1. Consume less processed food, especially corn. It is quite unhealthy and I don't want to support large agribusinesses and the government's farm subsidy policies.
2. Support local businesses and consume local goods as much as possible. When not shopping at local stores, shop at places that have a good reputation for treating their employees and communities well.
3. Average 10 miles per day of running for all of 2014. Since it is the 6th day of the year and I have not yet run, I have some work to do.
4. Waste less time browsing facebook, playing tetris (on facebook), etc. Social media has its uses but I don't want it to dominate my life.
5. Read 100 books.
6. Spend more time volunteering and serving others.
7. Bike to work every day and to other places when possible.
8. Achieve and maintain a weight of around 150 lbs.
9. Reach 300 different disc golf courses played (currently 249)
10. Use cash or debit more often to keep money out of the hands of big banks.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Trent Lusignan- Who is this guy?
Trent Lusignan of South Dakota State University placed 12th in this weekend's NCAA cross country championships. Outside of the SDSU crowd and Minnesota running fans, this hasn't gotten any press. I had picked him 8th in the Letsrun predictions, surprised that they even had him as a voting choice. His goal was to be All-American and most of our fantasy cross country league had him optimistically placed in the 30-40 range. The only reason he was featured with an interview on Flotrack was because Alex Lohr ran for the Jackrabbits. I already went through the credentials of just a few of the men that he defeated yesterday but I will do it again here.
-Chris O'Hare- UK Olympian and fastest collegiate miler ever at 3:52
-Kemoy Campbell- Jamaican 1500m record holder and 13:32 5k PR
-Anthony Rotich- 4th place at NCAA last fall and 8:21 steeple PR
-Paul Katam- Runner up finish in 10k at NCAA outdoors 2013
-Paul Chelimo- 2x NCAA 5k Runner up
-Mac Fleet- NCAA 1500m Champion
There are many more runners in the field with more impressive credentials than Trent. His best race to date was at Pre-Nationals earlier this year where he ran 23:49 for 19th place. There was a deeper race the same day at Wisconsin so at best he was about 40th best guy in the nation at that time. I high school, Trent was good but not anywhere near a national contender. He had PRs of 9:20 and 4:20 in track and his best finish at a state meet was 4th place in cross country his senior year. The 3 boys ahead of him all run for Minnesota. 2 of them have not done much and the third has done just a little more.
Now that you know a little more about this guy, why did he run so well? A big reason might be that he attends SDSU where facilities are limited and weather is poor. He is essentially forced to train in the cold and windy prairie all year. This was just another run for him. Another reason is the ridiculous poise and mental fortitude that he carries with him into races. In interviews, he talks about the plan that he and his coach, Olympian Rod DeHaven, formulated. By the way it sounds, he executed the plan flawlessly.
Congratulations to Trent and Rod. Days like this one make me even more proud to be a Jackrabbit Alum.
-Chris O'Hare- UK Olympian and fastest collegiate miler ever at 3:52
-Kemoy Campbell- Jamaican 1500m record holder and 13:32 5k PR
-Anthony Rotich- 4th place at NCAA last fall and 8:21 steeple PR
-Paul Katam- Runner up finish in 10k at NCAA outdoors 2013
-Paul Chelimo- 2x NCAA 5k Runner up
-Mac Fleet- NCAA 1500m Champion
There are many more runners in the field with more impressive credentials than Trent. His best race to date was at Pre-Nationals earlier this year where he ran 23:49 for 19th place. There was a deeper race the same day at Wisconsin so at best he was about 40th best guy in the nation at that time. I high school, Trent was good but not anywhere near a national contender. He had PRs of 9:20 and 4:20 in track and his best finish at a state meet was 4th place in cross country his senior year. The 3 boys ahead of him all run for Minnesota. 2 of them have not done much and the third has done just a little more.
Now that you know a little more about this guy, why did he run so well? A big reason might be that he attends SDSU where facilities are limited and weather is poor. He is essentially forced to train in the cold and windy prairie all year. This was just another run for him. Another reason is the ridiculous poise and mental fortitude that he carries with him into races. In interviews, he talks about the plan that he and his coach, Olympian Rod DeHaven, formulated. By the way it sounds, he executed the plan flawlessly.
Congratulations to Trent and Rod. Days like this one make me even more proud to be a Jackrabbit Alum.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Race Report: Blizzard Blast 10k 2013
This was the first road race that I ran last year in Laramie so I decided to do it again. I hadn't run at all since Silent Trails so I wasn't expecting much out of myself here. When I went into registration, I saw Jesse Gray signing up for the 5k. I decided to take the easy route and run the 10k so I wouldn't have to race anybody fast. I go out to the car and dink around trying to waste time until the start. I wasn't going to warm up much because 10k is a long way when you haven't run in awhile. I head back into the building and none other than Chris Schabron, last weekend's Silent Trails champion, is registering for the 10k. In attempting to avoid competition, I accidently ran into better competition!
The race started out at a pretty quick pace with Chris intent on putting me out of my misery early as Nik did last year. Somehow I hung on through the race and due to Chris not knowing the course/poor markings/no guidance, I caught up around 4 miles. Chris quickly put the gap back up to where it had been and it looked to be over. However, in the last stretch, I thought that I might have a chance. The presence of 5k-ers gave me enough cover to slowly but surely eat the gap on Chris. I caught him at a 90 degree turn about 15 meters out from the finish. I came in too hot and lost my momentum around the corner and he recovered from his shock enough to out-lean me. It was probably the best photo finish I have ever had for 1st place. We were both just under Nik's course record from last year's inaugural race. I was very happy with my performance and it was a great start to training for my 2014 slate of races.
The race started out at a pretty quick pace with Chris intent on putting me out of my misery early as Nik did last year. Somehow I hung on through the race and due to Chris not knowing the course/poor markings/no guidance, I caught up around 4 miles. Chris quickly put the gap back up to where it had been and it looked to be over. However, in the last stretch, I thought that I might have a chance. The presence of 5k-ers gave me enough cover to slowly but surely eat the gap on Chris. I caught him at a 90 degree turn about 15 meters out from the finish. I came in too hot and lost my momentum around the corner and he recovered from his shock enough to out-lean me. It was probably the best photo finish I have ever had for 1st place. We were both just under Nik's course record from last year's inaugural race. I was very happy with my performance and it was a great start to training for my 2014 slate of races.
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