Planned to run 8 early Sunday morning before church. Well, my alarm went off at 5:05AM and I heard rain outside so I turned it off and fell back to sleep. Great decision, KP.
Nice cool day today! About 80* when I started! I was thankful. The heat and humidity didn't seem as bad tonight and I was very happy about that.
Ran 3.6 over the hill from Fleet Feet to the intersection of Airport and Whitesburg. That is a descent little hill for a non-hill runner like myself. Yes, I walked a small portion of the hill. It got steep. Run was at a 10 min pace. I wanted to walk on the way back (after cruising down the hill) and just kept saying over and over in my head "marathon, marathon, marathon" and that kept me going. Anyone know of an all downhill marathon? I seriously think I could do that. My legs would be trashed. Downhill doesn't bother me like uphill does though.
Saw this guy:
Is he a snapping turtle? This cell phone pic doesn't really show the details, but he had large claws and didn't really look like a normal pond turtle. By the way, he was nowhere near water... I'd say a good mile or so from the nearest little pond.
Ran 3.5 with training group on the Greenway. Slow and easy pace.
After training group I played on my bike for 40 minutes - 8.6 miles. I tried out a friend of mine's shoes/clips. I didn't really want clips for my bike because I'm really clumsy but after playing with hers for a while tonight, I'm thinking that maybe they aren't so bad. We took the 4.3 miles out super easy and the 4.3 back at a quick pace. I swallowed two bugs and thought I was going to gag. One got lodged in the back of my throat. Disgusting.
Did I utter the words to my bike-mate tonight, "I want to do a century someday" referring to a 100-mile bike ride. Why? It hurts for me to do 10 miles. I have toooooooo many dreams/goals/aspirations.
On my second run, I could feel my IT band tighten up a bit. Arghhhhhh.... I went home and rolled it. I haven't been as diligent about that as I should be lately. I am also now taking my roller on vacation. Wow. Can you say dork? I'll be out of town for the rest of the week. I'll be surprised if I get in any running simply because my body will ache from walking 10 miles every day in flip flops. I can't imagine that I'll want to drag myself out of bed any earlier than necessary to go run. We'll see. I did pack running clothes in hopes of getting something done. | 