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Thursday, September 4, 2025


Beautiful day on the track today at UPenn's Franklin Field

My broken 800 workout on Sunday at track practice went well. Federico (teammate, aged 50) ran with me. I ran my 600 in 1:45, exactly. Took one minute rest, and ran the 200 in 31 seconds. I really felt how that third 200 will need to be if I am serious about running the 800 in 2:20 or less. It's pretty tough. I had Federico to help push me. I ran the 400 in 1:08 . . . so that means the third 200 was like 37 seconds. It will be tough to hit 1:45 at the 600 and then crank out a 35 second last 200 . . . especially if I am running alone like I had to do at Nationals. The 800 is a really tough race. More challenging than the 400 for me. Obviously it's a longer race, but that also means there is more thinking involved. I should strive to hit that 600 in less than 1:45, I suppose. Gosh, it's so hard! But I love the challenge. 


Doing some easy striders today

Took it easy this week. Ran to and from Pilates on Tuesday, then to the gym for legs (light-ish). Took a long walk Wednesday. Ran to and from Pilates today, and went to Franklin Field to do some 110 meter striders and ran around the track a few times. Then I went to the gym and did chest exercises. Tomorrow I will take off, stretching and hot bath. Saturday is the New Jersy Senior Games meet and my 800 race. I will scratch the 400, obviously, when I check in. Not sure yet if I will attempt a 200 after the 800. 

Megan, my Pilates instructor, took some pics of me doing the "Ab Five" series on the mat today during my lesson. I will post here for those of you who are unfamiliar with Pilates. I talk about it a lot with friends and family . . . I'm kind of obsessed with this system (or practice) of core ("Power House"!) exercises. I like both the mat and the reformer (and other pieces of equipment) equally. So when I'm not in the studio, I do the classical mat routine at home or at the gym.









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