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May 31, 2008
Where does the weekend go?
We are heading out to see "Sex and the City" shortly (I have low expectations but it should be fun) and I feel like the day flew by. I got up fairly early and was on the bike by 8:30 or so. I watched a few episodes of "Weeds" and this week's "Real World." I am getting into "Weeds" but I forgot to reorder my Netflix queue so it will be back to "Boston Legal" this week! Anyway, I was sweating away as usual although my legs felt tired. At one point I checked the level that the trainer was set on (it's behind the back wheel on the ground, so I can't easily tell) and noticed it was up a notch higher than usual. No wonder I felt like I was working harder than I should! Putting it back helped although my legs were pretty dead by that point.
Matt's cousin stopped by later in the day to pick something up and I decided to walk with her to her next destination because it was near the library and I had a couple of books to pick up. The clouds looked threatening (it was SUPER humid today) so I brought my umbrella. I made it to the library but as soon as I was on my way back the sky opened up and it was thundering, lightning and pouring. The umbrella was some help but I was soaked and dirty by the time I got home. It didn't bother me too much though because it made me forget about the humidity.
I went grocery shopping later and saw all these people running when I was driving home. I decided to go for a walk/run since I have seen a little improvement in the knee bumps over the last 10 days or so. (They are still there though.) Well, it wasn't horrible, but between being out of shape and some lingering swelling, it wasn't normal either. I did 10 minutes of walking, then 5-5-5-5 of run/walk. And I use the term "run" loosely. It's a start, but the real test will be how my knee reacts the next couple of days. And to tell you the truth, my left knee didn't feel so hot either. I am trying not to get down about it though because this is the first time I've even run a step in about 3 months. I can't expect it to feel good. So it's a start...a slow one at that!
Posted by becky at May 31, 2008 8:09 PM
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I really doubt you are out of shape with all the cross training. It just feel awkward because your body isn't used to running and the knee tenderness is probably not helping your movements to be super fluid. What did you think of SATC? I went Friday night with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised.
Posted by: Liz at June 1, 2008 12:20 PM