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July 7, 2008
First day back
It is always difficult to start the work week after some time off, and today was no exception--starting from the first early wake-up time in more than a week. It was sort of dark out, too, because it had rained during the night. I had a combo outside run/trainer ride planned today. I headed out into the humidity and although I was able to run about 40 minutes, it wasn't very comfortable, I'm sorry to say. I am just so frustrated with my knee--it isn't constant pain, it kind of comes and goes, but still. I will do my next few runs on the treadmill again, despite the fact that the whole thing takes so much longer. I was not in a very happy mood when I got back this morning--the combination of a bad run and very, very humid weather was quite off-putting. I got in a short trainer ride and then was quite happy to get in the shower and wash a little of my frustration away (a shower always helps).
I tried to do a lot of stretching and foam rolling this afternoon at the gym to see if I could get my knee feeling a little better. We'll see if it helps. My arms were strangely sore today though I haven't done a lot of lifting during the past few days. I did what I could and then ended up walking home, which ended up being another workout in itself because it is so humid. Oh, well--here's to what I hope will be the longest day of the week!
Posted by becky at July 7, 2008 10:15 PM