Two weeks ago, when Robert and Kristen were here for Easter, I mentioned that I was planning to run a race this July in the Pan/American Masters games in Cleveland, Ohio. I explained that the race was exactly 100 days away and that I was creating a 100 day training plan to prepare for the race. They became quite excited and animated. They insisted that I create, in fact they created for me, an Instagram account to publish my daily workouts for the hundred day countdown. So, I learned how to do Instagram stuff and have been posting and telling my story for two weeks. We are now down to day 85. Therefore, I have not been posting here as +70 Runner but have been Instagraming daily as +80 Runner. 😊

Cycle one of the plan involves 20 days of base building. I have concluded that, if I want to achieve my goal to run an 800m close to 3:00, I will have to have a stronger base so I can do more strenuous workouts in the final stage of the hundred day plan. So far that has gone quite well. My legs are definitely tired from the increased workload. I have not taken off a single day. I even ran a comfortable 5K race in 30:19 last Sunday with no pre-race taper.

Anyone who chooses can keep up with my countdown training on Instagram under my new tag name. +80 Runner

Stats –

-leg muscles and feet are somewhat shaky and sore every morning, but there are no injuries🙏

-weight is a steady 144 pounds‼️

– resting heart rate remains constant in the low 50s❤️

- diet is healthy except for beer and ice cream, but I run to maintain some vices 🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️