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August 22, 2005
Sore
(I wrote this on Monday but just got around to posting on Wednesday...I'm such a procrastinator.)
Owee. It's been over 48 hours and my quads (mostly my left one) feel like I just ran a marathon. And this is after an ice bath, soaking in epsom salts, and my monthly massage. In retrospect, I probably should have taken yesterday off, but I just had to hit the 60 mile mark (my peak for this cycle) no matter how much it hurt and even if it required some walking. Does that make me obsessive compulsive? I was definitely toast after those 4 miles because I passed out for three hours, while R. went on his long bike ride. The massage helped work out most of the tightness in one area of my left quad, though I'll need to stay on top of it, as it was an issue while training for Austin.
Later in the afternoon, we went to Wegmans to pick up frozen dinners for our work lunches and ingredients for this week's home cooked meals. We plan on making Mexicali round steak in the crockpot and pepperoni pizza with fresh basil (trust me, it's awesome!). We then had dinner outdoors at an Arlington crabhouse with our friends who have been traveling the world all summer. They even got to see Lance Armstrong during one of the mountain stages in France! The all-you-can-eat crabs were delicious, though we walked out of there parched from all the Old Bay seasoning. We got home too late for a "school night", but it was fun to catch up with friends outdoors before it gets too cold again.
Posted by Leilani at August 22, 2005 10:30 AM