Training Log for the Week of September 28th 2026

by Rich Dafter|Published October 4, 2026

My training log for the week of September 28, 2026 shows that I had some challenges making it to 30 miles with an injury. The “injury” happened on Saturday evening September 19th, 2026 when I encountered some buried fencing along the edge of the park where we walk. I ended up with five puncture wounds on the back of my left leg which I kept clean and covered, but after last Saturday’s run on Embudito, there was a change for the worse. I ended up having to go to Urgent Care on Sunday, and I have been on antibiotics ever since.

I ended up doing two walks on Monday, one walk on Tuesday in the rain with an umbrella, two walks on Wednesday, and then I was back to running on Thursday and Friday. With Maggie my daughter’s dog coming on Friday, I finished the week walking with her, two walks with her on Saturday and two walks with her on Sunday.

Thanks to Maggie, I got to 30 miles again this week!

Training Log for the Week of September 28th 2026

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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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Rich Dafter

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