Day 1.

Summer base training finally has come. The workouts are right there all I have to do is get up and run. It's shaping up to look like a great summer to go out and run. I have a drive that I've never had before, I mean I've always had a drive to go out and train but never like this. I'm hungry, hungry to race. I've been dying to compete and Tracko-de-mayo was just a snack. I am dying to race but not like just going out today and doing a 5k, no, I am dying to race at my peak. I've surprised myself at how comfortable I am able to run, now I just want to get better and go out and surprise others.

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The first day came with me trying to wake up at 7 AM, again. Like I said trying, for some reason I can't make myself get up and go run at that early, so instead I woke up at 10. Instantly regretting pushing the snooze button so much, I made myself get up and go run. Better late than never.

Luckily it was not that hot. The sun was shining down on me but the breeze stopped the sun for burning me as much. I felt pretty lazy and just wanted to get the run over with. I hit the turn around point in under 7 minutes. Just less than 7 more and I could go back inside. The way back wasn't too tough, I mean it was only a mile.

I stopped my watch, 13:11. Nice little recovery run.

I took about a 5 hour break and it was off to do my assigned run for the day. I met up with Gustavo at the Claremont Colleges and started off our run. Unfortunately for me, I forgot to start the stopwatch so we ended up turning our 2 mile warm-up into a 3 mile warm-up. No biggie. The pace was nice and calm. Something that I haven't been able to do all summer.

We got on the track and I tossed him my victories. It was time for strides. Each one felt much faster than I have done before. It was much easier when I had someone to do the runs with me. Each of the 100's were in around 13 seconds so I guess I'm doing alright.

We finished off the day with a mile cool-down on the grass and some abs. Surprisingly enough, it felt as though I didn't even run that much. It feels nice to be able to come back home feeling fresh.