January 31st, Wednesday

Endless beach……

This morning I was inspired by a post by my friend James Willis, who posts under the name Running on Old Legs.  James is an ultra Mountain Runner who is a remarkable athlete. This morning as I was waking up I read his post which detailed a 29.3 km run with his friends. He is a beast. So I got out of bed and determined to complete my longest run to date. I had already decided that I would run at least three miles today on the beach. That was my goal.  I dressed for the 55 degree, sunny, blue sky weather. I did remember to put on my sunscreen. The beach and surf were glorious today. I have posted above a picture that I took with my ancient telephone. The other thing that I took note of today was that I did not see in the entire length of my run a single iota of trash or litter anywhere. This beach is at most places 50m wide, but I could not spot one item along the way. In fact at one point I accidentally dropped the kleenex that I was using to blowing my nose . I panicked and chased the wind-blown kleenex for at least 200M trying to recover it; all the time fearing that I was going to become the first human to desecrate this pristine expanse of nature. I did catch it.😂

Duly inspired by both James and the wonders of nature I managed to run 5 miles in 62 minutes. I actually ran the first 4 miles in 46:30 with 10 x pickups of 50m to 100m.  (AVERAGE – 11:33)  My right calf muscle began to slightly cramp as the 4th mile ended.  So, out of an abundance of caution, I  walked for a while before slowly jogging the final mile in 16:00 . Both time and distance were the longest in many months.  Fortunately, my feet continue to thrive with the new training plan; run, bike, swim.

Stats –

I-Mad and I-Mid = 1

a.m.HR = 54BPM

Sleep = 9 hours

Weight = #154

WORKOUT = 4 miles + 10 × 50m to 100m pickups (46:30) + 1 mile  cool down  total. 62