Hello everyone! I know that it has been a while since I have blogged. I have made a lot of steps in my life the past few weeks...and have ended up in my dream state of Colorado. Spur of the moment decision to come out to Alamosa to learn about and train at high altitude. I thought that you all would be interested in hearing my journey and I personally want to write it all down anyways to always remember it.
Day 1: This morning, I woke up in utter panic thinking that I was late for my 8 am class (Human Performance at High Altitude with Physiology) because the light was pouring in like it was noon. I jumped up to grab my watch...looking down to see that it was only 5:50 am...Welcome to Colorado. I wasn't too upset about having to wake up so early though, considering I barely slept a wink last night. With a combination of the jet lag, adrenaline, breathing changes, etc...it made for an interesting night. Finally around 8 am, I walked to class with my 3 fellow classmates. There we met Coach Martin (the distance coach here at Adams State) and he dove right into telling us the history of the college, of his coaching career, of the history of high altitude training, and so much other interesting/valuable information ...and it was only the 1st day! We then took a tour of the school and its facilities and got a good feel for the small town of Alamosa. Then two of the guys, and myself went on a 7 mile run on an amazing dirt trail. It went on for miles and miles with nothing short of soft dirt surface and herds of deer lining the sides, and not to mention the view of the snowcapped mountain range throughout the entire run. My breathing and my legs felt honestly pretty good, but I for sure have to slow myself down a lot over the next few months to prevent myself from burning out.
I feel so blessed to be here and can't wait for all of the exciting things to come in the next month. I know that I was born to run.
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