Ferguson Eve

US Male Olympic Marathon Team, Ethiopian Team announced, Mutai wins 10K, and the lovely Miss Kara Goucher races in RNR Portland!

Thought the Ethiopian Marathon selection was a little bit of a joke.  I understand their process of rewarding the most recent best times, but to exclude Geb Gebremariam and Tsegay Kebede, both recent majors champions and possibly both the best marathoner alive for a certain amount of time, was a little shocking.  Both have competed in some ridiculous fields and have some great majors experience and have competed with the best.  I think it makes it tough for countries like Ethiopia and Kenya to not tell their athletes the selection process, so that they can properly prepare for it.  As little as I favor the U.S. selection process, at least it gives the athletes an opportunity to prepare for something.

Went to the doctor this week.  I am a mess - high blood pressure, need to get some blood work done, and now getting a sleep study done as well next month.  I may have sleep apnea, which may explain why I never have any energy, so we shall see how this all turns out.

Wednesday, May 16th - 5 miles.  Ran the Ferguson Twilight 5K with Matty D after work.  Nice night to run, but a little warm in the sun.  There was a huge running group out touring the course as well, so ended up catching up with them later on.  Course is fair, but there are a few tricky parts - first mile and a half is a climb with some rolling hills before levelling off, but then you hit one more nasty hill with about half a mile to go or so. After that, it's a nice decline and a long, flat straightaway to finish.  Should be fun, if the weather holds up!

Thursday, May 17th - 6 miles.  Out and back solo towards Troy on the trails.  Was on a time crunch, and also trying to acclimate myself a little better in the heat.  Felt really sluggish the entire time, but ended up running faster than it felt which was nice.  I'm trying to incorporate stretching and corework post run these days.  Back was a little sore, but can still move around fine.  45:01 total (23:10, 21:51).

Easy run today, then races on Saturday!  Doubling up with an early morning 5K in Fairview, then Ferguson. Weather does not look to be cooperating with some massive sun and heat headed our way, but what can you do?