It has been 17 days since my last post and that reality distresses me.\u00a0 I will not try to analyze the reason right now.\u00a0 But I am trying to figure out why I pass up so many days posting lately.\u00a0 \u00a0I do write a few words on my calendar each day. So, I know pretty much what I’ve been doing over the last 17 days. I guess the general feeling I have is that it’s not that interesting or that important or that meanful.\u00a0 So, again I return to my original statement of purpose for writing this blog back in 2016.\u00a0 \u00a0 It is simply a log of my training.\u00a0 The fact that some of my friends read it and find it interesting makes me occasionally believe that it is some kind of literary piece.\u00a0 I do try to wax elegant at times.<\/p>\n
The 1st 17 days of October have been a bit stressful.\u00a0 My left ring finger was fractured\u00a0 on the second when Gracie pulled very hard on the leash as my hand was tangled.\u00a0 A similar incident occurred about a year ago with the same finger. It was quite painful. Workouts from the 2nd to the 7th were just about non existent.\u00a0 As a\u00a0 result I had light legs and\u00a0 ran and a pretty good race on October 8, at Wolf Hill Park. (28:10)\u00a0 \u00a0The week of October 9-15 was a completely different story. I worked\u00a0 in the pool on Sunday and did some weights.\u00a0 I did a workout\u00a0 on the cinders of 4 progressive 800 meter intervals on Monday. I did 30 minutes of fartlek on the cinders\u00a0 on Tuesday. On Wednesday I had a medical procedure scheduled\u00a0 for my face, no workout. Thursday was 45 minutes on the machines in the exercise room. Friday I ran around Ocean County Park chasing the Jackson Liberty cross country team who were racing in the Ocean County Championship.\u00a0 On Saturday I ran Race #3 of the Fall Cross Country Series at Holmdel Park.\u00a0 My time of 31:03 was a disappointment.\u00a0 I credit that performance to a week of pretty arduous training following the week of almost no training at all leadiing up to the race.\u00a0 My legs have been quite sore since the event at Holmdel.\u00a0 I did push through a tough 1st mile and finished very strong and confident even though the time was not what I hoped.\u00a0 On Sunday I took a long walk with Arlene.\u00a0 Today I ran 3 miles on the roads around my neighborhood in 37:55, legs still heavy.<\/p>\n
I am\u00a0 content with the realization that I have completed three of the six 5K races scheduled in the Fall Cross Country Series and my body is holding up without injury.\u00a0 Forward\u00a0 with positive training, better races and more consistent blogging .<\/p>\n
Weight – 144lb<\/p>\n
Diet – 9<\/p>\n
Sleep – 8\/10 hours<\/p>\n
HR – 54bpm<\/p>\n
Legs and feet are not complaining!<\/p>\n
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October\u00a0 17,\u00a0 Monday It has been 17 days since my last post and that reality distresses me.\u00a0 I will not try to analyze the reason right now.\u00a0 But I am trying to figure out why I pass up so many days posting lately.\u00a0 \u00a0I do write a few words on my calendar each day. So, … Continue reading Fall cross country series continued<\/span>