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20.50
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8.75

I have the day off work today; thank you MLK!

I didn't do my long run yesterday because it rained all weekend here and I knew that I had off work today in order to get in a few extra miles.  Yesterday I finally went and bought some trail shoes.  I got the Montrail Streaks and I love them!  I have had a difficult time finding the perfect road shoe as they all seem to hurt badly until I get them broken in.  I didn't have any pain from these shoes today and that was a major bonus in my book.

Last night I took my first of 8 consecutive "Yoga for Runners" classes at our local Fleet Feet store.  I did it with 4 of my good friends and had a great time.  I normally don't have any trouble bending down and touching my toes, but that is about the extent of my flexibility.  This class was a challenge!  It is taught by one of our local ultra runners who does 100's.  She is awesome!  Anyways, WOW!  I enjoyed the class but definitely struggled a bit.  One older lady was in the class and she did worse than me.  Thank goodness for her!  I think everyone else was a pro... made me look bad!

I enjoyed my run today.  My brand new trail shoes are now completely covered in mud.  With all the rain we've had my 2 creek crossings were up and I definitely got wet today.  I practically went for a swim in the one that normally just gets me a bit wet.  After my shoes got completely soaked they were SO heavy.  The weight of the mud and the wetness factor really got to me mentally.  It seemed like each foot weighed 50 pounds!  My hips were killing me from about the halfway point on.  I can only assume it is due to the yoga class from last night as we definitely did some hip stretches.  Over time these are supposed to help with my running (I assume) but it caused me a great deal of pain today.

 Overall it was a great run.  The temps started about 45 and it was nearly 60 when I finished.  This is why I love Alabama... 60 degree temps in January.  It was a perfect day.  I wore shorts and a thin long sleeve shirt.  This was the first run in months that I haven't worn gloves and ear warmers.  It felt great to put a hat back on! 

 Oh yea... edited to add:  When I was just starting out on the trail (maybe .25 into it from the neighborhood) a kid on a 4-wheeler came up behind me but I didn't hear him because I was jammin' to my iPod.  Well he slowed down to pass me (thank you!) and I didn't realize he was there until he was literally right next to me.  I screamed, and I mean LOUD, right in his ear because he scared me to death.  I nearly had a heart attack!  Poor kid; he'll probably have hearing problems in his right ear now.  

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Total Distance
4.50

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOOOOHOOOO!!!! - What a ride!!!

-Mavis Leyrer

 

Ran 2 at lunch with my ultra buddy.  IT band started hurting again.  Darn.

 

Did the dreadmill with Amy (bff) on my way home from class.  Ran a .50 mile warmup then did a run/walk combo with incline thrown in.  I was too busy talking to remember the specifics.  I do recall running .25 a few times at an 8:30 pace and .15 at a 7:20 pace.  I know that is a minimal distance, but who knew I had it in me!??!?  It actually felt good.  Then I did 10 minutes on the bike for the heck of it.  That did not feel good.  It hurts my butt; am I the only one?  Then I did 35 crunch things in the ab-room.  What got into me?  Really, Amy was trying to waste a little time before meeting her boyfriend when he got off of work.  So we did the bikes and abs in order to kill time.  We should do it more often because killing time or not, it is still good for us!

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My fortune cookie from the Chinese restaurant at lunch reads: A pleasant surprise is in store for you soon in bed. Yes, I am serious.

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7.25

I had a "toothache" at work and left early to run with my girlfriends.  We planned to do 8 but it started to get a bit dark so we turned around shortly after 3.5 to head back to the car.  My ITB was a dull but doable pain for the first 3 or so miles.  After that it became excruciating.  I've played "real" sports my entire life and have had injuries but nothing like this.  It was horrible.  Horrible.  We were taking it easy, running 5/1's (run 5 minutes, walk 1 minute) and that was going well until my knee gave.  I stuck with the plan the whole time because I am horrible and have a "suck it up" mentality that isn't always a good thing.  That 1 minute seemed to go by quicker and quicker.  My blessed and lovely friend Laura tried to keep me deep in conversation  in order to not think about the pain.  It didn't work, but I appreciated her effort.  When we got back to the parking lot and were talking for a few minutes, my knee got VERY stiff from just standing around.  I could hardly walk the 20 feet to the car.  It was pathetic.  Then, I had a party to go to.  Which meant I had to go shower.  Getting out of the car and climbing the steps might've been one of the worst things in my life.  I've never given birth to a child, so I will rank it right up there with that kind of pain.  Horrible.  Needless to say, I wasn't moving well last night.  When I got back home I did the roller which moved me to tears.  I slept horrible, about 4 hours.

 This morning I hobbled down the stairs at 5:45 to go work Mountain Mist, a local 50k that Nevels was running.  It was a slow and labored walk, but I really forced myself to put some weight on my knee.  I took 3 Advil (unusual for me; I generally don't take any medicine) to dull the pain.  My knee did well at the race.  I hobbled around and really began to walk seemingly normal on it although it still hurt.  Nevels did not run.  PANSY!!!  He had some lame excuse about being sick.  He was there to cheer on his buds and it was good to chat with him about Lady Gaga (yes, that is just for you Burt) and some guys wicked awesome tattoos; they were insane.  The race was a lot of fun and I had a good time with my girlfriends.

Anyways, that is my long, drawn-out knee pain injury story.  I am disappointed in myself for being such a baby over it.  I am normally not like this at all.  It just hurts.  Plain and simple.  I'll definitely be taking a few days off.  I plan to do the roller this week and maybe try to get in 10 or so on Saturday.  Hopefully I'll be back up to par by then.  

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