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October 20, 2004
Finally...Back to Normal
Today I finally felt like myself again. I went out this afternoon with no agenda for my run. I did not make a decision on how far I was going to go until I had to, around the five mile point in the run. If I was feeling good, I would go longer, if I was feeling awful I would go straight home.
This morning I woke up five minutes before the alarm went off. Instead of taking advantage of that time and just laying in bed, I got up and got into the shower. I took advantage of the extra time to tape my ankle. It felt much better during the day. I made sure to take off my left boot and elevate my foot every now and then during the day. Of course this couldn't happen too much because the kids were absolutely crazy. I think that the extra support on it helped.
I kept the tape on while I was out running and it really was not bothering me. My stride felt fluid and my breathing felt so easy. No run can ever be perfect, so my stomach decided to act up. Just around 3 miles I knew that I would need to find a bathroom, soon. Lucky for me, there is a port-o-pot along the golf course just over a half mile down the road. I used that one, but it did not completely take care of the problem. About 20 minutes further I was having the same problem with no bathroom nearby. I had to stop for a minute to let the feeling in the pit of my stomach pass. For those of you who read my blog regularly, this is not an uncommon problem for me. I even ate my lunch earlier than normal to try to prevent this from happening today. Since everything else was going well, I decided to run 9 this afternoon. I finished in 58 and change which reinforces that my 15K the other weekend was a really, really bad day.
I really tried to think positive thoughts throughout the day today. Work sometimes really gets to me and affects other aspects of my life. Tomorrow night is track night. We may go out afterwards again, but it will be nothing like it was last week. Tomorrow is the day before Friday!! Everyone enjoy!
Posted by Blondie at October 20, 2004 07:41 PM