Being Lighter in the Wallet Makes Me Faster

As of today, I’m officially being coached (or so says the check in the mail). I’m very excited to see where my new coach, Howard Nippert (whom has coached many other notable names in the world of distance running), can take me; I know I’m faster than the level at which I’ve been training and competing, and will look for him to maximize my abilities (through proper training for each race, a good diet and general running knowhow). The races we’ll be focusing on improving upon are the Boston Marathon and Burning River, but I’ve already informed him that I’d like to try and better myself in each discipline (race distance), which I think altogether feasible as a natural byproduct of my retooled preparation. I also let him know that it was my hope to come upon a sponsorship or two along the way…which I also hope will be a natural byproduct of my being faster and getting noticed.

Training continues to go well, though like last year I’m using this weekend’s Critz Tybee Half Marathon as little more than a good, fast distance run to assist in readying me for Boston (though, that having been said, I’d still like to go under my previous best—1:23:28--and give 1:20:00 a shot). So I’ll taper a bit this week, and give it the old college try on Saturday, knowing full well I could have trained more/better for it, but without regret all the same; I’ll live with my preparation decisions and make the most of where I’m currently at.