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Aside from a less-than stellar 13:17 4k tempo run last Sunday in howling wind, my final preparations for this weekend’s powerman ohio are going fine. I took Monday off and Tuesday easy, since I was still feeling pretty ordinary following a very solid buildup over the past month. Yesterday I did a modified version of my regular bike workout:

-10 minutes warmup including spinups
-1 hour as 45 minutes steady, 15 minutes tempo
-5 minutes easy
-8 times (1 minute threshold, 15 seconds full out, 45 seconds rest)
-5 minutes easy
-Pyramid, 3-2-1-2-3 minutes above threshold with 1 minute rest.
-Cooldown.

And then an easy run in the evening. This morning I had swimming practice and I’ll have a moderate run in the afternoon. So I figure I’m about as ready as I’m likely to get. And I’d like to share this excerpt from the pre-race press release with you:

“…a strong U.S field led by Josh Beck (TN), Will Ronco (WI) and Tim Luchinske (CO)…”

Aside from the obvious quibble that I am not from Wisconsin, I am excited to have this endorsement. Hopefully I will be able to live up to it.

In other, non-navel-gazing news, an intergenerational stage adaptation of The Little Mermaid that I am directing performs tonight at Jesters. I’m a bit nervous as to how it will go off, but the kids have worked really hard and put together a great production of a show that is really very, very hard to do live. If I’m lucky, I’ll be able to snag some pictures.