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Danny's Blog
Here you can follow Danny Aldridge, Heart and Sole co-owner and former elite middle-distance runner, as he trains to become an elite level masters runner. So without further ado, Danny's blog! March 8th, 2010 Welcome back, Saturday I got to go into the SRJC Hall of Fame, which was really cool. If you ever get a chance to go over to the Haehl Pavilion you can see the plaques of the inductees from the last 15 years. In the morning, I was over at Santa Rosa High School, watching the Big Cat Invite and working our Heart and Sole booth. There were some really nice performances, most notably Reesey Byers opening up the season with a Quadzilla. 4:21.78 (1,600m) - 1:58.21 (800m) - 9:40.5 (3,200m) - 53 (leg in the 4x400m relay). Other impressive performances were the two Carrillo kids, Tyler Baker and Jeremy Thompson running outstanding 300m hurdle races. 40.20 for Jeremy and 40.34 for Tyler. I really believe that these two have a chance to go under the 39 barrier, which would be a first for any local highschool. On the girls side, Jacque Taylor opened up with two impressive performances, winning the 1,600m in 5:01.83 and coming back in the 800m in 2:21.53, to lead a Casa Grande 1-2-3 sweep. Nice. Today workout Monday 3/8/2010
Today workout Sunday 3/7/2010
Today workout Saturday 3/6/2010
March 5th, 2010 Welcome home, Tomorrow I get inducted into the Santa Rosa JC Hall of Fame! It’s a pretty cool honor. It will be my second hall of fame, first being Petaluma HS. So, no, it’s two down, and one to go! I hope to someday get inducted into the Cal Poly hall of fame. Tomorrow is a big day for the highschoolers, as the Big Cat meet at Santa Rosa HS kicks off the high school track season. If you get a chance, come on out and watch the kids run. There should be some really good performances. Taylor, from Santa Rosa, says he's gonna kick down Hauptman from Maria Carrillo. (Course this is all in good fun.) The race is on. May the faster runner win. Today workout Friday 3/5/2010
March 3rd, 2010 Welcome back, Monster workouts! Some might say, no, some did say, I thought you were cutting back on the intensity?! Are you crazy?! (Ed. Note: it was You ARE crazy!) In the morning (6:30), I went out with my buddy Carlos for a 20 minute tempo run on the Montgomery track. The plan was to run 6 minute mile pace for those 20 minutes. Carlos kept saying that we had to get 13.5 laps in. Im thinking whatever. We hit the three mile mark in 17:46, and continued on to complete 13.5 laps. And 4 steps. We both felt pretty good about the workout, and proud of what two old farts just accomplished. Me being the older of the two old farts. While driving home after the workout, my other buddies, Alex and Gerald, who, during my morning run, was asleep, was going to do a morning (10am) workout on Channel Drive. I thought, ooh! I could get another workout in! And not have to run later in the afternoon! By the rains, smart call. They were doing 4 times > mile with a > mile active recovery (about 6 minutes). So I thought that I could do part of the workout with him, getting in some quicker turnover. I figured if I could just do parts of the > miles, at their projected paces (3:30, or 70s), then I would get a pretty good second workout in. I did. Alex hit all his > miles in 3:30 or better (not much better), and I did = mile at 2:20, < mile at 70, and = mile at 2:21. Felt pretty good about it. Consistent. As Im writing this, if you remember earlier in the week, I said my legs hurt and are tired. Now they really hurt and are really tired! Today workout Wednesday 3/3/2010
Today workout Tuesday 3/2/2010
March 1st, 2010 Welcome back, Im fried! Like an egg. Sunny side up. After two months of 60+ miles per week, and some intense workouts, and even a race, this old body and tired legs needs a down week. My plan (I dont always follow my own plans though) is to take a week of less intensity and lower miles. With that said, I did get in 9.4 miles today (pace for 65.8 miles for the week). But! The intensity was quite low. Today workout Monday 3/1/2010
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