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April 16, 2005
Some Much Needed Rest
Last night I was such a big loser and was in bed around 8:30 and asleep by 9:00. And some people wonder why I never have any dates. Some day I will meet someone who understands my sleep needs. I did wake up about half an hour before the alarm was set to go off this morning, but it was nice to not be rudely awakened by the alarm. My body felt so much more rested than I have in many days.
I talked to J some before our run this morning. Yesterday I had left him a message about how terrible Thursday night had been. We decided that although I am responding really well to higher mileage and not injured, sleep is such an issue that we're going to cut out the doubles for now. If I had a different job, the doubles would work really well, but getting up before 5 has been taking a toll on me. He says that my body is sending me a signal that I need to rest. The big races are coming up now anyhow, so we were probably only going to keep the doubles for another week or two at the most. I may do a double this Monday since I took the day off from work and can do it at a reasonable hour.
We had a small group this morning since people were up in Boston and now that it is getting warmer others are heading to the beach for the weekend. Since we are still trying to build strength (for me), I am keeping my long runs on the longer side. This was pretty unfortunate because it meant that I was going to have to run alone because all of the folks running Boston are not running long anymore. I'd been running with them for my long runs, but they would either add on before the group started or after we got back. I did our out and back course. When I got to the turnaround, I looked at my watch to see what kind of pace I had been running and realized that I had never changed the mode on my watch and it just showed the time of day. I changed it to chronograph mode and started it for the way back. At least I have run this course enough time to know about how long I had been out. Today was a little bit slower than usual, I came back in about 55 minutes instead of about 53. I also added on at the end, probably close to four miles. I ran for about 2:20, close to 20 miles. I felt pretty good. I did drink some water and diluted Gatorade. The weather was that confusing kind of weather where I didn't know what I wanted to put on. When we got started it was below 40 and quite chilly, but I knew that in two hours it was going to be much warmer. I finally decided on long sleeves, shorts, gloves, and a hat. Anytime that I was in the shade it was cold. In the sun it was comfortable. Early on, I was really chilly. I took off my gloves for the last 20 minutes or so, but kept the hat on the whole time.
I went to the gym and did the elliptical for half an hour and then rode the stationary bike for another half hour. I got all caught up on my celebrity gossip. I also picked up an Organic Style magazine, but it was from 2002. I lifted some and then headed home.
Hopefully my mom and I are going to head over to one of our favorite stores this afternoon. This store is having a Vera Bradley sale. These bags never go on sale, but they are 20 percent off this weekend. I have to model bags for her so that she can pick one for my birthday gift.
Posted by Blondie at April 16, 2005 01:02 PM
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You and your mom are too cute. That's great you have something you both like to do-shopping at that store. It's sometimes hard to find legitimate interests to share with your parents (atleast it is for me since i'm still trying with my mom since i DON't like shopping) so I am glad you have the same "favorite" store. Also, great workout! Sorry your runningmates were no longer there!
Posted by: Audrey at April 16, 2005 04:44 PM