MileStat.com is bringing back a popular feature from several years ago with weekly journal blogs from some of the state's top athletes. Hopefully, these journals will allow site visitors to get to know better some of the Virginia's best runners in what's going on with their running and life in general as they share a little bit about both. The last season that we posted athlete journals, the participating runners definitely grew a greater fan base and a few more cheers at meets from the site followers of their weekly blogs.

In his third entry, Derek Armstrong of Western Albemarle discusses his training leading up the Albemarle High School Invitational and reflections on the race itself.
Derek Armstrong Journal Entry #3 (10/12/10)
Hello and welcome back to the third installment of my weekly MileStat.com blog!
For this entry I will be discussing my training leading up the Albemarle High School Invitational and...