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January 13, 2005
Unseasonably Warm
When we left the house this morning to go to the pool, it was already warm and muggy by my standards. I was hoping the rain would hold off for the rest of the day because I wasn't planning on doing my run until the evening. The pool was practically empty as the high school teams were vacating as R. and I arrived, so I was ecstatic to have a lane all to myself. Since we only had 45 minutes, I warmed up with a few drills and swam 10 laps (500 meters). I've never counted how many laps I completed in a time period before, but I know that was very slow. Nonetheless, it's a starting point, and I can't wait for the day that I can swim 800 meters comfortably because that's how far I have to swim for the St. Croix triathlon! Actually, I would love to train for and complete an Ironman triathlon, but I'm getting waaaayyyy ahead of myself. I do feel like the form in my arms is improving, but I can't help but feel paranoid that the bottom half of my body is sinking. It's hard to tell unless I have someone watching me, but I'll have to wait until Sunday for that.
Lucky me, the rain did hold off until I finished my run tonight! I did a quick weather check before I headed out, and accuweather said it was 66 degrees. I started out in a short sleeve Coolmax but quickly got hot...I should've known better, but it was a bit tricky with the wind. I was actually thankful for the refreshing wind because my legs were dragging for about 30 minutes, with my quads sore from yesterday's tempo. I ran for 60 minutes and that was it. A Chipotle burrito bowl was waiting for me when I got home - good stuff!
Before I go, I feel compelled to make an honorable mention of my workplace. Three people have come up to me in the past week to tell me they've started running, exercising, etc. and ask for advice on how to build up mileage, lift this or that...One of my co-workers, a smoker, said he thought of running. Hey, that's a start! While I'd like to take credit for their health kick, it's certainly their own initiative. You can bet that I'll be there for status updates. I get such joy when people stick with a program and see results. I'm trying to convince one guy who's been running on the treadmill during lunch that he should run a 5k and that maybe he'll meet a beautiful, in shape bachelorette. Wouldn't that be a great Valentine's story for Runners World?
Posted by Leilani at January 13, 2005 10:04 PM