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September 04, 2005
Will I Become Itchy Again?
Yes, that is the $64,000 question.
After my first real long run of the season yesterday, I stated that I wanted to run on a soft surface today. So even though the weather was nice enough to run from the house, I went on the G trail. I don't know what came over me, but I decided that I wanted to do the cornfield loop. I am almost 100 percent certain that is where I picked up whatever poison rash I suffered with for close to 3 weeks. Any person with any common sense would steer clear of this loop, but no, I decided to take fate into my own hands. We'll see in two days or so if I got it off soon enough. The dermatologist claims that if you wash soon enough, I won't be afflicted with that awful rash. I did keep an eye out for those telltale leaves that can cause the problem, but who knows.
I felt amazingly good considering yesterday's run. It took me a little bit longer than usual to get out to the end of the trail, but that also involved an encounter with a dog off his leash. The owner was really apologetic about it and the dog was friendly. The cornfield loop will probably be off limits for a while. There is a section that is grassy and has not been mowed for quite some time, the grass was almost up to my knees. As soon as I got through that section, I stopped for a tick check. The area does have deer ticks and I know a few people who have gotten Lyme Disease back there, so stopping was a necessity. I did put on bug spray, but that does not prevent ticks from attracting themselves. After I was completely done the cornfield loop I did another tick check. As soon as I started to run again, there was another encounter with dogs. Their owner was riding horseback!?! These dogs were friendly as well, but it was unnerving. I don't know if it is a holiday weekend or because it was so nice out, but the trail was very crowded. I kept having to slow down to get through throngs of people. It doesn't really matter since today was supposed to be super easy. I got back a little bit before 54 minutes, so I ran until I got to 55. I kept the OCD tendencies under control and did not try to make it an even hour. If I had added up my weekly mileage before I may have, but I can settle for 64.5 miles instead of 65 for the week.
The rest of today has been just hanging out at home. My mom and I went for a stroll this afternoon. We walked for about half an hour. She is trying to start a little bit of exercise again. The walk pretty much wiped her out, but she has done very little exercise since December, so she has to ease into it. It was nice to get outside and stroll with her, though.
Posted by Blondie at September 4, 2005 06:53 PM