This morning I ran my first workout with the black sheep since probably early May. It was retro day, meaning everyone was sporting old school shirts from as far back as their wardrobes could take them, i.e., John Straley's 1982 Salt Lake Classic shirt and his brother Jeff's 1977 East Cross Country shirt. I was sporting an American Apparel reissue of a vintage design--a white tank with red piping. But it was made of cotton and that was plenty of retro for me. I was pretty concerned about running hard on the track since it's been a while. We warmed up 1.20 miles and then did a timed mile, with each lap accelerating. My watch died before this so I didn''t have a split. Josh ran 5:15 and I was close to 30 seconds behind him, so I would say 5:40-45 or so. It felt ok. Then we ran 8 x 400m with 200m jog recoveries. These I ran in 75-77. Again, these felt ok and I am glad that we didn't do more than eight because I just don't have the fitness for much more than that right now, not to mention concern about aggravating the knee. Part of my objective in doing this workout is a test of where the knee is at in terms of recovery. Right now it feels ok, but we'll see how the day unfolds. I plan to swim tomorrow to give it a break.
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