August 25th, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.

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August 26th, Friday, 9:00p.m

Kind of in a conundrum right now.  Not sure what’s going on with my body.  I have been having lots of aches throughout my shoulders and back.  My calves are feeling a little sketchy.  And my quadriceps are just totally sore. They are sore to movement, sore to the touch, and especially tender on the outside along the side of my leg.  This is something I’ve never experienced.  So, I have these two races coming up in the next couple of weeks.  One is on Sunday at Hillsborough. That is a 5k which is just out of respect for Jason and his family, but I would like to have a reasonable performance.  The second is two weeks later at which I would like to qualify for the senior Nationals.  And why do I want to qualify for the senior Nationals?  To my mind it gives me a goal to train for in the next 9 months and a reason to take a road trip to Alabama in June.  So I have to get through this 5K on Sunday and then be sure I  am fit and uninjured to run the New Jersey Senior Games in two weeks.  In this quest, and out of an abundance of caution, I have decided to simply rest for 3 days prior to Sunday’s 5K.  I am not very happy with the idea of taking 3 days off, but the unusual soreness and my quadriceps has led me to this decision.  I have been heating and massaging quadriceps for the last 2 days and the soreness is decreasing but still present. I have tomorrow to continue to deal I guess.  Then we will see what happens on Sunday and make plans going forward.

Stats –

I-Mad – 0 ?

A.m.HR – 54BPM ☺

Sleep –  7.5 hours?

Weight – 153# ?

Workout –  00000000000000 for 2 days!!!!!!!?