Runner’s diary, Wednesday

I am sore. My quads and hamstrings hurt and my lower back has decided to act as a reminder that I am now closer to 50 than 40.

I ran three miles again today at a moderate pace, 27 minutes, and then hit the weights, doing a series of leg excercises that has me silently screaming or wimpering or what have you.

But it is all good. The pain will be worth it when my mileage starts to climb. That’s what they tell me, anyway. I don’t know if I should believe them.

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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. View all posts by hankkalet