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September 8, 2004
A good workout ruined by a smelly neighbor
I admittedly was pretty disgusting myself when I got on the elliptical today after biking to the gym in the POURING rain and then running in it, but the guy next to me (he got on when I had about 15 minutes left) smelled awful. At first I thought it WAS me, but it was definitely coming from him and it got worse as he continued to work up a sweat. I kept burying my face in the towels I had draped over the machine, but it took all the willpower in the world to finish out those last minutes. Ugh! How could he not realize?
That's my rant for the day. Other than that, it was a pretty quiet day. My little running schedule called for me to run a second day in a row, so I did my usual run/elliptical routine and then lifted afterward since I knew I wouldn't feel like it tonight after not getting out of class until 5:30. My knee felt good for the first mile or so, then I had some of the same pain on the side of it for the rest of the run. It doesn't get worse, it's just...there. I went to see the chiropractor in the afternoon and he said "we" should start working on my hamstrings. He taught me some exercises for strengthening the hams and I am to do them twice a day.
Even though I planned to smush my workouts into one today, I'm having guilt pangs now. But it is already 7pm, I just got home, and I have a lot of work to do. So I'll try to roll with it. I tend to feel like this on Wednesdays especially because I know all my old running club friends have track night! I can't wait to get back to the track (although I think it will have to be a group that meets on Tuesdays based on my schedule.)
Posted by becky at September 8, 2004 6:51 PM