Today I ran inside on a track, and all joints and muscles felt good considering I ran yesterday. Running was followed up by 2 bike sprints and some ab exercises. By far, the most entertaining part of the run was when a "tough" guy was working out on the heavy punching bag at the west end of the track. When guys are using the punching bag, I notice that invariably they drop their guard and punch from somewhere around mid-chest level. Sometimes I just want to tap one of them with a little right cross to let him know to keep his hands up. While running, I discovered that if I focus my vision about 5-10 yards ahead of me and look at the railing and the lines on the track out of my peripheral vision, it feels like I'm running really fast. It also helps if I listen to spanish music or upbeat instrumental music. I didn't keep time today, but I felt like I could have kept running for another 0.5-1 mile. Maybe I was going a bit slower than normal, but maybe today's improvements are due to the 1/2 Snicker's bar I had before going to the gym...it was the best 140 calories ever! Walked an additional 2.5 miles with Arby after workout.
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