October 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th
Couple of things happened over the last few days that I want to share with myself in this journal and with my readers. First I came to the realization that the blogging that I have been doing, sometimes bloviating, is helpful to me in that it keeps me focused on my training. It also helps me to evaluate training by forcing me to formulate thoughts and express them. And, of course, it feeds my ego when friends and former athletes comment on my thoughts and accomplishments. But one thing that the blog format does not provide is an opportunity to see the big picture at a glance. So I decided to return to my old practice of recording my workout on a large desk calendar. A training calendar with smiley faces to indicate progress with something I had recommended to Runners at my presentation this summer at the Push Your Pace camp. I had to purchase a 2019 calendar and recalibrate the months of September, October, November and December in order to accomplish this. But that is beside the point. (Picture below)
Second, while looking at my new calendar after the first 10 days of the month, I saw red smiling faces on seven of those 10 days. After not running for months with any consistency, that seemed a little overdone. So, I opted for a recovery period on the 11th and the 12th and the 13th to avoid a return of injury. On these days I walked quite a bit and did some lite running at Ocean County Park during a triangular meet. On Sunday the 14th I went back to work. That’s my story of the last 4 days.
October 15th, Sunday
a.m. – 30 minutes …… 15 bike, 15 run
p.m. – 45 minutes in exercise room. 25 on treadmill, 25 weights and drills