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September 23, 2004
Busy Week
This week has been so hectic. All I want to do is sit down and not have something that I have to take care of. Right after work today I had a dentist appointment. I've never had a traumatic experience at the dentist, but I don't enjoy having someone poke at my gums with a sharpy object. I didn't actually get to see my dentist because he was at his son's cross country meet. The dentist works next to my parent's office and my mother offered for me to run with his son sometime. His son is only a freshman, but he is pretty good, he broke 18:00 in their invitational last weekend. The hygenist who I saw this time was much gentler than the one I usually see. The lady I usually get is really rough and then tells me that I need to floss more, etc. I have been good about flossing for the past year. Before I would only floss in the weeks leading up to my appointment. All right, enough about going to the dentist.
I went to the track tonight. I'm still not too sure if it was a good idea to do any kind of workout. My legs are feeling better, but my ankle still feels really stiff. The workout was 2 x 3200 with an 800 jog between each one. The original plan was that I should aim for right over 6:00 pace for both of the 3200s. I could tell on the warm-up that was overly ambitious. My ankle was stiff and I just didn't feel right. We got on the track and I thought that I might only do one. I ran with J and A for the first interval. Our goal was just to stay steady. We did negative split the first one and finished in 13:15. By the seventh lap my legs were feeling really beat and I decided that I was only going to push through a mile of the second one. I went through that mile in 6:38 and jogged the second mile of it in 7:10. It's amazing how a 30 second difference in a mile makes it feel so easy. I realize now that I probably should not have done it. Most of my regular runs are around 6:45 or 6:50 pace and feel easy, but running slightly faster today felt hard still.
I had to go to the grocery store on the way home to pick up food for lunch at work tomorrow. While I was there I picked up some ice so that I could take an ice bath when I got home. My legs are cold now, but feel much better. Tomorrow is my day off from running and I don't have any place I have to be right after work. I'm planning on going to the gym right after work and running in the pool for a bit. I haven't gotten to do this in a while and I know that it makes my legs feel better. I can't wait to get a massage next week to really get myself feeling better.
A final work related note-I got a call about an interview for a better job today! I called the woman back, but she wasn't there, so I just left a message for her.
Posted by Blondie at September 23, 2004 08:36 PM
Comments
Heya, Hope the call about the new job goes through. It sounds like your current job is sucky-sucky. Hopefully none of your co-workers read your blog! Hah! Take care of your ankle! Meghan
Posted by: Meghan at September 23, 2004 09:04 PM