The Running Split...

Here's a quick rundown of how I went from decent middle distance runner to a non runner in the winter of 2001:

i had a tryout shortly after the xc season...

for indoor track...

we did a 3km time trial and i had to dip below 9:11 to be on the team...

I hadnt run 3km on a track since the previous year, and going into the time trial I think my High school PB was 9:34 or 9:48...

something like that...

so the week after my hardest training season ever, mired with chronic it band issues and far too much physio, I toed up to the line with my xc teammates to see who was still fresh and fast enough to automatically qualify for the team...

15 laps later the race was done (200m track) and I came across the finish line in 9:14...

so after our cool down run the coach came over to talk to me...

I was in...

then I went off the next day for a trail run...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=windermere+london+ontario&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.483365,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=windermere&hnear=London,+Middlesex+County,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.008868,-81.29209&spn=0.01078,0.027874&t=h&z=16

in that area...

and sprained my ankle. I have always been a chronic ankle sprainer, since my days of soccer and that is why even in 2003 i never returned to form...

so i went to see the team trainer and physio the next day, i was told to stay off of it for at least 3-4 weeks

which meant I would miss all the training for indoor track and they wouldnt let me compete...

that devastated me...