Summer so far...

    Great to see everybody at the Run for the Health of It 5K in Bardstown this morning.  I paced my daughter and running partner Julianna and I'm proud to say she not only set a PR (on a long course) but came home with a age-division gold medal around her neck.  Nice job!  Pacing her was fun, and it made for an enjoyable, although different, running experience for me.  Normally I coach racers from the sidelines, but today I was doing an awful lot of coaching as we ran, and funny enough found myself accumulating runners.  After the finish, I was surprised at the number of people (some complete strangers) who came up to me and thanked me for the advice and encouragement given out throughout the race.  One of my HS runners even said, "I wanted to stop, but I saw you up there yelling at your daughter and it made me press on!"  (I was not yelling at Julianna, that was coaching.)  It also made me appreciate those who've helped me through races, like by bud Matt H. who not only paced me to a PR but drove with me two hours to do so in a 1/2 marathon.  That's love, people.
    And although I'm not into times too much at this juncture of our summer training schedule, I did check out a few times, and WOW! Landon F good job and how about NC runner mom Katie H. WHAT IMPROVEMENT!  WOW!  You guys are inspirational.  My congrats to all who were there and thanks to God for the fun rain to run in.  Fun fun fun.
    A new week ahead is a new opportunity to kick-start that training schedule.  If you're on target, keep it up, and if you're not, click over to the Clipboard and let's get this ball rolling!  Have a great week and call me if you need me.  
    Coach