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October 05, 2004
Over the Humpday
At least for me anyway. This is a short week at work, so the hard part is over now. We have staff development, otherwise known as inservice on Thursday, which is from 8-1. Then we have off on Friday. In other words, I get to sleep in 2 days in a row!!! This is a very exciting prospect for me. Friday has nothing planned so far and since Saturday is the day before a race, there is no need to wake up at the crack of dawn to get a long run in.
Fall is slowly creeping in. Long sleeves were selected for the running wardrobe today, but short sleeves may have been ok. Since I'm one of those chronically cold people and had been freezing all day at work, I decided that I would wear the long sleeves just in case. The temperature was actually warmer than my usual long sleeve rule calls for. Yes, I do have cutoff temperatures for what kinds of clothes need to be worn. I could go into great detail as to what the criteria are. It even goes into what kind of running I'm doing and the temperature. Maybe one day I'll write a dissertation on running outfits in relation to speed and temperature.
So this afternoon was to be the "longer mid-week run". This was not supposed to be quite as long as the usual longer mid-week long, but still longer than the everyday recovery run. I did my 8 mile course which I'm pretty sure is longer than 8 miles, although my 9 mile course is probably shorter than 9. I know this because each time I time these courses the times are very similar, like within a minute or so. When I started out my legs felt awful. After about a mile they started to wake up some. My ankle was stiffer today than it has been because I didn't really get a chance to sit with the ice pack on it last night. After I stretched it out some at the light I felt much better. I ended up feeling really good on my way back in, so good that the last 2 miles were right around 12:10. I think that many of my runs end up being progression runs as my body eases into running. I start out slowly and then pick it up to a comfortably hard pace.
I went to the gym to ride the stationary bike for a little while. The main reason I went over to the gym was because I had to hit Trader Joe's today and I didn't want to only make a trip there, I wanted to do something else en route. So I did a bit on the bike and then picked up some much needed groceries. What fun!
Posted by Blondie at October 5, 2004 07:28 PM