Cross country practice. Ran 0.5 warmup, 3.5 workout, and 0.5 cooldown (4.5 miles). Road miles, with 10 x grass uphill repeats. We aren't doing enough mileage. Ben looked strong today. My chest cold isn't good, and my hip is a bit stiff. Beat Connors Thursday.
30 years later:
I wanted to do more, train harder, run more miles. At the same time, I was complaining of a chest cold and a sore hip. It's the age-old runner dilemma: resting v. training. In retrospect, thank goodness we didn't just follow my desires to push it hard all the time. We would probably have ended up with a long list of injuries and illnesses again.
One of the nice things about writing this blog is that it has somehow found its way to the attention of old friends and teammates. Recently, I heard from Mary Beth "Oly" Olsen, here's what she had to say:
I ran across your blog because someone mentioned it on Facebook ... we're all connected, it seems. I only ran cross country for one year, 1979, to get in shape for basketball. My motivations were laughable compared to yours, but the blog brings back some good memories.
I ran with Sue Nelson, Charlie's sister, quite a bit. Mostly we tried to ditch coach Helen Simon, and a few times we ended up at my house getting a snack or something to drink. We were in the throes of rebellion, but I thought she was pretty funny and enjoyed hanging out with someone new. Charlie and I were often next to each other in classes ... alphabetical order ... and I thought he definitely marched to the beat of his own drummer and was quite smart. I am sure some of Sue's rebellion was due to the loss of Charlie, but I was probably quite clueless as to what she was going through.
Of course, I knew you because of my friendship with your sister, Jennifer.
Anyway, I am enjoying the blog, your writing, and the newspaper clippings.
Take care,
Mary Beth "Oly" Olsen
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