1 hour on the
treadmill. I
mile @
5% grade (5-6
mph) 1
mile @ 12% grade (started
at 4 mph dropped to 3.3),
1 mile 3-7 % grade varied (mostly
around 5 mph)
1 mile walk @ 12% grade (
3 and 3.3 mph)
Tough
running the 12% and after completing that at around 31 minutes, I
wanted to quit for the night and then remembered that I want to try
and beat Ranger on Saturday – actually I had to start remembering
that at around the ½ mile mark of the 12% grade.
Another
thing that does keep me going is that I run to please God, because he
has given me the health and fitness to run at this point in my life.
The guys that I grew up with are all loosing their health, looking
old and stiff and overweight. Sorta like I did 4 years ago. The
youngest of the group is retired and on disability and another his
age died a few days ago in a traffic accident. Yet another, the
fittest, strongest, most athletic of us, also retired a few years ago
and went to Mexico. I didn't recognize him until his daughter told
me it was him. I have a lot to be thankful for in all areas of my
life.
Neil's
car accident just brings to mind how quick our life can end; we have
no control of when, where or how it will happen, but it will. In
many ways, I still have that feeling of immortality that young men
have, yet I know that isn't true.
19 Days until the 1/2 marathon
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