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October 16, 2005
Not much running
I did my first post-marathon run yesterday with Nanda and R. We met up with the club but did our own 5-mile route along Potomac River on the Mt Vernon trail. The sun was finally out, the temps were cool, a perfect day to run. Though my legs didn't feel sore, they were still tired and my left quad was tight and achy. It was great to catch up with Nanda, who's working crazy hours these days and trying not to get injured with slow increases in training. It's hard to believe that Saturday was our first run together since that's how we met! After breakfast, R. and I enjoyed the gorgeous weather a bit more at an auto sale that my credit union was holding at my alma mater. We won't be in the market for a new car for another year but wanted to check out the deals. We test drove a Volvo C70 convertible and the "I love all things cute" side of me wanted to purchase the car. Luckily, the practical side prevailed. Really, the trunk was too small for our active lifestyles. I was pretty industrious the rest of the afternoon, finishing up laundry, throwing away old papers in my desk, and avoiding the the urge to take a nap since we had evening social obligations. My running friends took me out to dinner at Lebanese Taverna for my birthday on Monday and ended up closing the place down.
I meant to run ~3 miles today but simply ran out of time. I'm sure 5 miles is my all-time weekly low. I did lift and do abs (my third session this week, a big accomplishment since I'm such an ab-procrastinator). For one of my birthday presents, R. took me to a Thai cooking class downtown. Everyone was miserable during the demonstration because it was windy, cold and loud outside, but thankfully we moved inside to eat. We learned how to cook one of my favorite dishes - pad thai - and had three other courses, white/red wine and hot tea for $65. Actually, due to the rough conditions (it wasn't too bad for us weather-hardened runners), the owner decided to refund everyone their money. How cool!
This afternoon I got a lot of school work completed, though I still have a lot more to do, some catch up on Reserves work/reading, a training plan to develop for the next two months and pictures to print out for relatives. I quit my old job as of Friday and I'm taking a week off to relax, clean up, catch up, and see the fam. Hopefully it won't be too stressful to cross off everything on my "to do" list.
Posted by Leilani at October 16, 2005 10:54 PM
Comments
Happy Birthday!!!! Hope you have a great day! :) You quit your job? Did I somehow miss how you were changing jobs?
Posted by: Beth at October 17, 2005 10:41 AM
happy birthday L! you are sooo old :) j/k :)
Posted by: Audrey at October 17, 2005 01:55 PM
Happy Birthday! It's good to see you got a post-marathon run in. I didn't run for 2 weeks after my marathon. Continue to rest while you're not working. Or maybe I should say to train lots while you still have time.
Posted by: Caitlin at October 17, 2005 07:32 PM
Happy Birthday!! You quit your job? Do you have another job?
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at October 17, 2005 09:18 PM