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October 19, 2004
Boring Blog
I don't know why but for some reason I am really bored by my own blog right now. Possibly because I'm not really training for anything and my running is kind of directionless, possibly because I am worried about getting injured, possibly because I am bored by my life right now - who knows!
Anyway my knee has been doing great. I ran 4.5 miles on Friday and 4 miles on Saturday. On Friday, after running I went for a great mountain bike ride with my friends M. and S. S. is an awesome mountain biker so he gave us some tips which was great, he is so patient and he is a very good teacher. I do feel that after my injury I am in better shape in certain ways, just because I have been doing a variety of things instead of just running all the time. From a running standpoint I am in worse shape but that really can't be helped.
It was a fun weekend with lots of birthday celebrations - we took Matt out downtown on Friday night for dinner and drinks. Saturday he had to recover from celebrating so we watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (wow that is a weird movie) and hung out and ran errands. Then Saturday night we took my dad out for sushi. My stepmom broke her ankle so she was really cute trying to get around this super trendy restaurant on her crutches! On Sunday we planned on going for a hike in Rocky Mountain National Park and then going to Matt's mom's house for lunch, but we ran out of time so we ended up 'hiking' for like 10 minutes. I hate taking days off from exercise and Sunday ended up being a day off so I tried really hard to not obsess about it... I am pretty much over it ;)
I was supposed to fly out to NJ Sunday night but DIA was a mess and my flight was delayed many times so instead of getting here at 3:00 am I decided to go home and try again Monday night. So yesterday in the morning I ran 2 miles from Matt's house to mine to pick up my car, and then went to Boulder, worked for a while, and then went on a trail run. I haven't run more than 5 miles in a day since the marathon but I ran 5 miles on the Mesa Trail for a grand total of 7 miles yesterday!!! Woo hoo!! It was great and my knee felt absolutely fine the whole time. It was a beautiful, albeit somewhat windy, day in Boulder and the scenery was gorgeous. I really love trail running and even when I'm running more again I want to make an effort to do it a lot.
I'm actually not flying home this weekend - Matt's flying out here Thursday night and we are going up to Brunswick, Maine, to hang out, see the foliage, check out my alma mater, etc., etc. Matt has never been to Maine and I think it is one of the most beautiful places on the planet so I can't wait!! Since I am feeling mostly better, I may run in a little alumni race on Saturday, but that is my only major running plan except for running as much as possible on the trails there. I hope Matt likes it so we can go back! Tomorrow I will probably post more detailed plans because I am so excited about them :)
Anyway since I am tired today and ran relatively a lot yesterday, tonight I'm going to the gym, watching trashy TV, and lifting and doing the elliptical. Wednesday morning I'll probably run again.
Posted by barb at October 19, 2004 06:50 AM