I will start you off with one of my new favorite songs. Its probably not new to some people but I just started listening to it earlier this week while flipping around my itunes. I love this song because 1. its called Here We Go, which is a great name for a song prior to a race and 2. I love how it picks up slowly until around 65 seconds into the song and then it starts picking up hard.
After a long day of travel and moving ahead three time zones I got into Grand Rapids last night around 10:30. The trip went pretty well, a little shaky on the flight from Denver to Grand Rapids, but I am pretty accustomed to it now. The hotel I am staying at is possibly the nicest hotel I have ever stayed at. My room has a view of the river which is absolutely beautiful. Temperatures are near perfect, but the humidity may be the one caution I have for tomorrow.
Today I was able to go to lunch with my grandpa and my Aunt Michelle. I have not seen my aunt in nearly 10 years and at first did not recognize her, which was quite embarrassing. It was nice to talk to both of them, but at the same time very hard. It has been nearly 9 months since my grandma has passed away, but the pain still shows and wears on us all. We all know we have each other, but a key aspect in all of our lives is missing. I am glad I got to see them today and tomorrow I get to see my Aunt Jennifer and my cousins which will be nice. I have always liked being able to race out this way because of the opportunity it gives me to see my family.
As for the race itself. It looks to be a good one, they are figuring it to be one of the deeper fields in the last few years which will make it tough. I am ready though. I have confidence that I have lacked for what seems has been forever. Workouts have been good and my runs have been solid. I look forward to surprising people tomorrow morning and putting my name on some peoples watch list. For those of you looking to possibly get up early and watch the race it will be broadcast live at: www.USARunningCircuit.com.
Hopefully I can be up in the competition to make it worth any of you getting up early.
On a last note I would just like to say good luck to all of my friends competing in the various conference championships this weekend!
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