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Training Log for the Week of August 18th 2025

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My training log for the week of August 18th starts with what I am calling an active recovery run just to get the endorphins! I ran from home and through a local park, and this photo shows natural vegetation that gets “sky water” (a nod to Native American cultures) and the grass that can be maintained with daily watering.

Training Log for the Week of August 18th

Monday August 18th, 2025

I don’t want to risk going into endorphin withdrawal, so I run every day that I can. This run was slow but beautiful and was active recovery for Monday.

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Rich Dafter
Prior to May 1985, I was super fit and super healthy, routinely running between 50 to 70 miles a week. Between March 16th and May 5th 1985, I ran 34:32 for 10K, 57:46 for 10 miles, 53:20 for 15K, 27:38 for 5 miles and 16:26 for 5K. I was 34 years old. On May 17, 1985, at around 5:00 PM on a Friday night, I was driving home with my then five year old daughter and we hit a van broadside. The van had been stopped in the left lane of a four lane road with its left blinker on and unexpectedly made a right turn out of the left lane directly in front of us. That accident, although we both survived, in an instant, ruined my health and changed my life. On Sunday, May 19th, I ran the Midland Run 15K (which I had run and eventually would run or try to run, 13 years in a row) and ran 53:03.

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