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November 29, 2004
Back to Reality
I spent most of yesterday moping around dreading having to go back to work today. The weekend reinforced my thought that I must find a new job for my happiness. Sleeping was difficult last night since the thought of facing work today was hanging overhead. I even stayed up later than usual last night to watch Desperate Housewives. It isn't the kind of show I usually go for; I'm usually a forensics-type show fan, not soap operas.
Track workouts have offically ended for the year. Normally I would not do my runs with the track group at this time of year because I can run in daylight if I go at home after work. This year I have been put in charge of collecting money for the guy who organizes our workouts and keeps us all together, so I have to go up to collect the money. We ran a loop that is somewhere between six and seven miles. J, D, and I added on a little bit to run for just over 50 minutes.
My body felt really pretty good tonight. Yesterday's calf issues were gone. Running in spikes and then wearing heels for seven hours was not kind to my calves yesterday. I usually wear heels at work, but I get to sit most of the time, I stood the entire time I was at the party on Saturday night.
Thank you to everyone who commented on my multiple races this past week. The week of Thanksgiving is my biggest week of the year. I have learned from experience that the Thanksgiving Day races must be taken more lightly than the weekend races. Based on how I felt today, I am going to race on this Sunday. I don't plan to have any expectations heading in. I'm going to just run easy all week and then see what happens.
Off to see how everyone else's return to real life went.
Posted by Blondie at November 29, 2004 07:35 PM
Comments
I had a hard time returning to the reality of work and classes today as well after a longer than usual weekend. I think that in addition to my high mileage week contributed to may overall apathy and fatigue.I think wearing the spikes and high heels would definitely contribute to the calf soreness you had - my calf problems were definitely related to introducing my body to racing flats after an almost one year drought. I am glad your calf is feeling better. I'm looking forward to hearing how your race goes this weekend!
Posted by: Mary at November 29, 2004 08:10 PM
That sucks that you were dreading work so much. I know exactly how you feel (as you know!) and it is an awful feeling. Good luck making a change, I hope you will be happier with work soon!
Posted by: barb at November 30, 2004 12:05 PM