Back to real life

This picture is me with Mark Carver from Nashville. Mark scored a silver in the 800 and 1500 m for 50 yr old men..  Lost both by a step.  The 1500 was a really good race.


Well,  today I am in Muskogee, OK watching a tissue machine run really good on our chemistry.    So things in my work life are returning to normal.    Get on a plane, fly somewhere, go to work.  

I will have some time to get in a little track work this week.  It is 95 degrees here and dry.  That is a real change of pace for me,  lately it has been constant rain everywhere I have been lately.    So, if I can get a chance, I know of a nice synthetic high school track near the casino where I can get in some training.   Work up a sweat and get in a good stretch.

I also signed up for the Greater Nashville District Sr Olympics qualifier today.  I am going to keep my hand in and see how the training works out.  I have based some previous work off Micheal Johnson's college workout that was used for his 200 / 400 meter double.   I am going to wirk with it again and see how if I can improve a little in the qualifier in September.   Johnson still holds the 400 m world record set about 30 years ago.   That is a really old record and no one has actually done much challenging. 

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