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Sunday, October 26, 2025

Had a pretty good week training. Monday: Pilates mat and gym. Tuesday: Pilates reformer lesson, ran to and from; at gym I did an hour on the bike (hard). Wednesday I went to see Dr. Josh and did a great workout with him--legs and upper body. Learned some cool new exercises. Thursday was back to Pilates studio. (Ran to and from.) Megan and I really worked on my right foot & the connection to my right hammy and leg overall. It's a little out of line when I do foot work, so we spent a lot of time correcting the position. Made a big difference! Joe Pilates was kind of a genius.  Friday I took the day off . . . because Saturday was my 2nd 5K race!

Alison and I competed in the Citizen Advocacy race in Phoenixville. We both did well: Alison crossed at 20:44 and I finished at 20:54. It was cool (cold in the morning), great weather for a distance run! I improved my time by 1:20, which felt great. Now I'm ready to try and break 20 minutes!  It is a HARD race, especially after the 3rd kilometer mark. The last half kilometer was really challenging. I placed first in the M60-64 (Actually I was first in 50 up!). A 47 year old beat me, so he won first place for Masters. Alison was 2nd overall for women! It was a really fun race. 


Here we are at the starting line!


Here we are after, each with our medal--oh, Alison was wearing a Supergirl costume for Halloween!

Today, Sunday, I got up to go to track practice. I felt pretty good even after yesterday's race. We did 8 x 400m with 200m jogs between. I averaged 1:40 for each 400. 


Here I am running behind Federico (who came in a Potty Pooper costume--an inflatable toilet!) and Vanja in his crew uniform costume (except he really is on a rowing team). Here's another photo by Walter B. of Federico:


And finally, the whole gang today:





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