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September 3, 2004
Busy Day - Easy Run
Busy Day
On Wednesday I was really tired from three days of commuting from CT to MA. I have had to leave my parent's house in CT at 6:30 in order to avoid Hartford and Springfield traffic. In the evenings I have been staying up late to organize my things to take to my new house in Northampton. I have been feeling very run down.
The official graduate school orientation began today. We were able to meet with fellow students in our exercise and science department and meet with our professors. Unfortunately, due to mandatory meetings, I had to miss the morning Smith practice. I was able to attend the afternoon lifting session with the team.
Before the afternoon meeting I had about an hour to squeeze in a run. I decided to just do some loops on the trails that are right around the community gardens. I felt very very sluggish for the first twenty minutes. I almost stopped running all together. I decided to just run really slowly and use the day as a loosening up day. With about five miles to go I had some spring in my step and was able to pick up the pace a bit. After the run I decided it was time to get more sleep. Unfortunately, this was not going to be the night to get more rest.
The team had a dinner at the Coaches house which was great. Everyone got together for a barbeque and some games in Holyoke.
Posted by mary at September 3, 2004 1:44 PM