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September 19, 2005
The After Pain
This morning was ugly. The weather was BEAUTIFUL-a chill was even in the air! I was so happy to be running and back on my normal schedule-but I was absolutely shuffling along. Over the past two days I have gotten progressively more sore. Specifically, my quads, abs, and back could feel the effects of the race. I did my pond loop in 40:45. I think my form was poor, I was slow, I was tired b/c I went to bed late and it was now 6:45 in the morning, and the soreness could be felt with every stride. In a way though, it felt nice. It was a satisfying soreness b/c it meant I had pushed myself. Stretching after the run was similar agony/pleasure. However, as usually happens, an hour after I finished I felt significantly better than prior to the run. I am only a tiny bit sore now.
Of note is there was this annoying girl who would not let me pass her. The dirt path is narrow so I would pass her on the pavement and then move back into the dirt. Then she would sprint and pass me and get in front of me on the dirt. Then I would shuffle up to her and pass her again and she would sprint again. I was like [in my head] are you kidding me?? Either let me pass you or maintain a faster speed so I don’t catch you (she wasn't doing an interval workout or anything that i could identify-unless her workout was "sprint when someone gets near you"). It was weird. And annoying. So I pushed her into the pond. Not really.
I have been riding my bike to all of my various activities today which feels pretty nice on the legs-stretching them out a bit more. I have lots of work this week. I worked respectably hard on my three day weekend (which should be pretty standard this fall) it’s just that I have sooo much activity stacked from Monday-Thursday.
Congrats to EVERYONE who raced this weekend. There was lots of running everywhere. It was fun to read about.
Posted by Audrey at September 19, 2005 04:54 PM
Comments
I can't stand when people don't let you pass them!!!! One of my pet peeves, especially when it's a guy in a race and you're thinking, buddy if you're working this hard to not let me pass you, you'd better give up on it!
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at September 19, 2005 08:27 PM
maybe this is a different topic but i hate it when people drive like that too. you ride up to their bumper and then move over and *zoooom* they sprint ahead in their lane as though they would be offended if you pass them. repeat, repeat, for miles. lame.
Posted by: brent hopkins at September 20, 2005 01:08 AM
I think you should definately have pushed her into the pond, and then yelled "Run faster next time, byoch!"
Ok, that would not be very nice but it would be funny to have on video.
Hope that post-race soreness is feeling better today. You do realize that you muscles have just become incredibly strong as a result of that race, right? You will be so much faster after this.
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at September 20, 2005 08:52 AM
My mental picture of you shoving her into the pond cracked me up. There is a guy (who shall remain nameless...you know who you are!) that runs in our club races who does that to me all the time. It is so aggrevating! Oh and people who do that in the left lane on the road are known as Left Lane Vigilantes, see http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,126808,00.html for the definition.
Posted by: Rob at September 20, 2005 03:53 PM