The Track

6:50 p.m. - Myself and Kirkland begin our warm-up jog from my apartment to Moakley Track. The air is warm for the last evening of November and the promise of good track session makes me itch with excitement.

It is a feeling that is familiar, but something that I haven't experienced much in the past two years. The hope that these Tuesday evening jog to the track will become a new habit is something that has me overflowing with optimism.

The plan for tonight work out is a cut down drill

1 mile with 800 jog after

2 x 800 with 400 jog after each

4 x 400 with 400 jog after each.

The purpose is to sharpen the sword. The rest between each hard interval was adequate so that tomorrow my legs should feel fresh, but my body was still being reminded of what it means to be swift. In about 3 weeks, my plan is to hit the track hard and the hope is that my body will respond to that new stimulus.

The times were almost exactly as planned.

1mile- 5:50

800- 2:49 800- 2:46

400- 83 400- 83 400- 83 400-83

Only 20 push-ups and 60 crunches before the workout

Turkey Dinner Leftovers after the workout. I will need to do some serious core tomorrow.

Still Soda Free.