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Thursday, January 01, 2004









Me and Shania on Heritage
Trail - She's in the headset singing to me. (Up!)

 1/1/04 - New Year's Day Run:  Today was a great day. Not setting any speed or time records, but managed 20 min. running and 14 min. walking. Yesterday it was 18 min walk and 12 run - jumped a month in non-aggressive training program. (So being in shape does help) Big thing though is that since beginning the running again - the run has always been a drag - on the edge. Today it began to feel like 20 years ago when I was running. It's like there's a file that is still in the neurological file that gets dusted off and the body says, "Oh yah - now I remember."  Now the brain knows that we can do this thing - there's plenty of training to come, it's not "if" we can get there, but "when."

Hey not bad for Jan. 1 in East Central Iowa huh? This is beautiful "Heritage Trail" that runs from Dubuque to Dyersville. No snow and a great running surface. (Got to take care of those "doggies". My advice, especially to folks 40+ new to running. Get good shoes, stay off concrete and pavement, and baby those feet. That bundle of bones, tendons, and tissues have been bearing the load for quite some time - ay?

Now I just need to find a bike and get my Speedo on eBaY!
Posted by: John / 1/01/2004 02:13:00 PM

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