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October 15, 2005
Foaming at the Knee
When I woke up this morning it was STILL raining. I decided to wait a little bit before heading out the door to see if things cleared up. They didn't, and things seemed only to get worse. I finally made myself go when Brad called me to say he was on his way home from his workout (hill repeats at Heartbreak Hill).
I drove to the school where I work to park my car. That way I could run to the hill I was going to do my workout at instead of doing an out and back warmup and cooldown. I warmed up for about 19 minutes and did lots of drills and strides to be fully loose. I skipped stretching because I didn't really feel like sitting in puddles. It was a relatively warm rain. I tied my jacket around my waist because I ended up being too warm with so many layers on.
My workout was 9 x 30 sec. hills with the jog back down for recovery. It was split into three sets (no extra rest between sets) of easy, medium, hard. I call it level 1, 2, and 3 because the pace gets progressively harder and never is easy. The last one is practically all-out. I was annoyed because while I wasn't struggling at all, I could never get as far at each level as I did in my first set. Brad always gets farther, but my excuse could be that as the workout went on, the street became more and more flooded.
I cooled down for 19 minutes. On my cooldown, I began noticing that my knees were very sudsy. I also noticed that where my jacket met my spandex there was more suds. Weird. I guess no one driving by noticed because I didn't get any honks. I just got a new washer and dryer, but maybe I have to put my clothes through an extra rinse cycle. I remember this happening before in high school or college and that the group I was with had to stop running because we were laughing so much. I don't know. I think your clothes have to be pretty soaked for it to happen and I don't think I've ever been as soaked as I was. Luckily I brought a towel to sit on in my car.
I'm still resting (it's only been a week), but this workout was to keep the legs moving. Last fall, I started my marathon training from practically scratch. I started with short pick-ups before I started doing 3 minute hills. This time, I have a whole year of 50+ miles/week. While I'm not in great shape now by any means, we want to rest enough to keep me fresh, but not lose too much of what I have. We have to sit down and figure out a basic outline for the marathon, but haven't had time to do it yet. Right now resting feels good.
Now that the "bad weather" is approaching, Brad and I spent a lot of time today getting our basement ready for treadmill running. We now have a stereo, TV, and DVD/VCR combo set up right in front of our treadmill. I couldn't make it through my runs just staring at the wall. At my Dad's we also visited each other or I'd sit nearby and read. I guess our next mission will have to be to get something to sit on because we don't have a coach downstairs like at my Dad's.
Gosh, this entry was probably my longest ever. Sorry if I rambled at all. I can't help it. In the last couple of days, I've gotten really excited about running Boston, which is good considering I barely made it out the door on Thursday for my run. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Posted by Caitlin at October 15, 2005 08:20 PM
Comments
That is so funny that you were sudsy on your run!! You definitely have the hook-up in the basement set-up. My dad has the treadmill in the basement and I refuse to run on it. The TV is at an angle that you have to crane your neck to see it and you are just staring at the cinder block wall the entire time. I don't know how he walks on it every morning without the entertainment of the TV. If the weather does get too bad this winter, I may resort to craning my neck though....
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at October 16, 2005 11:01 AM
I got a little worried when I read your title. :) One friend friend of mine used to get "sudsy" when she put too much powder soap in the wash. Possibility? Anyway, that hill workout sounds tough. Keep up that positive attitude.
Posted by: Leilani at October 17, 2005 07:59 AM