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Had to drag myself out this morning. Still sore from weights yesterday. 5 w/2x1000
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Sorry I've been MIA, so much house stuff to do. I managed to injure myself about a week ago doing house stuff. First, while building a kitchen cart I dropped the granite counter top onto my index finger and bruised it pretty badly. Luckily it landed on my finger nail so I didn't break a bone. Unfortunately since it landed on the nail I think that I might lose the fingernail. I've been trying not to mess with it. Then I dropped a big yankee candle on my left foot and bruised the top of it pretty badly. This means that I haven't really been able to put running shoes on because when I lace them up it puts a lot of pressure on the bruise. I think that the bruise is finally healed to the point that I can try to run a bit.
At least the house is slowly coming along =P We still don't have a real refrigerator but that's a whole other issue... (stupid best buy).
I'm going to go for a short run (somewhere in the 1-3 mile range) after I digest breakfast.
I hope everyone else has had better luck with running and otherwise lately :-)
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Morning. I feel a bit better from the breathing, so I will try 6 and weights tonight. Asthma was pretty bad yesterday so I ran nothing.
Damaris
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I was gonna complain about stuff... but I guess I really don't have anything to complain about now. I should have posted earlier.
Hahaha, please join me in complaining :-)
Return To Racing
No complaints here..sorry Jill.
3.8 run/walk. Probably was a little too much after Sunday's race. I need a nap before work (or maybe during).
Ouch Jill. I hope your run goes okay.
PAD - Good job on the early run. Did you run the 1000 at 5k or 10k pace?
Damaris - I hope your breathing allows a good run this evening.
Buelligan - you can always complain, if you need to. What's up?
Jerry - today was the day for the DOMS to hit, so even if it was hard, a recovery run was probably best for loosening up.
I'm planning a few miles this afternoon. It feels cold, which is a mixed blessing. I'm not ready for winter. I was ready for summer to finally end, but now that it has, brrrrr!
Jill, good to see you back! Hope your run goes well and congrats again on the house.
I ran my strength workout. Actually, next week's strength workout since I accidentally ran this week's workout last week. So now I'm a week ahead. 2 x 3 miles, felt really good and strong out there tonight. Probably because I felt really wimpy and pathetic out there last night.