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August 8, 2007
My Newest Theory
I'm thinking that somehow on the way home from work I took a wrong turn and instead of ending up at our home in Pittsburgh, PA I ended up in a Columbian rainforest. (do they even have rainforests in Columbia?) This is the only possible explanation for the absolute unbearable heat and humidity that we are enduring. And lest you remind me YET AGAIN, yes, it was me who whined and complained pretty much all winter about how I hated the cold and I wanted desperately to move to Austin. Yes, yes, I know.
Anyway, this morning when I woke up at 4:45 AM it was 79 degrees with about 10 billion percent humidity. What. The. Heck?!?! At least for my run it was dark and the sun wasn't beating down too! And I really shouldn't complain that much because it also started raining while I was running and while it didn't really cool things down at least I felt somewhat better. Despite all this I had a good run. I didn't expect to feel too good because I can still feel Saturday's race in my legs but I actually didn't feel too bad at all. Of course I was running very, very easy. I ran for 46:30.
This afternoon after work I got a massage. Oh my did I need that! My legs definitely needed some work but my back and shoulders also needed some serious lovin' too. Massages are the way to go.
So tomorrow we get back to business a little. I talked with my coach on the phone this evening and he will be cooking up a new plan with Clearwater as my "A" goal race in November and of course the Worlds in Germany in there too. I also have 2 running races that I'd like to fit in if possible in October. I think I would race every weekend if left to my own devices!
Posted by beth at August 8, 2007 8:14 PM
Comments
a month or so ago i got my first massage since i started triathlons so for the first time they concentrated on my shoulders. as the guy worked on them thought i was going to die. from bending over on the bike it was SO sore under my shoulder blades. SO PAINFUL. omg.
yeah, humid hear too :(
Posted by: Audrey at August 9, 2007 7:05 AM