Happy Fourth of July!

Published by EvanJager.com on July 4, 2015

Happy Fourth of July!!! I want to thank everyone for all the support I have gotten over the past few weeks after my races at the Portland Track Festival and U.S. Championships. Running well and winning races obviously gives me a ton of joy but it makes me so happy to see I have support from so many different people, close and far. I might not have responded to everyone but I am truly thankful for everyone’s support, so THANK YOU!

This year of training has been going so well. The guys and myself have just been steadily putting in solid workouts, keeping everything under control, without hitting anything out of the park pretty much all year. I knew I was fit going into our altitude camp in Park City and always come out of altitude fitter than I was going in, so I knew I was ready for some big results, but even I surprised myself with my performance at the PTF and that is really saying something. I have tons of confidence in myself and thought that I was capable of running in the 3:32-3:33 range at some point this year, but to do it at Lewis & Clark University, at a low-key meet that night, surprised the hell out of me. I can’t remember the last time I shocked myself with one of my own performances. I actually don’t know if I have ever shocked myself with something I’ve done, which is why this performance was so special to me.