Adidas and Nike Raffle

I acquired some adidas apparel and one pair of shoes that I have decided to raffle off as part of my fundraiser for my altitude tent. They are all brand new, fresh from the adidas headquarters here in Toronto.

I will be closing the bids on Sunday, October 20th at 11:59pm.

Unfortunately, I only have one women's item; sorry ladies!

I will list the items below with a number. If you wish to bid on an item, leave a comment below with the item number and your bid. I will keep a list on my homepage, and at the top of this post for the top bid on each item is.

Start bids as low as you want, any little bit helps! However, making things interesting, I have received a $350 bid for all the items. If the individual bids don't surpass $350, or any other bid for all the items, that person wins everything!

Item #1 - $50           Item #2 - No Bid     Item #3 - $30
Item #4 - $20           Item #5 - $20           Item #6 - $40
Item #7 - $20           Item #8 - $30           Item #9 - $35
Item #10 - $50         Item #11 - $60

Bid to get all items - $350

TWO NEW NIKE ITEMS!

Item #10 - Nike Zoom Matumbo, Men's size 9.5

Item #11 - Nike Zoom Streak, Men's 9.5

Women's Item #1 - adidas Response 3-Stripes 3/4 Tight, Women's Medium
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Item #2 - adidas Energy Boost, Men's Size 9 (Fit's like 8.5)
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Item #3 - adidas SMT Jacket, Men's Medium
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Item #4 - adidas TechFit T-shirt, Men's Medium

So new there isn't even a webpage!

Item #5 - adidas Supernova T-Shirt, Men's Medium

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Item #6 - adidas Supernova Half Tight, Men's Medium

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Item #7 - adidas Supernova 5" Short, Men's Medium

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Item #8 - adidas Supernova Singlet, Men's Medium

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Item #9 - adidas Adizero Singlet, Men's Medium (My personal favourite)

So new it doesn't have a webpage

OXY USATF High Performance Distance Classic

My time in California is coming to a close. I have spent the last 5 weeks training and racing here in California. It has truly been amazing. I have met some incredible people and made connections I hope will last for a long time to come. I have said it many times on this trip, I have felt more at home in my 5 weeks here than I have in my time in Toronto. I am sad to see this trip come to an end.

However, I am really excited for what the end brings. The OXY high performance meet at Occidental College in L.A. This meet is absolutely insane. With my 3:40.15 seed time, I am 38th of 49 entries. The slowest seed is 3:42.87 and fastest at 3:30.90. There is no other word other than insane.

Since my race at Payton Jordan, I have been tapping into a little more speed to be able to close out that last 300m. I have had 5 solid sessions between Payton and OXY. I am a lot more confident going into this race now that I have a few checkpoints and know where I am at.

As always, my goal is to beat as many people as I can and toe the line ready to compete and willing to hurt.

I'll be sure to give an update after the race.

As many of you know I am fundraising to purchase an altitude tent. Please check out my homepage for more information. 

Hypoxico Altitude Tent

I have been looking into purchasing an altitude tent for the last 6 months or so. My good friend, Rejean Chiasson recently offered to sell his altitude system to me.

Out of curiosity I called Hypoxico Altitude Training Systems to see what a new unit would cost. I was connected with a very helpful guy named Matt Formato. He provided me with tons of very useful information about their systems, as well is other information in regards to training and other useful contacts.

The benefits of altitude training have been debated. From my personal experience with going to altitude in Flagstaff for the last 5 years, I can honestly say that I see a huge benefit in my training and racing. Living in Toronto with an altitude system is the ideal. You want to live high and train low. So spending as much time in my altitude system at 9000ft, while at home, and being able to walk out my door to 250ft, is almost as good as it gets!

Matt and the people at Hypoxico have been incredibly generous in offering to make the system more affordable. With their offer I would be able to get a brand-new system, with a warranty, and many additional accessories that would greatly help in my altitude training. For nearly the same price as their least expensive package; I would be able to get nearly every accessory as well as the largest cubicle instead of their smallest tent.

With the generous offer from Hypoxico, the total price would be nearly $4000. As most of you know, that's a little out of my price-range. I am writing this blog to reach out to all and ask for your support. Donations of any denomination will go a long way.

I will only be asking for donation confirmations until I reach a confirmed amount of $3000. After that point, I will contact all confirmed donors with options to either mail a cheque or transfer the donation either via paypal or interact e-transfer.

Donors will have the choice to remain anonymous or not. I will be making constant updates on my blog, twitter and facebook.

-Donations over $20 will receive a handwritten post-card from my travels, and their business logo on my "Sponsor" page. (Will be made shortly.)

-Donations over $50 will receive the previous, plus a Peter's Progress technical t-shirt!

Confirm donations by e-mailing me at peter@runpetercorrigan.com, messaging me on facebook, or DM on twitter.

Need for Speed

Last night was my 1500m season opener. All things considered, it went well. I pretty much ran even 60sec laps from start to finish. I felt solid and in control though 1200m, then I just didn't have any speed to close. That is exactly what I was expecting. I'm coming off a big base season and have only ran 1500m pace once before heading into this race.

I'm pretty excited that I can go out and run even 60s without any speed what-so-ever. It will be interesting to see what I can do once I teach my legs to go fast again.

Kate and I have extended our stay here in Santa Cruz, California. We will now be staying until May 18th so that we can head back to L.A. and race at the OXY HP meet at Occidental College on May 17th. Historically, this is an amazing event. Last year 3 sections went 3:35 or faster.

Time to put some speed in these legs!

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Looking Forward

Leading into this race I had only hit the track about 3 times all within 2 weeks of the race. Leading up to that point I had still been doing long strength workouts on the roads.

You know what, I started writing that paragraph to explain the last bit leading into the race, but I feel like I'm just making excuses. I'm neither ecstatic nor disappointed with last night's 5000m season opener. I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow I ended up in the fast section of the 5000m at The Mt. SAC Relays, and fast it was! Will Leer ended up winning the race in a world leading time of 13:21.55. In retrospect I kind of wish I had of contacted to meet director to put me into the heat below. That race was won in 13:41.90. I think I would have been up nearer the front of the pack actually racing, which I thrive off of more, rather than hanging on the tail end of the pack. In any case, I ran what I ran, I ran tough and hung on to a reasonably hot pace for 3000m. At that point I fell off the pack and the pace a little but and finished the race in 14:06.90, a 15 second PB. For that, I can't complain.

I've learned what I need to learn from the race, and now it's gone. I'm looking forward to next week where I'll be running my 1500m season opener and Payton Jordan in Stanford.

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Thankful

Tomorrow is the start to my outdoor track season. I’ll be racing in the fast section of the 5000m at the Mt. SAC Relays. I’ve done more miles and strength than I ever have and know that my body is ready to run fast. I just have to make sure my mind is on the same level and push through when it tells me to stop.

I’m extremely motivated for this race. The events in Boston were a number of different adjectives: silly, tragic, mindless, to name a few. For me, however, it has really opened my eyes. Along with the tragic stories came so many more of heroism, braveness, and example of how wonderful humans really can be. It made me realise how truly lucky I am. I have an amazing group of people supporting me, my very own integrated support team. From my parents, to my coaches, my sponsors at The Running Room, my friends, and my therapists, they are all behind me every step of the way and it’s comforting to know that. Of course, my extraordinary partner, Kate is a big part of that as well. She and I have both been so lucky to meet many people over the last while who are incredibly generous.

I could go on and on, but my message is this. I’ve worked hard over the last year to make my life and the people who surround me, positive. I think I have done a pretty successful job at this. Thank-you to each and every person that has been a positive influence in my life.

My race is tomorrow evening at 9:10pm PST. It should be a really exciting race. Mt. SAC has a live stream on their website, http://www.mtsacrelays.com/. Kate is racing in the fast section of the 5000m as well, she goes at 7:40pm PST.

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Came off Wrong.

It has come to my attention that my last blog may have come off with the wrong message.

I did not want to it to come off sounding as though I feel everyone is out to get me and looking for sympathy. I wanted to state a few hardships I have faced, and express how excited I am to have worked hard to get through some of them and start this new chapter and new and exciting opportunities within my community in Toronto and across Canada.

I wrote and posted that blog in less than an afternoon. I should have spent more time reading and editing it to make sure the point I wanted to make was the one I was expressing.

I left Florida on Saturday to come here to Mexico. I am incredibly lucky enough to be involved in a truly amazing project here. From the moment I landed, the inspiration I was feeling in Florida has increased an unmeasurable amount, peaking yesterday afternoon. We are building a cabin at 11,000ft, and between aout 10 off us, we erected an 18ft, 800+lbs log with nothing but human power. It seems like such a simple thing, but it was truly amazing, words can not express the feeling.

As I said, all the inspiration to be creative I was feeling in Florida doesn't even make a blip on the map compared to what I am feeling now. I am here in Mexico until Friday. I am both dreading and very much looking forward to the day. I want to stay here with the amazing people and continue to help in the process, but I am extremely excited to get back to Toronto and start my own process there.