June 8th, Thursday
Soft landing, starting line in sight……?
After a long day of flying to Chicago and Birmingham yesterday, I am settled in my Airbnb home in Birmingham about a quarter mile from Samford University. Tomorrow at about noon I will run the 800-meter trials. Over at the track today it was quite warm in the Alabama sunshine. I have done a lot of walking around this neighborhood since I arrived yesterday evening. I am quite surprised at the amount of hilly roads there are in this neighborhood. Walking was more of a chore than I anticipated and probably more than I needed the day before my race. I had a good night’s sleep on a comfortable bed, my heart rate was about 52 beats per minute this a.m. and my weight remains about 150 lbs. So I guess I am ready as I’m ever going to be for this event. I am still quite nervous about the speed in the 800m trials, but I will test myself for the first 600m and make a determination of how to finish.
Samford University is quite impressive, stately and much larger than I thought it was. They are currently celebrating 175 years in existence, founded in 1841. I plan to try to do more research about the origins of this University while I am here.
Best of luck Coach! I am really proud you are there and this is very inspiring. Your participation in the nationals will be something that will stay with me and motivate with me. I know you did this for yourself, but your doing this is exciting for those of us from a long time ago.
Good luck tomorrow.
Matt
Enjoying breakfast in the library of this beautiful University a kind of awe inspiring. I do hope I have a respectable showing today. Your words are kind and reassuring this morning.
Go get em Rob! You can do it!
Go get em Rob! Show em how we do it in Jersey??