January 6th, Friday

Back to running pickups …..

There’s something women like about a pickup man!

On this chilly, January afternoon I headed to the cinder track with the goal of running four safe miles. Well padded, I started slowly, stopped for some warm up leg drills, a few lunges and stretches.  I inserted  70 to 100 stride pickups on each straightaway of the half-mile track, 11 in all over the 4 miles.  My legs feel better on each lap and I was experiencing no aerobic difficulty. I stopped only out of an abundance of caution even though I felt that I could have gone much further. So far the cold weather has not presented any difficulty. I am happy to be feeling comfortable running pickups again because I think that is one of the keys  to achieving maximum fitness.  I am glad I got this workout in before tomorrow’s predicted snowfall. Now iceing, rolling and drinking chocolate milk.

Stats –

I-Mad =1

Sleep = 7 hours

Weight = #154

a.m.HR = 54BPM

Workout = 4 miles, 11 pickups,  60 minutes ?