After last spring’s <ahem> missteps I got back at it and this summer’s running has been pretty good. Mentally I was hungry to get started AND the ease of this summer (test run for retirement) rewired my head a bit. Less reluctance to take a day or two … or three off as needed.

I didn’t do a winter or spring update because, well, winter is rarely good and this past spring was a train wreck. But here’s an update as of early August. First the bio-metrics. Weight down to 215. Down from spring, up from last year but well within reason. Body fat in the 20-21 range. Good but not great. A hot August/September could take me below 20. BMI just under 27. Was in the low to mid 26s last year, so… fair. VO2 in the mid 30’s. Not bad but not where it needs to be. Need to take a full minute off my 1.5. It can happen. Distance work to continue. Not ready for speed yet. But I DID do some time-trial work this weekend. Hips are not a problem this season. Pretty much everything from 600m down is back where it was last June or July. LAST August was my fastest month is quite a while. Don’t think I’ll be able to duplicate it but hopefully by autumn I’ll be there again. Not many races this season in C-bus and I’m not fast enough to go much more than a couple hours away. Dayton. The Cincy burbs. Wheeling. Mansfield. Gotta start keeping my eye on NEXT season’s meet schedule!