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October 18, 2004
What Was I Thinking?
I have no idea what I was thinking yesterday when I thought that I'd be able to do quarters the day after a race. Sure, it was more of an up-tempo effort than a race, but it was still a hard run and a lot of miles for the day.
I didn't feel particularly bad when we were warming, but I did not feel particularly fresh either. We got on the track and I asked what I should do, the response was to basically see how I feel. I was aiming to hit 12 of them, but not to try to burn up the track, more of a half-marathon type pace. The barrier is still up on the top curve of the track, so you still have to veer around it. The first two I ran with J and D, but I was running my recovery so much faster than they were, so I ended up by myself. On the sixth interval my quads started to feel tight, so I stopped and stretched for a minute. I willed my self to do 2 more so that I could at least get 8 in. I didn't really time any of them since I didn't want them to be too fast. I know that they were all right around 95. After I finished I stretched for a minute and then jogged a mile while everyone else finished their workouts. I ended up with a total of nine miles for the night. I know that I have to take it very easy tomorrow and wednesday.
My ankle felt really tight tonight. I don't know if it is because I forgot to take Advil yesterday or because I did a lot of running on it yesterday. It could also have to do with wearing my racing flats yesterday. I'm icing it right now and I'm going to do some self-massage on it tonight while I watch some TV.
Not much else is new. I spent the day training a new employee at work. I'll probably be teaching her what to do for most of the week.
Posted by Blondie at October 18, 2004 08:04 PM