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November 20, 2005
Change of Plans
Today I had planned on going to the YMCA for an elliptical and/or bike workout. But I had a timing problem. The Y doesn't open until 1 pm and we have to leave to go to Thanksgiving #1 at 2:15 pm. I would have enough time to workout, but not workout and take a shower and stretch. That was problem #1. Problem #2 was that the pooch needed a walk. We are taking her on our trip today to my grandparent's house and a long walk was in order to quell the friskiness. O usually has walk duties but after twisting his ankle yesterday, isn't able to move around too well today. Problem #3 was the fact that it is absolutely beautiful outside today and I didn't want to be in the gym staring at the walls. This all means that instead of going to the YMCA, I took Roxy on a 50 minute walk. It solved all problems. She got her exercise, I got mine (kind of) and we both got to enjoy the beautiful weather. She's now passed out on the floor sleeping. Bingo! (although she always managed to find extra stashes of energy just when she needs them.
I did do my core exercises and feet exercises before church this morning. I can put that in the log. :)
In other news, my feet are doing pretty well. I haven't really talked about them lately. I still feel them every so often, when I get up in the morning, if I'm on my feet all day, if I don't stretch well, etc... They certainly feel much better but I'm no where near convinced that they wouldn't start hurting tomorrow if I started to run again. I'm not sure they will ever be truly "healed" but I guess I just need them to get good enough to the point that I can manage. I'm hoping triathlon training will help because even when I do start running again (hopefully) I would only run 3 days a week or so to get the "other" training in. I guess I will see!
And last but not least - I have a question. Audrey got me thinking about this in one of her recent posts. If I do a triathlon (just one), can I call myself a triathlete? Since I've done 2.75 marathons, can I call myself a marathoner? I would guess yes - I could call myself these things, but then the same does not apply to the fact that I've definitely run many mile races but would NEVER call myself a miler. Of course it doesn't really matter - I can call myself whatever I want to call myself - but I was just wondering....
And now I must go eat turkey! :)
Posted by beth at November 20, 2005 1:24 PM
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my nutrition professor wanted to talk about carbo loading and he asked, "who runs marathons?"
well, my last one was 3 years ago. i am not training for one now. so should i answer affirmatively? i did b/c no one else in the class raised their hand and i knew what he was getting at and i felt like i could answer his questions (and i could). but in all honesty it was a tiny stretch, right? is there a statute of limitations on how long one can be a marathoner w/out running a marathon!??
ahhh, the things we can debate.. :)
yeah feet feeling better!
Posted by: Audrey at November 20, 2005 11:01 PM