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August 02, 2005
Getting Late
This morning was a pretty sorry run. In all honesty, it really was not all that bad, but at the time it seemed pretty terrible. Waking up was not easy this morning and the morning TV shows were more appealing than trying to get out to run.
I knew that I would be going to the G trail to run, it was already getting pretty muggy and nasty when I woke up. I should have trusted my instincts. My thought was to do the cornfield loop, but if I was doused in sweat by the time I reached the boulders to just do out and backs. I was doused in sweat at the boulders, but I decided to do the cornfield loop anyhow since out and backs sounded boring. I should have listened to myself! I stopped to make two tick checks today, at least that was how I rationalized stopping. The cornfield loop is not that shaded so it was awfully hot up there. I twisted my right ankle (of course it was the right side!) pretty badly on a downhill. The first indication that today was not the day was that it took me about a minute longer to get out to the boulders than it did on Sunday. The whole course took nearly two and a half minutes longer than it did on Sunday. That is a testament to the fact that I was running fast on Sunday and slow today. There just was no reason to try to push through this morning. I had almost forgotten how hard it is to run well the morning after doing a real workout.
After the run I headed right up the road to the gym. I rode the bike for 40 minutes. I didn't bring the book I've been reading since there has been a good magazine selection lately, but there were hardly any to pick from today. After riding the bike I did some lifting. It was getting late and I was hungry, so I didn't do as much as I had planned.
This evening I went to the free yoga class that I was given. It was hot in the studio and I didn't particularly care for it. The stretches didn't hit me as well as the ones that I have been doing. The class didn't start until 6:30 and it lasted for 80 minutes. I was so hungry when we got done since I did not eat dinner before going. Now I'm still starving because I went so long without a meal. I should know better, but I wasn't hungry before I left (I usually start to cook dinner around 6:30), but about halfway through I was feeling hungry. Ah, so is life.
Well I want to quickly check up on the other blogs and then do some core exercises.
Posted by Blondie at August 2, 2005 08:53 PM
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How wonderful will it be when we can run any time of day we want (well, not work-schedule wise, but definitely weather-wise)? ahhh....
hope the ankle is ok.
Posted by: Audrey at August 2, 2005 09:55 PM