February 8th, Friday

Two great quotes when seen together:  (I am loving this book.)

Percy Cerutty,  “Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it.”

Jim  Ryan, (My hero)  ” I ran to get a letter jacket, a girlfriend.”

Today I wanted to see if I could run a 10 minute mile or better on the beach. After I thought about it for a while I decided to just try for half a mile. I did about a 15 minute warm up that included 8 pick-ups from 25 to 50 strides. I was looking for a 5-minute half what started out running way too fast. I was very comfortable at 7:30  to 8:00 and completed the 800 meters in 4:25 after backing off considerably. At that point two simultaneous things were  happening. I was thinking of pushing the trial on to the mile distance, but my right quadricep muscle was starting to hurt. I did push on pretty strong to the 1200m mark, but stopped out of an abundance of caution. I was experiencing no aerobic stress at all. That was a very good sign. I walked and jogged a half-mile back and then began trying a few more pickups.  I think it is possible that, had I warmed up for 10 more minutes before the trial, I may have not experienced the quadriceps pain at all.

I am not unhappy with the results of this effort today.

I want a letter jacket!

Stats-

Weight = #153.5

Sleep  = 9 hours

Diet = 7/8

Morning heart rate consisted of 54 beats per minute

Morning indexes good after 2 out of three days of rest.

I am adding two new indexes so that I become more aware of my behavior. The first is for daily stretching (DS) which will be rated as Good, Fair, Poor or Absent. The other will be a measure of my daily behavior concerning body weight exercises (BWE) for upper body and arms and core based on the same ratings.

Today – Stretching = P .    PWE  =  A