School of Running: Week Sept. 6-11

[skhill]

Well, Tues. evening I overdid things at the gym, and woke up really stiff and sore the next morning. So I decided to flip my Wed. and Thurs. workouts, with the easy 4 miles on Wed. and the intervals today. But this morning I woke up even more sore than yesterday, so no run, just a long walk with my dog. So now, I'm thinking of trying a bit of an interval workout on the treadmill at the gym after my yoga class. We'll see....

The treadmill is dreadful, but then so is doing 40 laps of the 200 yd track in my neighborhood!

But the cool thing is that while out with my dog, I had a nice conversation with an older gentleman who's usually out walking at the same time I'm running. He's inspiring-- after he had a minor heart attack last winter, he made a committment to getting into better shape. Now he's walking 2 to 4 miles 6 days a week; he's dropped nearly 50 lbs and is better health than in decades. After months of waves and "good mornings" as I pass him, it's just awesome to get to know him a bit...