Scott Bradley passes away

Karen's cousin, Scott (around 40 years old) passed away this morning after he went out to play basketball. He came home and said he could not breath. They called an ambulance, but they were not able to help him. I suppose he had some heart issue. I feel very sad for his wife Lori and his seven year old daughter Jaelyn. I will try my kids to stay in touch with Jaelyn and Lori as much as possible.

UI Track

I went swimming in the morning of yesterday. I swam 14 laps at the C'ville Rec Center. I joined the RunningWild group for interval training. I ran 7 X 800 mts and 3 min rest. This time I used my Garmin to record the training.  I was very happy with my times.  I also felt ith good energy because this time, I did not run in the morning.

CRWC Competition Pool

I knew the diving well would be closed and the competition pool open this morning.  I tried to swim there, and I was able to swim only four laps.  I get too tired doing my front crawl. So, I combine it with back stroke.  I felt very tired from all the training this weekend.  I enjoyed going to the hot tub and then the sauna.

RunningWild

Ran with Gene, Bill and Jennifer for almost nine and a half miles this morning. Had a big breakfast at Hy-Vee after. I felt very sleepy after I got home.

American marathoners did not do very well this morning. The podium was for Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia), Prisca Jeptoo (Kenya) and Tatyana Petrova (Rusia). The winner had a chronos of 2:23. Amazing runners. The course looked very tough and it was also raining.

Woodpecker Nature Trail

Ran on the Woodpecker Nature Trails with Ross, Ross, and Kelly. We met at 7 AM. These guys seemed to know every inch of the trails. They were kind enough to slow down for Kelly and me. Running uphills was tough for me. We saw another small group of runners training. I was sweating and my t-shirt was soaked! I had to walk the final hill with the steps. I had fun. I am sure my running will improve if I keep training hard with RW on Wednesdaysand Sundays. I plan to run the Quad-Cities half-marathonn September 23. I hope to PR!

CRWC Diving Well

Swam 550 yds.  I am spending less time between lengths. Trying to do more front crawl. Saw Greg F. swimming.  He says he swims about three times a week. Not sure where I will swim next week.
USA has more olympic medals than China (number two).  Track competions start today in London. Go USA!!!
Got a new pair of Saucony-Kinvara3's!  yeah!

Wednesday Track Training

I started the day by going to the Trojan Field track. Did about ten intervals 0.1 miles with 1 min rest.

In the evening I rode my bike to the UI track. I wanted to see the RunningWild group training. John was very nice and invited me to join them. We started by doing some stretching and then the group was divided in three groups. I joined group B.  We did several 800's. They like to time each lap. Three minute rest in between laps. Next time, I should program my Garmin for 400's and three minute rests.  I goofed around with the Garmin and it did not record my training.