Washington D.C., here I come!

The rest of the non-Olympic marathon team, Boston racing, Abel Kurui, Kenyan marathoners, Shalane, Khalid, and more about his retirement.

A bit bummed about the recent news of Khalid Khannouchi and his retirement. Not overly surprised given his injury situation and his age, but hard to see one of your heroes exit from the stage. When I first started getting serious about running, Khalid Khannouchi was the best marathoner in the world. I met him during the 2006 Shamrock Shuffle expo and was very impressed at how humble he was, and how sincere and caring he was. He asked me a lot of questions about my running (pretty much nonexistant) and my goals, and I was fortunate to watch him run the 2008 Olympic Trials in NYC. What an amazing career as a multiple Chicago marathon champion, former World Marathon record holder (a few times over), and a true pioneer of aggressive marathon running. Hope retirement serves him well, and the running world will miss his seemingly effortless stride and warrior spirit.

Missed this last week - 27.5 miles for last week, 119 miles for March, 470 for 2012.

Monday, March 26th - 4.5 miles. Ran with Pat and Tim in Francis Park. Nice and easy for recovery. Was a little tired, but the day was so perfect weather-wise that I made them go around for another lap. 37:26 total.

Tuesday, March 27th - 6 miles. Ran with Crystal after work. Home Depot out and back - another gorgeous day, and we negative split going back. Legs were tired, but felt pretty good. 51:58 total.

Wednesday, March 28th - 7 miles. Scheduled mile repeats, but my knee kept getting jammed and opted to do easy mileage as to not risk any issues, especially with Cherry Blossum this weekend. Did out and back on Troy route solo, then ran with Megan for 2 miles before finishing up. Split 30:18 solo, ran 2 miles easy, then last mile pretty slow. Ran for a little under an hour total.

Off to D.C. today after work. Feeling ok for the most part, and ready to get some easy running in the city. No Cherry Blossum time goals, as I'm feeling a bit beat up and worn down from my aggressive racing. Plan is to start out nice and easy, then go completely by feel. Hopefully this translates into a great PR on Sunday!