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September 09, 2005
Loser
Suffice to say I am not proud of how I spent my day. I got up early, did some reading for school, went food shopping, and then watched 6 hours of the Real World Austin. I’m not kidding. I took some time out to go swimming for 25 minutes. I pulled the whole time, using just my upper body. My legs aren’t tired, but it occurred to me that my quad issue hasn’t quite healed up b/c my rest days aren’t super restful. Even when I wasn’t running I have been biking all over to do errands and to commute to school. My quad doesn’t hurt that much at all but I can tell it’s not quite right. Given how long it took me to get better from my calf pull in April (when I just kept right on running) I am going to push my long run to Sunday. I honestly could run right now if I wanted to and would probably be fine, but I would rather just nip this thing entirely and get healed. I think two consecutive days off should do the trick (today and tomorrow). Of course it is killing me to miss my run (I am running one less time next week b/c I am pushing Sunday’s run back) but I think it’s the wise choice to try and avoid injury land. Oh, I also did some sit-ups and such today.
The plan is to run for an hour and 15 minutes on Sunday, 40 minutes on Tuesday, 35 minutes on Thursday, and then race the 5K on Saturday.
AND, tomorrow I am going to the giant people-sized maze!!! That doesn't make up for not running but it helps...at least it gets me away from my tv and the Real World.
Posted by Audrey at September 9, 2005 08:11 PM
Comments
Next time you're being held hostage by your TV, call me or Becky and we'll drag you away :-) I hope you have a great time at the maze. I'm a little jealous!
Posted by: Alison at September 9, 2005 11:10 PM