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May 23, 2005
Being the Troublemaker
Growing up, I was always the "good" kid. My brother wasn't bad, I just never got caught. I never had a detention, I was never the one talking in class or giving the teacher a hard time, I always got good grades, well you get the picture. I was a dork (and still am!) I always listened to my parents or the teacher, it was what you were supposed to do. Even at work, I try to keep everyone more or less happy, even though I hate it. You would think with all of this respect for others who are in authority, I would be a very coachable athlete. At one point I was. I did whatever my swim coaches would ask me to do without question. Now I am a stubborn lil thing who does not listen very well.
After last weekend, M told J that he thought it would be a good idea if I did not run at all for at least a week. Of course this was not meant to be. When I saw M on Saturday, he yelled at me because he heard that I had run during the week. Tonight J was late for the workout. The prescribed workout is one that I love/hate. I love it because when I do it I know that I am in shape. I hate it because it is HARD. The group of guys were moaning and groaning that they did not really want to do the workout, I told them it didn't affect me, but what good is having a schedule if you aren't going to follow it. Anyhow, J showed up during this discussion and told them to do whatever they wanted. Then he and I talked about what I should be doing. Needless to say, I wanted to do more than he thinks I should be doing.
I ended up doing the warm-up, about 2 miles on the track and the warm-down for a total of about 7 miles. J didn't want me to do the warm-down, he would have rather me just stretched, but I am so itchy to run that I had to do it. His main concern is that I'll do too much too soon and end up hurt. To make him feel better, I won't run tomorrow. My toe is feeling better, hardly any tingling today. My off and on sore shin was a little sore tonight, but that is not abnormal. I feel like I am ready for an almost normal week, but I'll still take it extra easy this week.
Posted by Blondie at May 23, 2005 08:09 PM
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Hey there Blondie - I am catching up on some long over-due blog reading and posting and I just realized that you ran a marathon! Holy smokes! That is sooooo awesome . . . congratulations :)
Posted by: bridget at May 24, 2005 09:03 AM