October  17,  Monday

It has been 17 days since my last post and that reality distresses me.  I will not try to analyze the reason right now.  But I am trying to figure out why I pass up so many days posting lately.   I do write a few words on my calendar each day. So, I know pretty much what I’ve been doing over the last 17 days. I guess the general feeling I have is that it’s not that interesting or that important or that meanful.  So, again I return to my original statement of purpose for writing this blog back in 2016.    It is simply a log of my training.  The fact that some of my friends read it and find it interesting makes me occasionally believe that it is some kind of literary piece.  I do try to wax elegant at times.

The 1st 17 days of October have been a bit stressful.  My left ring finger was fractured  on the second when Gracie pulled very hard on the leash as my hand was tangled.  A similar incident occurred about a year ago with the same finger. It was quite painful. Workouts from the 2nd to the 7th were just about non existent.  As a  result I had light legs and  ran and a pretty good race on October 8, at Wolf Hill Park. (28:10)   The week of October 9-15 was a completely different story. I worked  in the pool on Sunday and did some weights.  I did a workout  on the cinders of 4 progressive 800 meter intervals on Monday. I did 30 minutes of fartlek on the cinders  on Tuesday. On Wednesday I had a medical procedure scheduled  for my face, no workout. Thursday was 45 minutes on the machines in the exercise room. Friday I ran around Ocean County Park chasing the Jackson Liberty cross country team who were racing in the Ocean County Championship.  On Saturday I ran Race #3 of the Fall Cross Country Series at Holmdel Park.  My time of 31:03 was a disappointment.  I credit that performance to a week of pretty arduous training following the week of almost no training at all leadiing up to the race.  My legs have been quite sore since the event at Holmdel.  I did push through a tough 1st mile and finished very strong and confident even though the time was not what I hoped.  On Sunday I took a long walk with Arlene.  Today I ran 3 miles on the roads around my neighborhood in 37:55, legs still heavy.

I am  content with the realization that I have completed three of the six 5K races scheduled in the Fall Cross Country Series and my body is holding up without injury.  Forward  with positive training, better races and more consistent blogging .

Stats-

Weight – 144lb

Diet – 9

Sleep – 8/10 hours

HR – 54bpm

Legs and feet are not complaining!