Coming across a snake (albeit dead) and the constant flood of meme's with red balloons and gutter clowns resulted in me running directly down the center of Market Street. Somehow in the pre-dawn early hours I felt that this would magically save me from any potential danger I might encounter. It was a pretty good … Continue reading Back At It
Rest Day Monday
Today was a rest a day. Shocker given the title of the blog. I did walk at lunch today but other than that I was pretty stationary. My knee is doing ok. There is occasional cracking but nothing horrible like I have been experiencing. I am in hopes that the icing and Advil have helped … Continue reading Rest Day Monday
Sunday Funday Mowing
What better way to spend a cross training day than mowing? Mowing is my go to cross training and training make up routine. The weather today wasn't any better than yesterday, it still feels more like summer than fall but the lawn was looking shaggy so it needed to be done. It also gave me time … Continue reading Sunday Funday Mowing
Long Run Saturday
It is like the dead of summer in September! I left a little after 7 am with it feeling like a cool fall morning. Arriving home nearly three hours later it was nearly 80 degrees and humid. Not your typical September morning on the East Coast. Despite the unseasonably warm weather I was pleased with … Continue reading Long Run Saturday
Rest Day Friday
I actually took today as an actual rest day, I didn't even walk at lunch. Though I will admit that was mostly because I have been trying to get my blog caught up. I have been remiss in my blogging duties as of late. I feel like my struggles in training have carried over into … Continue reading Rest Day Friday
Thursday run felt good
Finally got out and running. I braced my knee just to be on the safe side. I'm not 100% sure I needed it but I was worried to get out there without it. I figured if it turned out to be more of a hinderence than a help, I would just take it off and … Continue reading Thursday run felt good
The frustration continues
Once again I slept through the alarm. Once again my knee is bothering me....no issues with my eyelashes. (See yesterdays blog for this reference) The pain was pretty bad today, bad enough that I had to bring out my hinged knee brace and wear it to the office. I felt immediate relief once I put … Continue reading The frustration continues
Frustrated
I woke up today with a super sore knee. And was incredibly exhausted. I was so exhausted that I literally slept through my alarms. It's just an incredibly frustrating feeling. I think the level of exhaustion also plays into the frustration and makes it worse. I think my inability to maintain my training rhythm due … Continue reading Frustrated
Post race recovery
Monday is my planned rest day. Something that I greatly took after the excitement of yesterday. I thankfully didn't have any issues with pain or soreness after yesterday's run, minus some slight discomfort from the bee stings. The biggest factor was some degree of fatigue. In terms of post race, next day feeling, I felt pretty … Continue reading Post race recovery
First ever trail race
My first ever trail race! What an epic experience. I absolutely loved the day, from the start until the end. The views were spectacular. The weather was pretty darn near perfect, even if it got a bit warm midway through the race. When I signed up for Rick's 5.22 mile (Jesi mislabeled the picture with … Continue reading First ever trail race
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