3.1.  Argued with Medicare state auditors today.  I won      DO NOT argue with me when it comes to Medicare regs and PT practice.  I know them too well.  Scary that the person auditing doesn't and I have to tell them their effin job.

We keep some pretty good company here in the dailies in terms of our standing as professionals so that does not surprise me. In other words we rock!

The doc said laughingly that his assistant had butchered my artery. "You think so, doc? Is that why there are five holes in my groin instead of one?"  He gave me something for the pain and said if I were smart, I would stop running for 4-5 days... He didn't seem concerned with it. I guess explaining about my stalled training is not really a tearjerker...  So, I can't run, but at least I have some very nice running clothes to look at.  (onemile, I got a pair of crops, shorts, two running bras and a long sleeve. I really need to get my name off of their email list. Each time I get a notification that there is something new out, I fall for it. And I, the woman who cannot remember any of her old addresses or phone numbers, have succeeded in memorizing my credit card number.  ) Now off to drink some wine. I have the feeling my name will be at the bottom of Zel's list this week again.

 

I kind of did this last spring.  I ran a marathon on a whim off of half marathon training.  I had only run 16 miles three times, nothing further (in the past 6 months).  I ended up running a 3:32.  For this one I will probably run 18 at least once.  But the course is also harder.  I'd be happy to run a 3:32 again. We'll see I guess.

You could run a 3:32 this coming Sunday if you wanted to. You only need maintenance mode at the moment. You don't need high mileage and super long LRs. You've been doing great so far.

I am once again questioning the logic of going to Boston. I can't seem to get a break in my training. I have one week of it under my belt so far and it feels like I have retired from running about 10 years ago...

Well at least he didn't cut off your leg.

 

#annoyingglasshalfullguy

Well he might as well have.  She  could figure out how to run with one leg, but bench her for 4-5 days?  That's serious.

I am once again questioning the logic of going to Boston. I can't seem to get a break in my training. I have one week of it under my belt so far and it feels like I have retired from running about 10 years ago...

Hopefully everything works out lily. Training is hard enough without all that extra baggage of uncertainty.

Treadmill.  50 minute progression.  I manual lapped every five minutes.  Paces:

8:28

8:09

7:43

7:48

7:22

7:25

7:01

7:01

6:33

6:20

6.8 miles at 7:19 avg pace.  Good but could have been better.  I was worried too much about conserving energy the first 20 minutes.  Next time I will push harder.

The doc said laughingly that his assistant had butchered my artery. "You think so, doc? Is that why there are five holes in my groin instead of one?"  He gave me something for the pain and said if I were smart, I would stop running for 4-5 days... He didn't seem concerned with it. I guess explaining about my stalled training is not really a tearjerker...  So, I can't run, but at least I have some very nice running clothes to look at.  (onemile, I got a pair of crops, shorts, two running bras and a long sleeve. I really need to get my name off of their email list. Each time I get a notification that there is something new out, I fall for it. And I, the woman who cannot remember any of her old addresses or phone numbers, have succeeded in memorizing my credit card number.  ) Now off to drink some wine. I have the feeling my name will be at the bottom of Zel's list this week again.

Lucky you are not smart? 

I talked to my coach and due to the exhaustion caused by the short, I ran my 6 today and my tempo will be moved to tomorrow with only 3 miles at tempo.  The race is the most important part of the week so I don't want to screw it up.  So, Pilates and 6 done.