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I had a lot of positive feedback from the latest post about the race and I appreciate that.   I am happy somebody actually  reads these posts.  Linda is my biggest cheerleader and I thank her for posts and links that let a lot of people know how the meet went and the results.  Thanks Honey!!

After the race, I had a chance to look realistically at my performance and I am quite happy with the times in the shorter events.  The 400 was a little slow to be competitive at Nationals.    As a result, I am going to work on a little different training regiment to see if I can get that time a little lower.  I have not broke 1 minute since I started this Sr. Olympian and that is still a goal.  I did a 61.03 in 2010.   I have two meets in September that I plan on participating--TN District Qualifier and the KY State Finals which this year is in Lexington.   I will use these events as a way to test the different training and see if there has been any time improvement.   KY is an open meet to all states and I have ran it a couple of times and it is a fun meet.  The weather is generally wild-wind, rain, nothing normal.   The talent does vary a bit, but generally there is some quality competition to measure your progress.   The KY meet will be at Transylvania Univeristy in Lexington.  There has got to be a joke in there, somewhere.

I am going to work on more road work this summer with the intention of working my weight down (I ran at 198 last weekend) and getting my fitness level a little better so I have the wind down the stretch of the 400.  There are a lot of running paths close to our house and last night I ran/walked the 3.5 miles out and back loop that is 50 % uphill out and 10% uphill coming back.  I base my work on my heart rate and it is getting better and my breathing is now the limiting factor.  I have a great place to train, I just need to keep at it.   I am also limiting my beer intake.  I was bordering on a problem with the quanitites that I could consume.  This change is my routine is not easy when I travel.

With summer finally here, we will pick our first red tomato today!!  Linda is ready for a really juicy caprese salad, me too.   I have been eating fresh sweet corn for about a week and snap beans for a a couple of weeks.   The garden is doing well again this year and now it is time to enough the good fresh stuff, yum...

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