crushing me

Thurs, 12/18/25-took off; back is crushing me; used the sauna.

Wed, 12/17/25-ran the 2M loop...16:40

Tues, 12/16/25-took off; back problems

my injured knee buckled and failed

Mon, 12/15/25- I jogged (.25M) to the fitness center, did .75 mile (at 9:00 pace), stretched briefly, tried to do another .75M (in 8:30/mile pace), but my injured knee buckled and failed. I hope it's nothing. I then walked back (.25M) to the house.

What an odd session today!

Sun, 12/14/25-

3" of snowfall. I made my way to the athletic center, where I jogged around the around-the-basketball-court track lanes. By my estimate, the outermost lane, the third, was about 125-130m a lap. After jogging for over 9 minutes, I stretched. I then decided I would play things by ear and see what the running on a wooden gym floor could do for me. I did 6x1 lap, going from 24 on my first to 20 on my 6th (24, 22, 22, 21, 21, 20). I then moved on to 4x2 laps. They were 45 sec, 45 sec, 45 sec, 44 sec. I then finished up with a few sprints across the gym, going from one corner to the lobby (had to prop the doors open for this effort!). I suspect it was about 50m, which I covered in the 8-second range for all attempts, except the final one where I ran 7.7 sec. What an odd session today!

Grassy

Sat, 12/13/25-Went to the Y with V. 8:30 on treadmill. Brief stretch in place. 8:00 on treadmill. Stretched. Strength training.

Fri, 12/12/25-2M on MS XC course. 17:00

Thurs, 12/11/25-Track was icy, so I did some hills, 8 on the short, grassy hill (8 sec) and 6 on the driveway hill between the gym and lower school. (19 sec.)

Wed, 12/10/25-busy. took off

braving the low-teen temp

Wed, 12/9/25-

I didn't feel like braving the low-teen temp, so I jogged (.2M+) to the fitness center, did a mile (8:30), stretched briefly, did another .6M (7:30/mile pace), then jogged back (.2M) to the house.

loop around

Mon, 12/8/25-

Did the 3M (2.98M) loop around the neighborhood on this sub-20 degrees morning. 25:00.

effort actually

Sun, 12/7/25-

Went back nearly three years ago (12/18/22) and reached for this baby: 2x200 in 31/32 (followed by a 200m walk-rest in 3:30), 2x150 in 21/22 (followed by a 150m walk-rest in 2:45), and then 2x100 in 14/15 (followed by a 100m walk-rest in 2:00).

Actual: 31-mid; 31-low; 21-high, 21-mid; 14-high, 14-mid. I don't have as much speed as I did then. Today's effort actually took more out of me than expected.

Back in 2022, running with John, Bruce, and Andrew (and Chuck K for the 200s and 150s), I managed 31-high, 31-low, 21-high, 21-low, 13-mid, 14-low.

Sat, 12/6/25-

Went to the Y with V. Mile in 8:30. Took off my long sleeve shift and did a brief stretch while standing on treadmill. Then I put in another mile, the second one in 8:00. Stretched and did some weight training.