July 14, 2005
What's up everyone. Today I left Switzerland and flew south to Lignano, Italy where I am going to run in a fast 3k. Alberto and I took a train to the Zurich airport from Bern and then flew to Venice. The plane ride from Zurich was real short (about an hour or so), but then we had to drive another hour and a half to the city of Lignano, which is up the coast from Venice.
The car ride wasn't too bad though because there were some other Americans in the car. We rode with Jonathon Riley, Jason Lunn, and Tyson Gay. It's been nothing but planes, trains, and automobiles (great movie), for me so far today. Lignano is right on the coast on the Italian Riviera, and the meet hotel that we are staying in is only about a quarter of a mile from the beach. It is a pretty big tourist city so there is lots to do.
There isn't a cloud in the sky but it is not too hot. Alberto has been meticulously checking the weather here for the past month to see if it is going to be good conditions to run fast in. I guess that when you really are trying to run well you have to try and take advantage of every possible variable that you can. I won't run until10 at night though, so it should cool off a lot by then. The room Alberto and I are staying in is real small. There was originally only one king size bed but it could split apart in the middle so it was alright.
After we split the beds up though there is no room to walk around and we can barely open our door. There is AC in the room though, which is a luxury we haven't had yet on our trip. The hotel though isn't very modern and looks like something that you would have found in Florida in the 1970s.
I just ran easy in the evening. My quad is very sore from the workout I did yesterday so I took it easy and didn't stretch it too much because I didn't want to aggrevate it. After running I did some dynamics and then jumped inthe pool and swam for a little bit to help loosen up.
For dinner we had, what else, pasta. I think I'll be eating that the entire time I'm here. It was very good though. Tomorrow I'll go to the track and do a light workout. Later, Galen
4 Comments:
Heyy i get to meet jon riley at my running camp coming up so im going to be sure to ask him about you
keep up the great work
kristine
You are so amazingly fast, its crazy. Everyone is saying you may be the next Steve Prefontaine...When I first heard it I was doubtful but hey you gotta admit Pre is a legend. Now that I have read about you in some running magazines and stuff I'm starting to believe you just might be.Good luck with all of your meets and I would love to chat with you! my email is tracklover886@netscape.net by the way my name is desi and I'm 15, I live in Sartell MN.
THANKS!
hey Galen you should IM me if you have AIM sabretrackstar05!!!
`desi
Wow. Mr. Rupp, you amaze me with your talents. Kudos to you. I just got back from the 2005 Oregon State Cross Country Meet. No, I didn't run, but looking forward to next year. I did some reasearch on you. Great times in your highschool career. I hope to break 15min by my senior year, but that is a hard goal to set. Youu had an amazing tariner, Alberto Salazar. He must have been a wounderful trainer to have. But anyway, keep up the good work. We're rooting for you.
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