I ran for about 4.5 hours. Total distance is around 25 miles with one 3 mile 15 degree from hell hill climb to the parkway. I did my normal run by starting on 479a.. then up the hill from hell to trail 5000.. then a bit more running.. then back through the parkway trail which is as sweet as it gets. Boy do i love that trail. The trail runs along the Smokey Park Highway.. and of course being this is Fat America everyone is out driving not running or walking.. There is one section where the trail and the road come together.. and for a short period of time I am an official tourist viewpoint object. I feel like a deer or something.. Everyone standing next to their safe car peers out at the nearly naked man running by on the trail... wow.. But of course these folks could have selected the Mall today.
The right foot is still the bitch of everything. I have been running about 12 to 14 per day.. with tons and tons of time in the gym. Why the gym you ask? Easy. The gym is for the bones. Lifting big stuff with my legs allows the bones in my legs to get stronger.. and bigger and more stronger.. and bigger.. or so they say. I do know that making my legs super strong in the gym is really helping with running. The biggest part of the gym that works is i no longer get cramps during long runs and that is super heaven. No cramps is worth the time and money in the gym. I do very little upper body in the gym because the goal is to get into the 160s weight range.. and for me.. that is super thin..
Ok. so where do i go from here? Well sunday is another day to push the body to the wall. I hope to do another 25 miles. That means 2 days in a row at 25 which means 50 miles. If i do that I am going to be one very super happy man. My weakness is blood sugar. I have to eat an entire quart of Bens and Jerry's ice cream to lower the heart rate. I always test my blood preasure and heart rate after a long run. I wait about 2 hours after resting and then find my heart rate at about 100 beats and my blood preasure around 105 / 60... My normal resting heart rate is about 50 or so. except near the end of the summer it drops to the mid 40s. My normal blood preasure which is excellent for the food loving south is about 110 over 65.. so i am happy.
I need to get up to about 90 miles per week in May. This means 3 or 4 short run days and 2 super long runs. If I run 50 miles or more on the weekend then all i need is about 13 or so each of the other days. My older body needs the rest and rebuild time.
The sad part is I love to drink a good beer.. which I dont and cant.. and I love to smoke one cig with my friend brian about once every 50 days or so.. yea.. one cig.. it is a bonding thing.. nothing to do with normal logical behaviour.. which i dont do that either.. shit.. i am missing out on all the good stuff. Best part is given I am older and ugly i dont have to worry about sex.. no one wants to have sex with ya when you are old and ugly.
Enjoy.. yes.. i am thinking of running bare foot in the park tonight.. but i bet i am in the gym instead .. working out.. and watching tv.. what a freaking life.. when you think about how crazy it is in other parts of the world..
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Glad to hear you had a good run. Ours today was muddy but we didn't get rained on. I had to quit early at 10.6 miles because of my very sore foot. I'm on the injured list, probably for at least a couple of weeks. The twisted ankel from about 6 weeks ago flared up poorly this week. I was limping bad from all the slipping in the mud today. I'm going to hit the pool for several days.
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