Saturday It Begins

So thanks for anyone that read my most wordy entry to date, and those who've read any previous posts. Well this entry is a bit more low key and less wordy, basically detailing the upcoming 2014 Atlanta Track Club calendar. It's also a good time to train and fine tune myself for some bigger races like the Georgia Half Marathon in March, the famous Peachtree Road Race in July and of course my Super Bowl, the Las Vegas Rock N' Roll Marathon in Las Vegas in December. Hopefully I don't end up getting my ass ate up like the Broncos did last Sunday. 

Well Saturday is the first of some of my favorite races, the Grand Prix Series by the Atlanta Track Club, the Heart and Soles 5k in Decatur, Georgia. I enjoyed the hell out of this last year mainly because I set a PR in a 5k. Unfortunately I don't believe this upcoming Saturday will be quite as fruitful, because of the weather, my foot, and a tight hamstring, I haven't been running and training as much as I should. It's an excuse, but ah what the hell I think it's quite valid in this instance. With that said I still expect a very strong race as well as some really fast runners which is good since I can let them pace me and do most of the work haha. I'll be honest I pace a lot in races, I think it's a great way to maintain and be able to keep certain paces, but I think the best and most honest way of pacing is to go by what you're body is telling you. If you've run long enough, you start to pick up on hints on when to kick it into gear and when to bring it down a notch.

Well didn't expect to go into pacing, but there's an extra treat I suppose. Thanks again for reading, happy running.

P.S. For those of you kind enough to read this who would like to sign up for the Atlanta Track Club, here's the site

Atlanta Track Club