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August 24, 2005
'Nother Night With the Girls
I don't know if it is sad or cool that a night hanging out with some of the girls involves hanging out with my mom and my aunt. M was probably at the beach, or else it would have been me with three women who are all old enough to be my mom. OK, that was a dumb statement, cuz one of the girls is my mom! I don't wancha all to think that I'm a big loser, I do have some girlfriends who are my age...but I seem to hang out with these ladies more than some of my own friends.
My aunt stopped over tonight for another celebration of the end of treatments. We sat around the living room and finished off the last bottle of wine that we had open and the end of the champagne. I'm nowhere near the state I was in when Bridget announced "BEST POST EVER!!!!", but there is a nice happy kind of feeling going on. We talked about politics since my aunt really can't talk about her true feelings at home, she and my uncle have differing views, nuff said.
Yeah, so, I did run this morning. It might have been better if I didn't, don't know for sure. I think that I did something to my quads on Saturday morning when I lifted. I did some squats, but my legs felt weak and depleted. They have not felt the same since. The early part of the run was good, but about half way through, my legs just felt dead. I had to keep stopping to stretch some. I think that I just overdid it on Saturday. My quads were sore on Sunday, Monday night was a workout, yesterday was a massage. I did ice when I got home and that may have helped. They just felt so tired this morning. It may have been better to take the day off to recover. Hopefully the heart rate monitor guys don't call to do more testing on Friday, I think that my legs need a day of rest.
I don't know why I am so stuck in my schedule. I like the schedule I keep, but it does not need to be set in stone. For some reason, I just like to have the continuity every week. I know what is on the plate for each day of the week.
I have been thinking and wondering lately if my PR days are over. It seems like two years ago all of the stars had lined up in my favor. I haven't really come close to the times I ran those days. Even my daily runs are much slower. My fast days now aren't as fast as my slow days were then. I think that I am a bit heavier now, but I'm not really sure how much. Something happened sometime last spring that has slowed me down, but I can't pinpoint what it is. Last March I PR'd at 5 miles and ever since then I've been running much slower. I don't know if it comes from listening to others about not doing all of my training at such a fast pace or if it is something else. I know that I was doing intervals with some other people then and now I'm more or less on my own. I really wish that I could figure out what it is because I have been feeling really not into racing because I don't have the fast times in me anymore. I have had some good races in the fact that I have done very well in some strong fields, but that is not always going to happen. I don't know if it is nutritional or not, but I think that I eat healthier now than I did two years ago.
OK, nuff of that. I think that the massage therapist bruised or irritated a spot on the back of my right calf yesterday. It is so sore right now. I know that my calves tend to get excessively tight as a result of toe running and I've had this sensation after a massage before, but it still hurts. I tried to stay more on top of the water today than usual to rid my body of the rest of the toxins from yesterday, but I'm usually good about the water as it is.
Hope that everyone is well and time to read up on Lump-Day.
Posted by Blondie at August 24, 2005 09:58 PM
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I don't know exactly what you need to do to set PRs again, but I assure you that your PR days are not over!! Or putting it another way, there is no physical reason why they would be.
Posted by: Alison at August 25, 2005 08:22 AM
Hi Blondie. I'm catching up on blog reading and what you expressed in your post is EXACTLY how I feel right now. I too am trying to analyze where things are going wrong and how they went right back in my faster days. Maybe all those long, slower miles aren't helping? Maybe we're due for a change of strategy? Anyway, I agree with Alison that your PR days aren't over. I still think you're wicked fast. I hope we can both get over this hump and start seeing some faster days again soon!!! :)
Posted by: Leilani at August 26, 2005 01:35 PM