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Training Log for the Week of January 12th, 2026

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My training log for the week of January 12th, 2026 shows some highs and lows, but overall is just winter training and base work. After Sunday’s run up into Embudito Canyon here in Albuquerque, I started the week with my usual recovery strength workout and some walking to loosen up my legs.

Monday January 12th, 2026

I finished Week 2 of 10 Minute Focus and then did the first Week 3 workout (plus stretching and some farmer’s walking), and then did a 22:00 walk under Albuquerque blue skies!

Tuesday January 13th, 2026
High-stress morning and a long evening working, but I did get in a walk in the middle!
Wednesday January 14th, 2026
From this point, Mt. Taylor is about 60 miles away, and even though it’s not clear today, you can still see the snow on the east face of the mountain.
Thursday January 15th, 2026

Between the walk warm-up and then a run, I got 175′ of elevation gain and about an hour of total time. I passed by a Little League field, and it is nothing like the dirt and grass that I played on!

Friday January 16th, 2026
I felt like working outside for an hour and instead of working out, and I think that I got the best workout that I’ve done in quite a while!
Saturday January 17th, 2026

I got in just over an hour, with a walk warm-up, then a run down in the Rio Grande Valley.

Sunday January 18th, 2026

Another walk warm-up and then a run east with a beautiful jet contrail heading over the Sandias.

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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