We had excellent performances in the past week from across the world, the country, and close to home.  Internationally, JP had a tremendous performance in the World Duathlon championships in Spain.  I am really proud to know that we have a world class athlete training with us, and my hat is off to JP!  Nationally, Al Hamdani run a huge marathon PR at Twin Cities yesterday.  As happy as Al is with the result, I informed him of the bad news, which is that now that I see that he's capable of running fast, I'm going to subject him to my iron-fisted coaching style to make sure he keeps getting better.  And on the local scene, Jerry Doyle, who made the mistake of showing me his potential and as a result is now being harrassed by me on an hourly basis, ran an excellent half at Wlison Bridge.  Also at Wilson Bridge, Annie Scoggin had the honor of serving as a guide for a visually impaired athlete, and happily reports that they only fell once, which she considered a triumph.  A hearty well done to all!
 
We are apparently going to have a beautiful night tomorrow, so I expect a huge turnout as we do our final preparation for the Army 10 miler.  The workout will be Betty Blank's favorite (and if it's Betty's favorite, it should be your favorite too), a 4-3-2-1 ladder.  For the uninitiated, that means 4 laps, 3 laps, 2 laps, 1 lap, and we'll take a one lap jog in between all of it.  For those of you who are running Army, this is an excellent tuneup.  For those of you who are not, it's a fun workout and good way to work on increasing the intensity at the end of a workout. 
 
As always, if you have any questions, give me a holler.  See you out there tomorrow.
 

Coach Jerry