It is time for High Scool football

I ran yesterday in the evening at Ravenwood High School.  There was at least a dozen people getting the field ready for the football season opener today.   The band was practicing in the parking lot, the soccer team had a game going on, it was time to get football going.   I worked out for over an hour and the field crew was at it the entire time, getting the end zones painted.   I get to work out at various tracks all over the US and my suggestion would be buy a plastic field.   They never need watered, lined, painted, mowed, replanted, new drainage added....    They appear to last at least 10 years and I think the labor and water costs have to be a huge saving.  I saw a field in Tulsa, OK and it was pristine at 5 years old.   Plus, they always look perfect.    If it was raining yesterday they would have been screwed on having the field ready.

I rested the previous day-- I was real sore.   Yesterday I got out the spikes and worked on some 200 m at speed and had one less than 29 seconds, which really took a lot of out of me.   I was a second slower after that blast--but it felt good.   I worked out for 70 minutes and burned 971 calories.  So, I got the work in, but it was in a very short period of time.
   Today I went to the gym in the afternoon and  worked on my shoulders and got a pretty good work out in 45 minutes.  When Linda gets home tonite, I will go back with her and do some 65 to 75% speed stuff on the threadmill.   She will swimming in the pool, probably outdoors in the early evening glow.

In the last couple of workouts I have been wearing a pair of knee high support socks--they are a bear to get on-- and no tape or other devices.  I have been using a lot of tape for months to keep my feet from dying.    So, I think I started to get a handle on over training and reducing the wear and tear on my feet.  My speed is still good, I just need to keep after the fitness to get around the track one time for the 400 m.  should be interesting......  

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