T-Slow's too little, too late journal.

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@T-Slow

I’ve been lurking on this board since 2004, and finally in October 2007 I admitted to myself that I had to start sprinting because I really love track and field despite my abject lack of natural talent.

I last ran track on the 4 x 100 relay team in grade 8. That was my last race prior to my “comeback” in February of 2008 at age 34.

Here are my bests for 2007-08 and 2008-09 (so far):

2008 indoor 60m: 8.46
2008 outdoor 100m: 12.61 (+0.6)
2008 outdoor 200m: 25.41 (+2.0)

2009 indoor 50m: 7.04 (50m)
2009 indoor 60m: 8.04 (60m)
2009 indoor 200m: 25.69 (200m [lane 3, York])

This year for indoors, my goal was to run 7.96, which I got reasonably close to. Maybe if I didn’t walk around downtown all day and go to a concert the night before my meet, I could have got a little closer! (I won’t do something that silly again)

I’m going to start posting my exact workouts as per a recent discussion with The Mentor himself, Charlie. Hopefully this helps me overcome my sketchy diet, and sometimes half-assed approach to abs and stretching.

I work with a masters coach in Toronto, and our group does two speed days per week, and I have worked up to two tempo days as well, the day after speed. Per Charlie’s advice, I am going to add a third low intensity day focusing on general fitness.

I’ll be following your entries with great interest also - keep up the great work!