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May 29, 2005
It Just Figures
Yesterday I did lots and lots of laundry. I prefer to hang my clothes on the line outside. Well, I had the last load up on the line and my mom and I decided that we were going to go visit my grandmother at the home and run some errands. No biggie, right? Wrong! Soon after we got to the home and were chatting away (mainly with my aunt, my grandmother wasn't having the best day) we noticed that the sky was black. The next thing I knew, it was super windy and absolutely pouring! There wasn't anything that we could do about it at that point, but laugh. We did our errands and then came home and took the laundry off the clothesline, even wetter than it was when I put it out! That was pretty much my big excitement for yesterday.
I slept in this morning. It was so nice. Even though it is two weeks post-race, I still feel like I am worn down tired. The bouts of insomnia that I suffer from don't help that any. I ended up going to the same trail that I ran on Wednesday. I would have gone to the other park, but it is pay season now and I am just too cheap to pay for parking. You're supposed to pay for parking at the trail I went to today, but they never come out to the four car lot where I park. I decided to do the same thing as on Wednesday, I ran out for 18 minutes (almost the same exact spot as then) and then turn around and come back. The main difference was today I was dodging a bunch of people-walkers and mountain bikers. I must have been absolutely flying on the way back because I ran back in 16:20. I jogged around to hit 36 minutes and called it a day. It is probably about 4.75 miles, but who knows. The blister is healing up and the tingling is pretty much gone, so I think that it was a result of the blister. My right knee feels weird now, but only for the first three or four minutes that I run, then it warms up and feels fine.
My grand total of running this week was about 32 miles. Quite a leap from the 12 I did last week, but still well under my usual average. I am starting to think about what races I am going to do for the rest of the year. I have some plans, but nothing is set in stone yet-I need to hear from some race directors regarding my early fall races. I may do a track race this summer as something totally different and for fun. Now that I am starting to feel almost recovered, it is time to start looking forward.
Hope that everyone enjoys the holiday tomorrow!
Posted by Blondie at May 29, 2005 06:57 PM