Runner’s diary, Wednesday(and Tuesday — oops)

I forgot to post about this yesterday, which is odd considering I had such an outstanding run.

I started out with a goal of running four miles — on the treadmill; still too cold — and wasn’t sure if I’d get that in at the beginning.

But then things clicked and I pushed the pace and added distance, finishing with seven miles in 62:40 (approx.), for a better than 9-minute-per-mile pace. I did leave it all on the treadmill, so to speak, finishing with a cramp in the foot and a sore left knee.

Today, however, I was feeling the after-effects: tight muscles that wouldn’t loosen and a still-sore knee. But I managed to get in three miles (actually 3.1) in about 29 minutes.

The iPod selection on both days was a mixed playlist that includes a little punk, a little country, some folk, The Beatles and Dylan.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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