??  “Time keeps slipping, slipping, slipping into the future.”   Steve Miller Band,   Fly like  an Eagle

July 19th, Tuesday,  Midnight

It is amazing to me how the time truly does slip away.  I just returned home from the first Liberty High School cross-country practice.  I got a call from my friend Rich Refi, and in the course of our conversation he reprimanded me for not posting for the last 3 days.  I said,  That’s impossible,  I’ve never let 3 days pass without posting.”   Well he said, ” I’m looking at your blog right now and you haven’t posted since the 16th and today is the 19th and its already 11:15 at night.”   I couldn’t believe it.  So I went back and checked: he is correct. This would have been the third day in a row that I did not post. Now, I know to the casual reader of this blog missing a day or two is meaningless.  But to me it is important that I am consistent.  And apparently it is to Rich also,  for which I am thankful.  The astonishing thing to me is how quickly it can get away.  When I started writing this blog I stated that it was essentially for me to keep track of my training as a log.  I felt it was very important for  me that I had a record of what I was doing to get back into shape, and that maybe some + 70 Runners would be interested in my progress.  This has turned out to be most consistent, most detailed and in many ways the best log that I have ever kept.  So I don’t want that to slip away.  The experience of this blog, allowing me to reconnect with old friends, former runners and new friends,  is one of the most exciting things I’ve done since my retirement from teaching.   It has kept my training on track and honest while allowing me to share my experiences with anyone willing to read.  I look forward to both each day.  So for the faithful readers here is the catch up.

After my very exciting run on Saturday I decided to take a day off to recover.  That was definitely the hardest run I had done in 2 months.  Since I had done nothing, I felt embarrassed to write anything, I thought it would be boring.  That was Sunday.  On Monday I did a rather banal run on the cinders down at the half mile Horse Track. I ran 3 miles in the course of which I added 8 x pickups of 100 strides. These pickups were not very fast, but they got better as time went on. I think the last three or four were good form and with some quickness.  Again, not very exciting.  I guess I will just have to remember that sometimes I’m writing and posting just for me. This is a case of heading my own sermons to the athletes that I coach . I hope some of them are reading this.   Anyhow, today I spent an hour and 15 minutes in the weight room doing core work and upper body work and stretching. Then tonight at Cross Country practice I ran another 20 minutes. Once again it took a while for my legs to feel loose and comfortable, but I did get in a mile and a half.  So that’s the catch up.  I think I’m getting a  stronger.

Once again I would like to thank everyone who reads and anyone who has a comment. I always enjoy.

Happy summer training!  Don’t let it slip away.

Stats-

I-Mad – 0

a.m.HR – 54BPM

Weight – 152#

Sleep – 9 hours

Workout  today  – 75 minutes core & upper body + 20 minutes run

Previous day – 3 miles with 8 x 100 strides pickups on cinders

Previous day – Rest & stretch & core at home