CWS.

Well, my first College World Series was awesome. I was able to hang out with my dad and nephew for four full days of baseball, baseball and more baseball. It was almost too much baseball: we didn't eat out once (just ballpark food) and saw nothing but Rosenblatt stadium - I suppose that's why they want to move it to downtown Omaha. We stayed across the river in Council Bluffs Iowa at a Holiday Inn. Unfortunately, we never figured out how to get to the trail along the river, so I had to do my runs in a brutally hot gym on the treadmill. I was also stuck in flood-ravaged Iowa Saturday morning, so I missed my interval run. In all, I did 4.5 Sunday, 3.5 Monday and 3.0 miles on Tuesday. Of course, I can't feel sorry for myself after seeing first hand the devistation in Iowa. Cedar Rapids was completely underwater and the 'surge' is slowly moving south - wiping out towns along the way. Having said that, the detour route through Iowa proved to be many miles of beautiful country side - I surprisingly loved Iowa. On the flip side, I'm big time pissed at Southwest Airlines. I never felt completely stranded by an airline before, but that's basically they're plan for us (many of us) stuck at Midway last Friday. SWA - fu!

Three runs and off to Omaha

I managed three runs in the last three days. Tuesday's involved sweltering heat and I couldn't get out until 3:00 PM. It was miserable, but I managed about 6 miles at a relaxed pace. I felt pretty overheated the rest of the day and crashed that night - but felt fine the next day. Yesterday I went out for a quick 3 miles down to Easter Point beach. I had heard that the water was warm the day before, but it felt pretty cold - not ready yet. Today I did 4.5 miles including a 2 mile 'time trial'. I think I ran 2.1 miles in about 14 minutes - but it felt hard. I don't think I can hold that pace for the 3.5 miles I'll need next Thursday.

Tomorrow I'm off to Omaha for the CWS. Neither the Sun Devils or Wildcats made it - so I'll just have to chill and enjoy the experience.