My training log for the week of August 31st, 2026, has a milestone in it as I celebrate 60 years of running on September 1st. My first day of high school cross country was September 1st, 1966, and I am still running! Monday August 31st, 2026 Mondays are always Maggie […]
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My training logs for each week this summer have consisted of runs, hikes, and walks in order to have a good base of mileage to work with. In just over a week, I will reach my anniversary of 60 years of running. I don’t see much changing, but I do […]
My training log for the week of August 17th 2026, started with a change-of-pace hike in the Sandia Mountain foothills. With the brutally hot summer that we (and so many other parts of the country) are having, I took advantage of a cooler morning to take my daughter’s dog on […]
My training log for the week of August 10th is almost a carbon copy of the weeks before it, mixing runs, hikes, and walks to get to 30 miles a week. My schedule is dictated by whether my daughter’s dog is staying with me, as to whether I can run […]
My training starts with visualizing the workouts for the coming days and ends with always trying to get 30 miles for the week. For almost 3 months, I have been successful, and this week started out with a foothills hike with my daughter’s dog Maggie. What made the start to […]
I’m looking forward to another week of training. I know that we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow, but I’ve gotten to a high level of fitness and hope to be able to continue to maintain and improve it. Starting this week, though, I am adding in strength training after a six-week hiatus. […]
Back on track this week after an off week last week. A slightly different pattern of workouts because of my daughter’s work schedule. I still got in over 30 miles of running, hiking, and walking and that continues a streak dating back to week of May 10th. Monday July 20th, […]
My training log for the week of July 13th shows some signs that the 30 – 35 miles a week may be wearing me down and leaving me fatigued. I haven’t been taking any supplements, so I got the D3 and iron out and started taking them consistently. I also […]
My training log for the week of July 6th is continuing the same pattern that I have been doing for almost two months. On Monday, I still have my daughter’s dog, Maggie, so I can’t run. My daughter comes straight from her overnight shift at the hospital and picks her […]
My training log for the week of June 29th, 2026 starts with the two “rest day” walks with Maggie the Dog that are my new training plan. My daughter and Maggie have a hike in the bosque planned for Wednesday, and we’ll see if I can put in another 30-mile […]
My training log for the week of June 22nd starts with an active rest day since my older daughter started working on Mondays. Mondays used to be an active rest day years ago, and I seem to be benefiting from the two Maggie the Dog walks and then getting back […]
My training log for the week of June 15th, 2026, starts after an emotionally and physically draining weekend of moving. The blessing was that I moved close by, and my daughter brought her dog Maggie for the weekend like she always does. But I had to establish a new routine […]
My training log for the week of June 8th, 2026 starts with a “rest” because my daughter’s dog Maggie is still with me and we are just walking. If you look at my May 2026 Polar training log you can see that once she started staying with me a few […]
My training log for the week of June 1st, 2026, starts by trying to make amends for doing only two strength workouts in May. I got so caught up with running, hiking, and walking my daughter’s dog Maggie, that I put one of the things that is non-negotiable on the […]
My training log for the week of May 25th 2026, continues the pattern of runs, hikes, and walks with Maggie the Dog, which means more miles than I have been doing in quite a while. I am embarrassed to admit that I did no strength training this week, so I […]
My training log for the week of May 18th, 2026, has a total of 3 runs, 2 hikes, and 6 Maggie the Dog walks for a total of 30.6 miles and 1,624′ of elevation gain. Monday May 18th, 2026 A sunrise walk with Maggie, and then after my daughter picked […]
My training log for the week of May 11th starts after my highest mileage week in years, and the high from watching the Cocodona 250. I created a post with links to all of the Cocodona livestreams because this year’s event was one for the ages. It definitely gave me […]
I turned to AI for coaching, not so much for the running workouts but more for how to deal with the inflexibility that impacts my running. I am using ChatGPT, and I renamed it Coach Gabriella P. Thompson since she has been so helpful and so willing to add more […]
My training log for the week of May 4th, 2026, shows some of the AI-generated workouts that I am now doing thanks to ChatGPT. I am now incorporating the four exercises that are non-negotiables, mornings and evenings, and trying to make time for the 15-minute runner reactivation routine that ChatGPT […]
My training log for the week of April 27th, 2026 includes nine and a half hours of workouts, 24.5 miles and 15 workouts (of which nine are walking my daughter’s dog!). Monday April 27th, 2026 Tuesday April 28th, 2026 Wednesday April 29th, 2026 Thursday April 30th, 2026 Friday May 1st, […]
My training log for the week of April 20th, 2026, is another week of almost 10 hours of working out, with 23.8 miles and 14 workouts (eight of which are working my daughter’s dog!). Monday April 20th, 2026 Tuesday April 21st, 2026 Wednesday April 22nd, 2026 Thursday April 23rd, 2026 […]
My training log for the week of April 13th, 2026 has close to 10 hours of workout time, over 22 miles, and 16 workouts (half of which are dog walks with my daughter’s dog!). Monday April 13th, 2026 Tuesday April 14th, 2026 Wednesday April 15th, 2026 Thursday April 16th, 2026 […]
My training log for the week of April 6th, 2026, shows the benefits of the microdose fitness 10 Minute Muscle workouts. They are just right as strength training for me as a runner because I can choose any number of them as a warm-up for my run or as a […]
My training log for this week got off to a good start with 10 Minute BODi workouts, runs, and hikes in the Albuquerque foothills. I think that I have finally found the right BODi programs to keep my interest and the right pattern of running, a hike once a week, […]
My training log for the week of March 23rd got off to a great start with a run on an acequia path that I thought might have possibilities. It definitely did and I went down there the next day with my daughter Grace! Monday March 23rd, 2026 I ran on […]
My training log for the week of March 16th got off to a good start, earning a BODi Badge for P90X Generation Next Week 1 completed. That makes a total of 44 counting programs completed and Badges for Energize, Shakeology, total workouts, etc. Monday March 16th, 2026 Getting a good […]
My training log for the week of March 9th, 2026 started off slowly following a 20-mile week last week. It has taken a while to build back up, but I got there, and I am aiming for another good week this week! Monday March 9th, 2026 Today I just did […]
My training log for the week of March 2nd, 2026 starts with a sore back from my P90X Generation Next workouts. It’s been a long time since I did a P90X workout and Generation Next is even more challenging! Monday March 2nd, 2026 My back is really sore still, so […]
My training log for the week of February 23rd started with a rest day. I am dealing with so much stress that it is truly becoming debilitating Monday February 23rd, 2026 Complete rest day from training Tuesday February 24th, 2026 This used to be a run to the doctor and […]
My training log for the week of February 16th had just eight workouts. I got in 15 miles in runs and hikes, and only one strength workout. Monday February 16th, 2026 I did a loop mostly along the Diversion Channel that I take to Balloon Fiesta. Nice view of the […]