings (Junior beat me in the actual race).

if i didn't get boxed in so bad at the start of this race, this would be sub 4:50.. guarantee it.





LMFAO... r u kidding me? man.. dudes that insist on being in front of u, take that job serious.. go out hard and keep going hard. these dudes went out and slowed down i had to do all kinds of shit to get around them. nuts.

road PR soo.. happy about it.. but, again, another blemish.

all of this is basically telling me that, my alone mile PR's i did etc, they just have to be way faster.. to make up for headwinds and crazy starts etc. so, just get way faster. hehe.

mile race day!!

felt great. ran good.

4th OA @ 4:54 -> road mile PR!

got boxed in at the start (actually found video of it) .. def wrecked me but still dropped a decent time.

my dude Junior Rosa (50 years old) got 2nd OA. 1st & 3rd OA are collegiate runners. 5th OA is an ultra marathon monster.... lol. 7th OA was fully send sammy.





12/12/2018

<= 4:59 mile vs <= 2:59 km:
- 12 (sub5) + 15 (sub3) = 27 of 50, 23 to go!

top3 finishes:
2018: 29/43 (stay healthy!)
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1

diet:
- 10:00 AM: light run
- 11:00 AM: 2 x orange juice
- 12:00 PM: beet juice
- 02:00 PM: tons of salted almonds, 2 x banana, coconut cashew milk fat coffee drink (so good)
- 04:30 PM: orange juice, rxbar
- 05:30 PM: warmup + race
- 08:00 PM: cookies and cream milkshake w/ whipped cream, yea boii
- 10:30 PM: cashews
- 12:45 AM: orange juice



10:00 AM: light: 16 min ::: calf alot better, should be good to go
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2013690591



05:30 PM: Coral Springs Holiday Mile: 4th OA @ 4:54 ::: fastest road mile /// got boxed in bad at the start lol smh. /// 2OA, 3OA, and 4OA all 4:54 haha, sick
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2014472554
- http://accuchip.racetecresults.com/Results.aspx?CId=16337&RId=6377
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3221465134
- 4th OA @ 4:54 official (watch: 0.99 @ 4:55)



this is actually more deceiving than it looks.. i was like 40m behind the 2nd/3rd leaders shortly after the start.. and finished right behind them at the end. LOL.





me getting wrecked:






full send sammy showed up to battle me, wrecked him. thank god almighty. if i had lost a mile race to him, tonight, i'd be sad. he's a beast but i have to crush him in the mile. lol.






also, short run watching the parade:

07:00 PM: running around the parade after the race. Coral Springs knows how to do it.
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2014430985

mom & 2 daughters top3 OA'd the mile race last night.. that's really beast. faster women need to show up, but still.. that's crazy.

those times are all good. sub6 for a 13 year old female is def solid.

can barely see me in the start of the race.. lol. awful start, decent finish time.

 

So i think I know what I want to do in 2019:

1) keep focusing on my mile, exclusively
2) stay consistent with "strength" -> add leg/hip mass, need the power & the mass to keep me leaner
3) race less
4) focus on bigger sessions rather than smaller more frequent ones etc: I need to improve my "repeat strength" (ie, several fast 1km to 1 mile repeats, in one session)
5) get better at executing race strategies, need more practice at executing "smarter" strategies so that when i'm in big races I can hit peak numbers
6) get better at sharpening up for the big races

And then if I do all of that, it's prep for 2020:

Race more throughout the US instead of locally: hit the big mile races throughout the US, also some big open / masters track races!

One thing i've never really done is "travel". i've been outside of Florida like uh.. twice. I've also never been on a plane (lmfao).

So, racing has already made it exciting for me to travel locally, ie 2-4 hours away for a race. I've enjoyed it. So, if i'm prepared (running strong & fast) would be nice to go do some of the big races throughout the US: go there, race, then hangout for a day or two, try to eat some good food lol.

I dno .. It's something completely different but, it's making sense to me. It'll also make me sharpen up for some higher level racing.

If you look at how I prepared just to run 1km with elites on November 18th, I started late (September-ish) but then really cranked it up/focused throughout October, into November. Basically, I need to focus on my speed as a #1 priority, and build it slowly throughout the entire year, not just late homework assignment style. I think it's easier for me to do that now though, since i've settled on the mile being my most important distance. I learned a ton this year.. I know what works & what doesn't, for the most part. I also have a better understanding of my strengths & weaknesses.

In addition to simply traveling to race, I think it'll also help me "dream bigger". Dreaming big is important to me. For the last few years i've been focused only on local races. That's cool, but I need to know that there's some much bigger races I need to prepare for, and really turn it up mentally, pro up, etc.

gn!!

sick plan. traveling to other places rules.

thanks! hah. yea you know alot about that.

i'd like to slowly get better at it.

racing has def helped me get out of some "comfort zones". need to keep it going.

plus, traveling inside the US will prepare me a bit more for a Kenya trip eventually.

the two times you left florida, where did you go?

drove with my mom up to Washington DC when I was a kid (~10?). saw lots of monuments, smithsonian etc.

also as a kid (~12?), took a train with my mom up to Pennsylvania to visit her friend (only time I saw snow).

both trips were pretty fun

peace!

hah jake gave me a repost. sick af!!!!!

Truly honored to be in a position to inspire anyone as I was inspired once myself

that's a great quote.