Blogs : Nate Jenkins

Training June 30 to July 6

Monday AM rd. 6 solo shakeout, 43:11, very tired tot. 6

               PM rd. 6 w/ ruben( who was doing 10) 43:59 shakeout, tot. 6

               XT Fig. 8 backwards running 3x2mins low leg stuff

Tuesday Noon 3+ w/up, 24:59, 400m in 79, strides, 3200m on track(9:42.2)  first 1600 in

                        5:02.1 then shift and ran 4:40.1, 3+ c/down 23:45,  tot. 9

               PM 55:16 mostly with gary, started w/ uml kids, at Maudsley in Newburyport.

                      Tot. 7+

Wednesday Travel to Atlanta took day off in hopes of getting legs under me for race, it

                     didn’t work

Thursday AM rd. 7+, 53:55 w/ Josh Moen, Kyle O’Brien, Luke Humphrey(I might be

                       misspelling that), and a local guy they knew who’s name I have forgotten,

                       most on the Peachtree course, then took MARTA back home tot. 7

Friday 4:30AM 10 min shakeout with Moen

            AM 18 min w/up 80 second effort strides drills ect.. race Peachtree 10k, very bad,

                    31:24, actually got beat by first master, Sean Wade, the mans a real good

                    master but there is no excuse for that. Splits 4:43, 9:28, 14:15, 19:22, 24:58,

                    30:10.  tough course particularly with the new hilly finish.  30^th place, again

                    just  awful.  I did beat Rodgers Rop though who is a big hero of mine. 13:56

                    c/down tot. 11

             PM rd. 53:39, hilly, tot. 8+

Saturday 8AM very hilly 10++, in 1:08:03(just went out 35 mins) tot. 10+

                 Travel to boston

               6PM rd. 6 solo shakeout in Lowell, 43:31 tot. 6

Sunday 1PM lake rd. 10, 1:07:50, stupid tired,

              XT 4x2 mins backward fig.8 running

Summary 81 miles for the week, 1 sub par workout, 1 ****ty race.  Something is not right and I really don’t know what it is but I did 80 miles this week and my body feels like I did 160.  Josh Moen is my new hero, this is the second straight race I’ve roomed with him and I’m telling you he rocks.  So he is in the Atlanta Airport tram and the doors don’t reopen if they close on you, they just force shut and there are like a million signs telling you this.  But this women decides to push it and sees the doors closing and leads with her stroller to get in and sure enough the doors close on her arms and instantly the doors are closed and the baby and stroller are on the tram and mom isn’t.  So Josh leaps to action giving the woman one of his huge smiles and a solid double thumbs up he takes possession of the child.  And she sprints for the next station, Josh keeps the kid entertained, gets off with his new found little one at the next stop and returns the tike to a very stressed out mom.  All in days work for the man from Iowa.  His reward for this kind act and his crazy friendliness was that he got into a conversation with a very loud and very racist women on the MARTA on his way to the hotel and thought he might get killed.  Again all in days work for Division 3’s greatest son. 

   But for real this kid is one of the US’s best road runners he will mix it up with anyone and is always in the race from the gun and very often in it at the end.

Quote of the week “Of course I’m going out in the lead pack that’s why I like running on the roads the only tactic is to run with the lead and go for the win”  Josh Moen (he may not have actually said this in so many words but its close enough)

confidence

12:07 AM, July 8, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

Nate,
First let me say i respect your running to the max. You're knowlege and what you put yourself through is incredible. I know i couldn't. With that being said, Injuries aside, I think it's nothing more than a confidence issue right now. I know you train alot on your own but i think you need to train some more with individuals equel or better than you. I think that would benefit you tremendously. Again I respect you and envy your running abilities and wish you nothing but great success. I'm nothing but a recreational runner having fun watching a local boy
compete at such a high level. I know you have high expectations with your training and racing but stop being so hard on your self. Give your self a pat on the back once and a while and go get em!!! Keep the faith.

real job

10:29 AM, July 9, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

get one

Letsrun quote

3:10 PM, July 9, 2008 .. Posted by DeDo

-Put this as your quote of the week next week.
Quoted from letsrun
"nate jenkins has the best blog out on the net, he answers a lot of training questions and is pretty knowledgeable, but don't post any negative comments."

Is that you DeDaDominator?

5:56 PM, July 9, 2008 .. Posted by nateruns

I would but its not true. I post negative **** all the time. In fact its taken all my self control not to tear into the two comments before yours this week. Thanks though.

Positive thoughts

9:24 PM, July 9, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

--quoted from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

To those who choose to post negative thoughts: time to start looking within to re-evaluate.

It seems redundant to tell Nate to keep the faith and chase his dream... because that is exactly what he is doing (although I am sure he appreciates the encouragement).

sunday run

2:56 AM, July 10, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

nate, me and a friend are both d1 collegiate runners that will be in boston for the weekend, we were wondering if you would like to meet up for a long run ( we have about 13, i know yours is probably way longer) somewhere in boston. do you have an email address that I could email you at? thanks!

Sunday

11:56 AM, July 10, 2008 .. Posted by nateruns

I'm racing the Utica Boilermaker this sunday so I'm out but there are two UML kids (rex and ruben) who meet in or around boston for there sunday long runs each weekend and they are solid ruben is an all american and rex has run 14:23 and to be honest they are both in much better shape then that. if you email me, nateruns@hotmail.com, I can get you in touch with them. They also have blogs on this site.

Untitled Comment

9:36 PM, July 10, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

Nate,
I read your posts frequently, and enjoy reading your thoughts on training. Seems like you are trying to get past your injuries, and continuing to train hard, and the results are not what you expect. Running is never a constant, and results are never either. Though, I admire your dedication to the sport, and hope you return shortly to the results you expect.

I will be running Utica this weekend as well. I am hoping to salvage what has been a frustrating season, since I added doubles to my routine, though my races are all slower than last year. Anyway, hope to see you after the race (at least the Saranac will be flowing).

Best regards,
Robert (Rob) W. Barker III

Race

1:47 AM, July 12, 2008 .. Posted by rubensanca

Good luck this weekend Nate. Last week you might not have run the way you wanted, but you got a valuable scalp to your collection. Rodgers Rop, one of the elite 5 to win Boston and New York and pr of 2:07 if im not mistaking.

job??

10:49 PM, July 13, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

getting on enow??