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June 16, 2005
Wednesday
My goodness, it's already Thursday morning! Time really flies when you aren't doing anything! Originally I was going to start working for my parents this week, but next week looks more realistic. I have some more errands to run today, so I may as well just start at the beginning of next week. There are more jobs to get resumes sent in to, so that I am no longer without a job. I need to come up with a good expression to explain the situation that I am in. I didn't quit, I resigned...it really was not my fault.
Yesterday morning was still horrendous. The weatherman stated in the afternoon that the humidity had greatly decreased over the course of the day, making it more comfortable. I was extremely jealous of Alison and anyone else in the New England area as the news said that it was in the 50s in that neck of the woods. When I ran, around 9:30, it was already 85 degrees out. Now, it didn't really get much hotter yesterday and the humidity went down...seems that I ran at the worst time of day!
As much as I hate to rationalize, there are plenty of good reasons that I felt on the lousy side yesterday morning. Of course, I didn't really think of these reasons until after running. Since my last day off, on Friday, I did a long run on Saturday, had a good medium run on Sunday, did a track workout on Monday (the first one since the beginning of May), and another long run on Tuesday (the longest since the end of April). Honestly, I have not put together four quality days in a row in about a month. There was every reason to feel tired running yesterday. I did keep telling myself to stay relaxed and back off. I am planning on participating in a race tonight (more about that later) and don't want to be too wiped out.
I went back to my trail yesterday. Most of it is in the shade, there are about three small sections where you pop out into some sun and I was amazed at the difference in the temperature in the sun compared to the rest of the trail. I park at the "top"-it does go further on the road and then picks up trail someplace else, and run "down" to where it hits road again (but picks up someplace else). About three-quarters of the way down there is a parking lot with a bulletin board with information. I stopped there on the way back to see how long the part of the trail I've been running is, but no dice. There isn't a legend on the maps, but it does say when it is completed it should be about ten miles. I was pretty mad at a group of about thirty nature walkers; the leader called "runner up" but most of the people didn't hear it and I had to come to a complete stop and get dirty looks from them because I was running where they wanted to walk. I finished up at 50 minutes, but didn't feel too good for most of it.
When I got home, I showered and self-tanned. For some reason I can not get putting on the self-tanning lotion right. I am multi-shaded now and streaky. Sun is a no-no...my fair skin burns and both of my parents have had skin cancer. I have just been feeling so pasty white that I wanted some color. Now I have various shades of tan on my body, hopefully they will improve after I shower today.
Last night my mom had her water aerobics class at the gym. It turns out that her instructor is someone who I used to swim with when I was about 12. I went to the gym with her and used the fitness center during her class, riding the bike for half an hour. There is a serious shortage of "good" magazines right now. I don't want to read parenting magazines or money magazines...give me some trashy gossip! Before going to the gym we went to buy her a new Vera Bradley bag and to get Father's Day cards and after the gym we hit Target. It was a wild and crazy night!
Earlier I stated that I am going to "participate" in a race tonight. I have no plans of actually racing it. The course is quite hilly and turny. One of the men who runs in our group has started a race organizing company and this is one of his races. In fact, this is the second annual of this race. I missed it last year since I was in a different time zone. I felt guilty about missing it, although there is no reason to feel guilty about it. I was doing something that was much more prestigious. Luckily the weather seems to have broken, it is only in the low 70s and should not get much hotter. C does get great prizes for this race, but my only objective is to run strong, smart and hopefully get under 20. Tonight is more of a tempo style workout instead of a race.
Posted by Blondie at June 16, 2005 09:23 AM
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Blondie with your pace, I'm sure even if you crawl you'll make it under 20! ;) Either way, just have fun and enjoy, that's the most important thing regardless of time! Good luck!!!
Posted by: Nanda at June 16, 2005 03:32 PM
PS. I didn't mean for that to sound like pressure in any sort of way, I hope it didn't! It's more of a compliment for running so darn well!!!!
Posted by: Nanda at June 16, 2005 03:33 PM