April 30th,  Sunday

Covered 4 miles in 43:00 tonight on the sidewalk of the  neighborhood.   Last mile was at 9: 57.?  Foot feels good.?

1500m race in Birmingham is six weeks today.??

May 1st,  Monday

I headed for the Cinders today with the intention of running 3 miles at 10:00 or better with a short break in between each.  It had only been about 15 hours since I ran last night’s 4 miler.  To warm up I did a set of dynamic exercises, jogged a mile and ran 4 x 50 stride pick-ups.  I started out optimistically on the first mile at what seemed like a 10:00 pace maybe slightly quicker. About 200m into it my right hamstring gave me a jolt that forced me to stop. I was shocked by the entire event and had to suspend the workout. I went home and iced my hamstring and took the first of the anti-inflammatory pills that I got from the doctor at Rothman Clinic. I had been deciding whether to begin taking these anti-inflammatory pills or not : but now that I had two issues to deal with, I decided I guess I have to do it.  I will have to baby my hamstring for a little longer and just work on strength.  It’s becoming apparent that my body needs more recovery time than I have been giveing it lately.

 Maybe I need to concentrate more on becoming a fit runner then on becoming a Monsta!

As Carl Patrini reminded me, “Discretion is the better part of valor.”

STATS –

I-MAD = 0

I-MID  = 1.5

WEIGHT = #152

SLEEP = 8.5 hours

Workout = Aborted miles☹