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September 26, 2004
Lots of Sleep
I have this really bad habit of taking naps after work every day. I might not actually fall asleep, but I have my half hour of quiet time. I crawl into bed and set my alarm. I use this time to refresh myself before I do anything for the rest of the day. This past week I was so busy that I didn't get to take my nap any day. When I don't get to have that little bit of time I find that I'm unusally sluggish. Friday night I went to bed really early because I meet the group to run at 7 on Saturday morning. I was so beat last night, that I was in bed around 9:30 and didn't wake up this morning until 8:15. I know that the "sleep experts" out there say that you should go to bed and wake up at the same time every day to avoid feeling tired, but honestly, what is there to do at 5:30 on a weekend morning? I do get up early on Saturday, usually around 6:15, but I sleep in on Sunday. I hope that taking one day and not getting up at around the same time isn't ruining my sleep health.
Two of the guys in our running group have started a race organizing company. Currently in our area, there is one race organizer who has a monopoly on races that are less than stellar. It has gotten so that I basically will not run in one of his races unless I absolutely have to. The prices are very steep, the times are always off, there are only two course he really uses, the prizes are medals or trophies, and there usually is not any competition. So these guys are trying to things better. I missed their first race over the summer because I was out of town at another race, so I felt that I had to come and support them at this race. I felt terrible, they only had 18 people show up to run, but at least everyone got an award. It was a 3 mile out and back course, with the out portion a steady uphill and, naturally, the second portion a steady downhill. I purposely did not wear anything I associate with racing. I wore my "go slow" training shoes and no racing top. This was only my regular run, maybe a few seconds faster, but that was it. There were only 2 other women in the race. I knew one of them was going to race it and if I felt good I could have gone with her, but that was not my plan. Anyhow, I just tried to run easy and relaxed. I don't know if I could have run much faster, but doing a track workout tomorrow night is more important to me. I won $25 and this race gave mid-pack awards, so since I was second out of three, I won a Gore-Tex ski vest. I think that I'm going to give it to my father for his birthday since it's a men's medium and is absolutely huge on me.
My ankle felt fine all day yesterday, but when I was warming down it got that stiff feeling again. I'm starting to get worried about it since it has been doing this for a week now. I don't understand why it was fine the entire week after I turned it, but now it feels more painful. I'm still icing it and taking Advil, but it has not been feeling much better.
Posted by Blondie at September 26, 2004 12:50 PM