April 13th,  Wednesday,     about 7 p.m.

50 degrees and quite windy today under a bright Sun

Today I stopped by the Liberty High School track. The Liberty boys distance team was scheduled for a 35 minute recovery run after yesterday’s dual meet with Pinelands. They graciously allowed me to join them on their run.  I managed to keep up with them and have a pleasant conversation for about a mile-and-a-half before it became clear to me that this was a pace I could not sustain today.   I turned around and headed back to school and waited for them to return.     I am honored to learn that a few of them take the time to read my blog on a pretty regular basis. That amounted to about two and a half miles.

Back on the track I decided to run some 100 yd straights on the grass.   I haven’t done that kind of work for a few weeks.  I ran 10 x 100 yds going off every 60 seconds.  That was more difficult than I had expected.   I was pretty winded. There was a stiff wind in one direction.   Into the wind I ran about 31 seconds for a 100 yards,  with the wind at my back I ran about 26 seconds.  None of that sounds very fast to me.  I reconnected with the boys and caught up to date on their progress and my recent activities.  It is always pleasant  to spend a few minutes with those guys.

After 11 miles in the last 2 days, today was a bit of a test.   I’m not sure if my body passed?  I will know tomorrow. ……….

STATS-

a.m. HR   – 55BPM

I-MAD  – 3

WEIGHT –  154

SLEEP-  10.5 Hrs

Workout –  3 miles &  10 × 100yds

Have to stay focused.    “NO BACKSLIDING,  LUKE”