Hey Y'all,

I'm baaaaaaaack.  Just wanted to stop by and drop you a line to catch you up on my training over the past couple months, as I have been building a solid base and preparing for the upcoming World Championship Indoor Season. 

A few months back, while I was panning the upcoming season with my coach, Steve Sisson, I found out that the USA Indoor Championships were going to be held in Albuquerque NM this year at 5000+ ft. of elevation.  So what did I do?! After getting a solid base phase in and the first of two transitional phases, I discussed it with my coach, grabbed one of my TeamROGUE Elite Teammates (Kyle Miller) and left the day after Christmas to head up here to good 'ole ABQ for 6 weeks of altitude training. 

This is both Kyle's and my first extended trip to altitude and its been ... interesting.  Really, it has been a very positive experience so far.  The first few days were rough.  I was running soooooo slow and feeling sooooo tired ... check that, exhausted!  Even before I broke a sweat I felt like I was ready to be done running.  Needless to say, we pressed on and after a few days were feeling a bit better.  Now, after a couple weeks, we are starting to finally feel adjusted.  Training has been going very smoothly (knock on wood), so Kyle and I are getting ready to open up our season this weekend at the Lobo Invite here in Albuquerque in order to get us back into the racing mindset and learn a whole new side of altitude ... racing at it.  I'm looking forward to the learning process this weekend and finally getting an accurate test of where I am and what I need to focus more on now to get where I want to be by the end of February when I return for the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

All the best and I hope everyone is having a GREAT new year!

db

p.s.  Hopefully I will be back soon with some exciting news related to an earlier post!  Everybody keep their fingers crossed!!!