🇺🇸🇺🇸An American World Champion!🇺🇸🇺🇸

Beautiful. What a feeling it must be to be there in person!

Carb power baby 💪 Always a pleasure @MountainRoche youtu.be/hIq8mrR27cU?si=O3Td…

Recovery week, speed work - 2 mile warm up - 4x1K @ 6:05 pace with 2 minute recovery jog - 2 mile cool down Space-based workout in honor of Hail Mary, which I saw last night; great movie! 🍿 Going to ease back for the rest of recovery week Another brick stacked 🧱

Recovery week, easy 5 outdoors + resistance training (HR 128) For some reason, my legs felt like going a little quicker today, so I let them Grateful for fatigue and adaptation; let the recovery continue 👍 Brick by brick 🧱 🧱

Recovery week, easy 6 + sauna A little fatigue from spending the day at Universal Studios with the family yesterday, but totally worth it 👍 Overpriced wands and the magical world of Harry Potter really made the kids smile; loved it! Another magic brick for the pile 🧱

Easy 10 (outdoor treadmill on Zwift, HR 131) Took the pace down a touch since it was midday here in FL Watched a fantastic finish to Milano Sanremo throughout; incredible! Huge congrats to ⁦@TamauPogi⁩ 👏 Pretty exciting brick that got placed today; more to come! 🧱

Easy 6 + sauna (treadmill pace, 8:00; HR avg, 121) So grateful that I get to do this, and that it’s rubbing off on my kids 👍 If I never make it to Boston, that alone will make all of this training worth it! Laying bricks; forever 🧱🧱🧱

Easy 7 + resistance training (HR: 129) An ideal performance on race day doesn’t magically appear It’s forged in the dark, while everyone sleeps, and no one is cheering for you No amount of likes or kudos online will do the work for you; so get after it Here’s to another 🧱

Speed work day - 5 x 400 meters with 60 second recovery; 3 mile warm up and cool down - 400 paces: - 5:51 x 3 - 5:48 - 5:44 Back to work today; needed this boost to get me back into rhythm Consistent brick-laying; this is the way 🧱

Easy 6 + resistance training (treadmill pace, 7:54) Nice change of scenery; spending some time with the family at a local Disney resort Feels just as good getting those easy, in-the-zone runs in here Never stop putting down those bricks; feels too good! 🧱🧱

Easy 7 + sauna at the Y (treadmill pace, 8:00) “When I run, I feel His pleasure” (Chariots of Fire) This is often what long, easy runs feel like to me; a joy and pleasure that points me straight back to the Giver of these things May I never lose sight of this Laying bricks 🧱

Easy 10 outdoor long run this morning No sunrise quite yet this time; had to get it in before my wife headed off to work today Fortunately, no bear or gator sightings today, which I’m fine with on a country road in the middle of nowhere More bricks = more progress 🧱🧱

YMCA easy 5 + sauna Looking forward to a long run tomorrow and an extended weekend with the family Turn this thing off for a day or two You’ll feel better 👍 Bricklayer for life; running is life 🧱

Easy 6 + resistance training Legs feeling springy today; happy to feel that after a slow start to the week Thankfully able to grab a couple extra days off next week; Disney fun time planned with the family 👍 Burnout fading away; very grateful Happy I get to stack 🧱🧱

Speed work today - 2 mile warm up - 4 miles tempo (6:33 pace) - 2 mile cool down Working through a little work-related burnout right now, so felt good to really gun it today and burn some energy Never give up, never surrender! (thanks Galaxy Quest) Putting down bricks 🧱

Easy 6 + resistance training Woke up dragging a bit this morning, but I’d already decided what I was going to do this today Feelings don’t get a vote Good decisions over time have the potential to build something great Kinda like stacking bricks 🧱

Easy 6 + sauna this morning Love starting my week like this! After years of being active, I’m still overjoyed for good health and legs that work Grateful brick layer, now and always 🧱