I took a shot at the Big Bang Mile on Saturday to get a reading on my aerobic fitness level. And it verified what I was quite sure was true, and that is that my aerobic fitness level has declined significantly in the last year. Mile time was 9:29.! Admittedly my legs were quite heavy throughout, and I was struggling just to get to the finish line. There may have been other reasons for that.  But, clearly, I have a long way to go to get back to where I was a year ago. I have renewed my commitment to do everything I can to accomplish that.

So, the training goal for the next few months has to be solely aerobic development. There can be no improvement in any race times until I become more aerobically fit.