Dorian Ulrey: May 2010

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Speed city

Well yesterday proved to be another great track session as I felt light on my feet and fast on the track! It was a milers special, 12x200m with a jog across the infield for the rest. The workout was broken down into three sets of four with each rep getting faster. The first four were run in 30, 29, 28, 27, the second set was 28, 28, 27, 26, and the third set was 28, 27, 26, 24. I am really starting to feel good again after kicking my cold. New York city here we come!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Workouts, wind, travel

Well since my last post I managed to have my best workout yet since the start of the outdoor season. The workout was 9x300m with about a minute recovery. The times were as follows, 43, 42, 41, second set, 44, 42, 40, third set, 42, 40, 38. I felt fluid and relaxed during the first set, but gradually began to feel sluggish and slow during the second set. This was gut check time, as my coach told me to quit after the 7th 300, but I pushed through and started to feel better, so much better in fact that my coach decided to throw 3x150m on after the workout. The 150's were cutdowns as the first was 21, second was 19, and the third was 17. This was a great confidence booster heading into competition season.

As some of you may know, my Grandma Blanche, possibly one of the greatest/funniest women to ever walk this planet passed away this past week. She was 92 years young, and lived a more active life than most teenagers. She survived a tornado, started her own beauty salon, and did just about everything else in between. So in light of this I have made the trip to her hometown of McPherson, kansas this weekend.

My first, and possibly only run was quite an experience as I got lost, wandered across a golf course and jumped a barbwired fence, just to name a few things. The wind was howling at about 35 miles an hour and had gusts up to 50! My run consisted of running down a dirt road with no end in sight, that is until I came to where the road looked as if there had once been a creek or raging river. At this point I decided to turn around and try my luck by turning down another random dirt road with no end in sight. Once again I had turned onto the wrong road but I could see where I was trying to go over the plains of the old golf course my grandparents used to play on. I ran across the course, trying not to get hit by any golfballs, and when I reached my destination the only thing standing in between me an the house was a barbed wire fence. After all I had encountered all ready this came as no surprise. Needless to say I made my way over. My suggestion to everyone....don't get lost in backcountry Kansas. It's not flat, it is windy, and I don't know where the hell anything is.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The good, the bad, and the funny.

Well folks I have a lot of things to write about today. For starters, the good
I had a great workout yesterday which consisted of 6x400m followed by 6x100m. The rest was basically just getting back to the line, but overall it went quite well. The 400's started at 59, then dropped to 58 for 2 reps, then dropped to 57 for 2 more reps, and a 56 to seal the deal. The 100s were just an attempt to shock the system a little bit, while working on maintaining form and efficiancy. They were all 12 seconds or faster.

Secondly, the bad
I will no longer be running the F.O.M in St. Louis this weekend. I have been excited for this race since late march/early april, and all my training had been geared for my opener on may 22nd, but family issues have pushed my opener back to the Adidas classic, in New York city, on June 12. I hope all goes well for everyone who is still competing this weekend in St. Louis.

Lastly, the funny
I was on on way out the door monday afternoon, headed for my first lab of the summer semester but upon opening the door who should I see? The answer: USADA (US anti doping administration.) So instead of going to lab, lab came to me, and made me pee in a cup. Being drug tested always seems to form a special bond between the testee (me) and the tester (the other guy.) It must have something to do with the exchange of bodily fluids and seeing one's private parts. I wish all relationships could be this easy....

Monday, May 17, 2010

Gearing up for St. Louis!

I thought I would take advantage of some free time in between summer classes to update the blog. I entered in the Festival of miles, a meet made up almost completely of mile races, which will be held in St. Louis this coming weekend, almost two months ago. It is hard to believe the race is almost here, finally! Training got off to a great start, with a solid month of base mileage which transitioned nicely into track workouts. Recently I have been battling some allergy problems which hasn't helped the training any, but it certainly hasn't hindered it either. I had a great run just a couple days ago while I was back home in Port Byron. I ventured out for an 8 mile run along the mighty Mississippi river and as I began to check my splits I found myself running really fast. I covered the last 4 miles in roughly 20 minutes flat, and felt great doing it! I will be doing my last hard track session before St. Louis tomorrow, I will let you know how it goes!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Hola mi amigos!

Hey guys,

Thanks for checking out my blog. This blog will be focused on my running, so you can keep up to date on my training, races, and hopefully some funny running stories. I am new to the blog scene, but very excited to share my running experiences and stories with all of you. As you may have already noticed, I have attached a couple race videos along with some interviews, so for those of you who don't know me you can watch some races and get to know a little bit more about me and my running.