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Morning Pens!
On tap for today: yoga, swimming, vegging. No running for me today. I'm pretty tight after yesterday's long run.
Morning! I have 6 miles tonight.
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80 minutes in the pool, plus I jogged for about 8 steps and my toe didn't fall off! I feel fat and slow. Oof. Spending all that time in the pool did NOT prepare me for the sensation of my thigh fat taking on a life of its own at a pace slightly faster than a walk.
Morning, pens! It's heating up again here today. Working, then working, then I will run something afterwards.
sapf- Enjoy the day.
D- Have a good run!
Lauren- Gravity is a real bitch.
Hot here again - 93 feels like 98 - so I'll do my 5 on the TM later.
sapf - enjoy your cross-training day. It's a good day for a swim.
D - enjoy your 6 this evening.
Lauren - when does your doctor think you can start running out of the pool?
Z - that's a lot of working, for someone on vacation. I hope you get a good run in later.
Hot here again - 93 feels like 98 - so I'll do my 5 on the TM later. sapf - enjoy your cross-training day. It's a good day for a swim. D - enjoy your 6 this evening. Lauren - when does your doctor think you can start running out of the pool? Z - that's a lot of working, for someone on vacation. I hope you get a good run in later.
Dedicated walking (like a few miles at a time, as opposed to just to/from work/daily activites) can start next week, running for real the week after. That's going to be pretty reasonable I think, my foot will need some time to get used to moving normally again - it gets tight and sore after 25-30 minutes on the elliptical right now, I've been rolling it out a lot and trying to do some of the arch strength exercises I've done in the past.
Team TJ
I got in 2 miles at the park before the weather demanded I get my ass in the truck!
Running for TJ because he can't.
Return To Racing
URD, as I was trying to teach DW how to use the iPhone that she inherited from DD2. It was pretty hot out today and it will be cooler tomorrow.
I was a bad kid and jogged half a mile after work - felt good despite being, you know, 90 and sunny.
No more temptation to be bad at the moment though, coach emailed me with Alter-G info so I'll be taking that bad boy for a spin later this week!