I am trying to balance upgrading my training and staying healthy. I am working on a training program that I developed for some of my athletes in high school who complained about sore legs frequently. The program involves two days of training with one day of recovery following . I told these athletes that they couldn’t complain about your legs because they either just came off a day of rest or we’re going to have a day of rest tomorrow. It worked pretty well for some young men. So, I did one series on last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Than began another on Sunday. But by Monday my legs were dangerously sore. So I swam and ran in the pool for about40 minutes instead of running at the track.. Today is a scheduled recovery and the rest of the walk will be moderate in preparation for Saturday’s 800m trial.

On Saturday I am running a leg on a 4 x 800 m relay at the New Jersey international track meet at Monmouth University. I’m also considering running a competitive individual mile later in the day. Both of these will serve as a time trial to see what is the status of my conditioning in preparation for the senior nationals on July 13 and 14th.