Another day with coach

Well since my last post things have been hectic as always. Saturday night coach Kev and his family invited over some of their friends for a Bar-b-que party. About 10 guests showed up in addition to coaches family, and we all chowed down on chicken, hamburgers, fruit salad, awesome homemade salsa, and my favorite "CHOCOLATE CAKE". The night flew by faster than I could believe, the guests left, and I was off to bed.

We had a lot in store for Sunday. I set the alarm for 5:15 and was fast asleep. The alarm sounded way too soon as I pulled my butt out of bed. I met coach Kevin in the kitchen for a quick snack and we were off for our run. Our run began on this really cool 7 1/2 mile loop trail which bordered the perimeter of two small lakes. I took off and felt really good on the first loop setting into a comfortable 7:09 pace. The second loop was even better as I settled into a 7:00 minute pace. Before I knew it, our run was over, and I had logged 15 miles right around a 7 minute mile pace. I was happy considering the entire run was done in zone 1/2 with little effort.
After our run we headed back to Coaches house to some very fluffy warm pancakes coaches wife Cindy cooked up while we were gone. After breakfast me and the family packed into the minivan and headed to church. I'm typically not a church goer, but their church was actually kind of cool. It was the first time I've ever gone to church and wasn't watching the clock or hoping for the service to end. The average age of the people at the church if I had to guess was around 25. After church I took the family out to lunch at this really cool deli.

After lunch we headed back to the house and spent some time going over previous workouts in detail, and other coaching stuff.

Before I knew it, it was time to leave The weekend went so fast, but I was glad to finally meet coach. Before I left I just had to get a picture.



The flight home was very long, and I didn't walk into my front door till after 2:00 AM. Regardless, no matter how long the flight took, it was well worth the trip!

posted by Chad Holderbaum @ 5:15 PM Comments: 0