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!