Well here it is, Monday again...the beginning of a new week! I'll try not to be too negative...I've made a resolution that I won't dwell on things that aren't positive and uplifting. (Yeah, right!)
I didn't go for a run like I'd planned last Thursday...I thought of all the reasons why I shouldn't go, and finally came up with one that was acceptable. Janet and I did manage to go on Saturday, and I was able to get in about 5.5 miles. The first 5 miles were okay...the last 1/2 mile almost killed me. That was partially because Janet finished her power walk and got back to the truck when I still had a half mile (uphill, into the wind, in the dark) to go. It wouldn't have been bad, but when Janet got in the truck the lights came on and I could SEE how far I had left to go...and I was hurting a little bit.
It's interesting the way your body works...you get used to running a certain distance, and when you decide to go a little bit farther, everything seems to try to convince you otherwise. On this run, once I got to about 4 miles I suddenly started having little pains that I've never had before. My middle toe on my left foot started having sharp pains in the round part on the very end...no blister, nothing in my sock sticking me...just sharp little pains like someone was sticking me with a pin. That lasted for about 100 yards, until I noticed that my back hurt more than my toe...so my toe quit hurting. With about 1/4 of a mile to the parking lot the little toe on my right foot felt like it was getting a blister (which actually happened). Shortly after that my right knee started to hurt. I guess the best thing to do would be to run somewhere else...someplace that I'm not familiar with and don't know distances. Either that, or I could just grow some cajones and put up with the little discomforts I feel when I run (most of them are in my mind anyway) and enjoy the fact that I'm actually starting to get in shape!
I plan on going out for a little jaunt again this evening. I don't know whether or not Janet will be joining me, but the skies are clear, it's not TOO far below freezing, and it should be a good night for a run.
wish i could say the same here but its been snowing on and off and apparently its not cool to shovel your sidewalks here in Utah...so its off to the tredmill! About the most boring thing in the world. Tredmills would make a good torture tool I think.
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