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April 26, 2006
Ugly Run
Way back when Alison first moved to Medford, she wrote about the difficulty of finding new routes. One of her routes in particular, she described as one where she'd know where to bury a body if she ever needed to. My run today made me think the same things, although hiding a body where I was would have been really hard. I guess I thought that since it was just an ugly run and some of it was in a not so great area.
I had to go back to the lab today for them to run some tests. They were taking some kind of reading (I don't know what) and wanted to do it with the bra dry and the bra sweaty. After getting the dry reading, they set me up on the treadmill. After about five minutes, one of the guys came in and said that I might as well do my normal run. They weren't trying to get heartrate data at different intensities, they just needed me to sweat some, so they suggested going outside.
This was fine with me, but their office is in a not very nice area. It is very close to some nice areas, but it's actual location is the kind of place where you can be afraid of being shot. Besides that, it is on a pretty busy road with no shoulder. Once I got off that road, I was on a four lane highway, in the shoulder for a mile. Basically the first two miles out were ugly and not so safe. From there, I was close to where we start our Saturday morning run. I ran the opposite direction from there and went down to the track where we do our workouts and did a loop around the top of the park. I greatly underestimated how long this was going to take and it ended up taking longer than planned. The total run took just under 51 minutes instead of the 45 I had planned. In addition to the five minutes on the treadmill before I went out, I got 56 minutes in.
I have no clue how long this run was and it won't be easy to plot since part of it was on a bicycle path. My host from England wrote to me about how well his race went in London. He said that he didn't keep a training log at all, so he didn't really stress about the race. It was impossible to care about workouts that were missed because they weren't recorded, all he could do was remember the ones that were done. Of course, he also didn't drink at all. I think maybe that's the ticket to a 2:48! Anyhow, this is getting at that maybe I just need to do what I have always tried to do with running-go out and have fun.
So, I also lifted today. I really dislike lifting, but right now I think that my arms are looking pudgy. When this happens, I want to lift more to tone them up. Yes, it is shallow, but tank top season is coming and I want arms that look good exposed. My arms were sore from some of the exercises from yesterday, so I didn't lift that much. It doesn't make sense to push myself lifting when I'm already in a broken down state.
Posted by Blondie at April 26, 2006 08:04 PM
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Hey Blondie! I highly doubt that your arms are pudgy . . . you crack me up :) I have to admit that I enjoy lifting for some of the same reasons - I like getting some definition (and also being more balanced, which obviously helps me run better).
Ah, the track. Why am I so afraid of the track? I suppose its time to get unafraid and go after it :)
Posted by: bridget at April 26, 2006 08:44 PM
thx for your comment-except now all i want is pumpkin pie!!!! i have a feeling it's going to be a long wait...
yeah, i can tell the difference in my arms too when i swim and lift. as i'm sure you know, the good news is the difference from lifting can be seen almost right away.
Posted by: Audrey at April 26, 2006 08:53 PM