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September 07, 2004
Back to Work
After a nice, long weekend it was back to work. Most of yesterday afternoon was spent finishing laundry and complaining that I had to go back to work. I was not ready for the alarm to go off this morning. Luckily I was on a funky sleep schedule over the weekend and never really slept late any of the days I had off from work, so I could go to bed early last night. This didn't stop me from being exhausted this afternoon when I got home from work. I collapsed into my bed and napped for a little bit over half an hour. I always come home and at least lie down before I go out for my run.
The heat and humidity are creeping back in. Today was much warmer than the past two days were. Since I'm planning to race this Friday night, today was my last "quality" run of the week. Tomorrow will be shorter and easier, as it always is to get ready for Thursday night workouts. Thursday will only be a short run and some strides instead of doing the hills. Today I ran the same 9 mile course that I suprised myself by blazing through last week. Ironically I ran it in the same exact time as I did last week. Not only was the final time the same as last week, but the time at 2 miles and 6 miles where I have to stop to cross a major road was the same too! I usually run most of my routes in close to the same time, but I might start out slower and finish faster or make a real push for the middle section and run slower for the start and finish. I think that I would have been able to run faster this afternoon, but during the last three miles of the run my lunch hit the bottom of my stomach. This unpleasant feeling is pretty common for me on my runs, especially during the first few weeks of work until my stomach gets used to lunch. I may be strange, but I need at least 4 hours to digest food before I can run. I am jealous of everyone out there who can run shortly after eating.
I went to the gym and rode the stationary bike for 40 minutes to try to flush some of the lactic acid out of my legs and then stretched some.
Yesterday I went to Trader Joe's to stock up on some food. They are the only store around here where I can find the plain Greek style yogurt. I was so upset to find out that it has been pulled from the shelves everywhere until it gets FDA certification. This is one of the few foods I like to eat. It also has more protein in it than regular yogurt (because it is strained?) and I mix it with protein powder to get more protein in it since my diet is seriously lacking in protein. I went to their website, but there was no mention of it on it. Hopefully it will be back on the shelves soon.
Posted by Blondie at September 7, 2004 07:10 PM