June 18th,  Tuesday

3.5 miles very deliberately.  First 800m was walk, stretch,  jog and fitness  course.  I set out to run 2 miles and misjudged the turn around point, so it turned into three and a half total. If I run with an extremely short stride my Achilles tendon is quiet.  It took a full 15 minutes of movement to reach a non-pain state.  I think I’m going to be very sore tomorrow. Thursday is doctor appointment.

Stats – Stable

July 17th,  Monday

“Stand me up at the gates of hell”……

Ran for 38 pleasant minutes for the first time at Turkey Swamp Park today.  This was an act of defiance and maybe stupidity. I made the appointment this morning with Dr Faith Schick from Rothman Institute.  And then I decided that, if I’m going to be telling her of my injuries on Thursday, I may as well be presenting my feet with the most serious and obvious injury so it can be properly diagnosed. So, I decided I would do what I love to do with my feet and run for three days through the discomfort so that on Thursday morning the effects of running will be obvious. I will probably set back my recovery for a few weeks as a result. But, what the hell?  Both feet are aching as a result of the run.  (PF in left foot,  AT in right)  So, here I am nursing two sore feet but planning to run again tomorrow anyhow.  Being old and retired is really great.!

 The good news is that after almost 5 weeks of sporadic training I still weigh 150 lb.  My log shows that in four weeks I have done only 14 workouts and only four of those have been running. The first week was planned rest after my 3 races at Nationals.  The good thing about logs is that they make it impossible to  lie to yourself.  That is why every serious course country runner should keep an extensive, detailed log especially for the summer.  Don’t deceive yourself!  State championships are won in the “dog days of summer.”

Stats –

I-Mad and I-Mid  @ 5/6

Weight = 150lbs?

Sleep = 8 hours average

a.m. HR -54BPM

Workout – 38 minutes  run