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September 08, 2005
Ready for a Day Off
My body is so ready for tomorrow's day off. I probably won't completely take it off, as in sitting on the couch eating Bon-bons. Speaking of that, does anyone know if they still make Bon-bons? I tried to get them for my mom one day when she was feeling really down during chemo and couldn't find them in the grocery store. Anyhow, I digress...I'll probably go to yoga and maybe go for a walk depending on what the weather is like. Aboslutely no running!!! I've earned it!!!
Today was another double day. Since tonight's workout was a hard one, the plan was to try to be running around 8 this morning to get more time between runs. As is usually the case, things didn't really go according to the plan. My cell phone rang at 7 with someone who really only wanted to leave a message. I had some trouble getting out of bed when the alarm was set, but I only hit the snooze bar once. After getting out of bed, things took a little longer to happne than I had alloted, so I didn't really get out running until about 8:15. This wasn't too bad because there were less kids at bus stops. I felt like I was "butt jogging" (something that I had never heard of until yesterday) early on and almost tripped over my own shoelaces. After about a mile I started to feel a little bit better, but it is only the morning wake-up run, so the only point was to get out and get moving some. When I got home I did four barefoot striders in the front lawn. I kind of like doing them, they're very freeing and make me feel like a little kid again.
Tonight was the last night of hills on the schedule. To be honest, I've been looking forward to this since we started. I know that the hills are good for me and help me quite a bit. In fact, I PR'd at 5K and half marathon without even touching the track a few years ago after doing these hills, so they do something. There were only a few of us doing the hills tonight, and only T and I did five of them. Considering how much I have run this week, I wasn't sure if they would be better than last week or not. I can't really determine if they felt easier or harder than last week when I did them. They may have felt harder becuase they were faster, I don't know. The loop is just over a mile and I did my five hills in 35 minutes, so I was very happy with that.
My legs are very happy that I sat in the bathtub filled with ice when I got home. The ice and I had a fight because it wanted to stay in massive chunks and not come out of the bag that it came in. Whenever there are chunks in the bag, I fear that one of the huge chunks is going to come flying out of the bag and land on my shins, ouch!! It hasn't happened yet, but it probably will someday.
Night all!
Posted by Blondie at September 8, 2005 08:52 PM