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Training Log for the Week of December 22nd, 2025

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My training log for the week of December 22nd 2025 started with a walk and run and with more confidence in continued recovery after such an odd and unexpected setback. I learned a lesson and it definitely was painful.

Monday December 22nd, 2025

With the release of 10 Minute BODi today, I may shift away from Dig In and toward doing one or more of the 10:00 workouts. After my health issue, I feel recovered enough that I can run and walk more, and I will have more time if I am not doing the 34:00 Dig In workouts. My walk and run from today.

Tuesday December 23rd, 2025

Almost exactly the same elevation gain as yesterday’s walk, but it was 4:00 faster. The run back was slower, but I got it in.

Wednesday December 24th, 2025

No run or walk today, just a Dig In Phase 2 Legs 2 workout.

Thursday December 25th, 2025

Walk first and keeping up with my Bible reading plan that I have to finish New Year’s Eve, and then a run with a beautiful view of the Sandias as the sun was setting to the west.

Friday December 26th, 2025

Ironically, I am in Revelation in my Bible reading plan (clearly I am up to date), and I had a revelation. Walking is basically slow-motion running, and I definitely notice more. Since I was walking along an arroyo path closer to town, I was able to get a lot of insight into the habits of the homeless. They use the arroyos and arroyo paths as safe transit and I saw what they ate, drank, and where they sought shelter. The photo is across the diversion channel, which provides safe walking access to downtown. My earnest desire is to find a way to make their movements easier and safer as they move through their daily lives.

Saturday December 27th, 2025

I ran in the rain all the time in New Jersey, but then again, I was 30 years younger and so much faster, so I wasn’t in it for very long. I got Grace the 10 Minute BODi subscription for Christmas and tried it out. It is actually very well done. I did three workouts and also got a Badge.

Sunday December 28th, 2025

The walk and run is working well for me, as are the increased number of strength workouts (I had 14 total workouts this week). I felt strong on the 54:00 walk, and the run back was quite good!

AUTHOR

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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