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Friday, January 10, 2025

Happy New Year, track fans. It's been 21 days since my last post. I was away for two weeks, and now back a week. While away I kept up my Pilates mat routine best I could. I did my PT leg exercises, too. While on Cayman Island I used the dinky gym to do my leg exercises and bars and stuff. I got three long outdoor runs in (3.5 miles; 4.5 miles; and 5 miles). Those felt pretty good in the warm morning sun, and I enjoyed them.  Last Sunday I went to track practice. Alison and Keith led another challenging workout. It was VERY cold, and half of the track had ice on it in large patches. But we worked out anyway:

3 x 200 meters at 42 seconds; 1,000 m at 4.12; 1,000 m at 4:18; 4 x 400m at 90 seconds (average) (about a minute and half or two minutes between)

This week, I'm back in the swing of Pilates (in the studio Tuesday and Thursday). Yesterday I ran at the indoor track: 8 x 200 meters in 34 seconds (average) with 3 minutes rest between. I would have done 4 more, but the track got crowded with Temple's and Penn's track teams showing up to practice. My hammy has been pretty good; only a few times have I sensed it feeling a little tight. Coming up on 6 months since re-injury at Nationals. 

I will go to track practice again this Sunday . . . but the track may have a lot of snow/ice on it yet. I may just do 15 x 100m, since the straightway gets a lot of sun and may be clear.  


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