Renewed Purpose

by Antonio Vega on September 12, 2012

About a month ago, I moved back to the Twin Cities from Des Moines to rejoin Team USA Minnesota. It’s great to be back and training in my hometown again. For the first time in many months, I can report that my training has been going well. I’m in surprisingly good shape and have a renewed sense of purpose with my running. My enthusiasm for training has returned and I find myself looking forward to every practice to see how hard I can push myself and what new goals I can accomplish. It’s a great feeling to have again.The other big change in my life is I have taken a ...

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Mizuno Racing Team Member Patrick Rizzo Joins the Cast of Mizuno Running Bloggers

by Patrick Rizzo on September 6, 2012

Some of you have probably noticed that I haven't written a blog in a while...okay, a LONG while! Well after much hassling from friends and family, I am back at the keyboard! What do I have to lose? I've already joined Twitter this month after saying I would never do that! (By the way, if you aren't already, follow me using @runPRizzo)

So much has happened since the last time I blogged. I've gotten a few new PRs to my name, I've worn my first USA jersey in the Pan-Am games, and I've joined up with a new training group, Hudson Training Systems. The past year has...

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Serena Burla 4th and Christo Landry 7th At US National 20K Championships

by Ron Wayne on September 5, 2012

September 3, New Haven Connecticut.   Mizuno Racing Teammates, Serena Burla and Christo Landry are both in a build up training phase for upcoming fall marathons.  Both have been putting in record mileage and were concerned about their ability to race on tired legs.  This year, the depth of the men's and women's fields was the best ever for the 35th edition of the US National 20K Championships.  Serena ran in the lead pack of 5 runners for about half the race and finished 4th in a time of 1:08.45.  Running a personal best time of 1:00.04 (4:50 per mile),...

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Tyler McCandless Is Repeat Winner At Kauai Marathon Misses Own Course Record By 23 Seconds

by Ron Wayne on September 4, 2012

September 2, Kauai, Hawaii,  Tyler McCandless battled the heat, the rain, and 2,000 competitors to win the Kauai Marathon. Tyler's time of 2:23.51 was 32 seconds slower than last year's time where he set the course record earning a time bonus.  If Tyler had broken his course record,  he would have earned an additional $15,000 bonus.  After his win, McCandless said,, "Last year I came to the Garden Isle of Kauai with a goal of winning the race.  I ended the day with a win and a course record.   Today, I ran as best I could and came up just off ...

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Heidi Westover Taking One Year Teaching Sabbatical To Focus On Training

by Ron Wayne on August 31, 2012

As a full time school teacher, Heidi Westover was known for running up to 200 mile weeks, with a high percentage of those miles on the treadmill.  Sometimes she would run 20 miles on the treadmill before school with an afternoon workout to follow.  After the US Olympic Marathon Trials, in January (15th place, 2:35.45), Heidi decided to change coaches.   Her new coach, Brad Hudson, who has produced many championship athletes, has her running substantially less miles, but better quality miles.   Heidi, who lives in Walpole, New Hampshire, spent this summer traini...

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