Walked 7 Hours 42 Minutes, 36.6 Miles, Average pace 12:38.  My weight 169.8

Saturday – One hour nine minutes 5.6 Miles.  4 sets of 60 Push-ups.

Sunday – Two Hours three minutes Lane 1 on the 400 meter track. 38 Laps 9.4 Miles.

Monday – One hour one minute 4.8 Miles. 4 sets of 2 pull-ups, 15 Minutes of Planks.

Tuesday – One hour ten minutes 5.6 Miles. 4 sets of 60 Push-ups.

Wednesday – One Hour ten minutes 5.6 Miles.

Thursday – One hour nine minutes 5.6 Miles. 4 sets of 2 Pull-ups, 15 Minutes of Planks.

Friday – Day Off.

It felt good to get back on the High School 400 meter track on Sunday. My race in New Zealand is on a track. Late in a Centurion race the track feels different to your legs. You start to get a feedback from the rubberized surface. You need to prepare by training on a similar surface. Slowly building my distance and speed back up. Build slowly. Train hard to peak. Taper well. The secret for success.

Dialed back my strength training. Focus most of my time on walking.  Just enough strength training to keep my arms and core strong. I think I got carried away with my strength training in the past. I still think strength training is important. Just not as important as time on your feet walking.

Diet: Oatmeal & toast every morning. Turkey & swiss sandwich with mustard during lunch everyday. Anything I wanted for dinner. Water to drink. No snacks anytime. Just three meals per day. If my weight holds just under 170 pounds I won’t change my diet this training cycle. It takes a lot of calories to train. Don’t short change your training by being too restrictive.

All the same next week plus another hour on Wednesday.