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April 28, 2005
Like a Leaf...
...floating in the wind. OK, so today was not nearly as graceful as a leaf floating and fluttering in the wind. The wind was just freaking ridiculous. I tried to nap after work and kept being woken by the gusts of wind. This morning was calm and peaceful, but by afternoon it was a different story.
It goes without saying that I was very happy that I was not doing the workout tonight. The schedule called for ? x 800-seriously, that is what was written. My assigned workout was to do 6 200s, but I could not justify only doing 6, so I did 8 to make it an even 7 miles for the evening. The wind made any running extremely difficult. For some reason the track that we train on seems to have wind no matter what the actual weather conditions are. On top of that, when it is windy, the wind is always in your face. It seems to defy the laws of logic, but that is how it always feels.
Tonight I did not feel quite as fresh as I have the rest of this week. The right calf seems to be tightening up again. I made a point to stretch it more. I have also been making sure to wear nice, sensible shoes rather than cute shoes to work. I was going to take an ice bath tonight, but i didn't have enough cash to buy ice after my other errands and my mom's "girls" were over. Drinking wine with the girls definitely won out over sitting in a bathtub filled with ice.
Anyhow, I'm feeling ready for Sunday. I am excited to race in a good field. The weather looks conducive to fast times...cool. Broad Street is the kind of race that sets up well for fast times as long as you have good conditions. Last year it was warm and humid with a head wind-times were a good two minutes or more off of where they probably should have been. My ride on Sunday is going to the expo for me to pick up my packet. I have a love-hate relationship with expos. They can be enjoyable, but for the most part they are a pain in the ass.
Well, that's about all for tonight. Hopefully I can still see some of the TV shows that I like, but it seems doubtful now.
Posted by Blondie at April 28, 2005 08:51 PM
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Good luck in your race this weekend! Looking forward to hearing all about it...
Posted by: Beth at April 29, 2005 08:52 AM