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Monday, December 22, 2008
Whoops!
No, I haven't forgotten about my lovely blog that no one reads. I've just been excessively busy. Running. Christmas parties. Hangovers from said Christmas parties. Work. It all manages to get in the way of my available time to blog.
So, what have I been doing? Running. A lot. While in A LOT of pain. First it was shin splints, which I think I've kicked. Now, I've got this awful pain on the inside of my lower left leg. It almost feels like a big massive bruise. Like I've been kicked with a soccer cleat - because I've felt that more than once! Brian, our team coach, says to keep running (shorter but more frequent runs) and push through the pain, and it should go away. Well, if its not gone by the New Year, I'm off to PT!
Oh, wow! Its been that long. I forgot to mention, our team long runs started on December 6th. So, what's that, like 3 weeks ago? The first one, we had to do either 6/8/10 miles. I chose 6 because well, I'm a wimp. It was overwhelming how many people were there and running and all training for the Marathon. I felt like a loser to be honest. For one, I didn't really know anyone and wasn't off running around saying hi and hugging people. Secondly, I'm realizing that I don't run near as fast as I thought I did. Or when I do, I end up dragging ass for the last half of my run. Note to self - pace myself! Anyway, 6 miles went okay. Not fantastic, but I finished, and went home and did nothing the rest of the day. Did I mention I was hungover from one of 3 Christmas parties I had that weekend? No? Well, I was hungover!
The following Saturday, the 13th. We had to run 8/10/12 miles. Oh dear god I kept thinking. No way. I'm not ready. My body hates me right now. But, I from the week before I learned to pace myself. I ran through excruciating pain and ended up running 9 miles. I ran 9 freakin miles! I've never ran 9 miles straight, not once in my life. So maybe, just maybe this Marathon thing won't be so bad, right? (Stop laughing!) Running in the cold has honestly become my new favorite thing to do! It sucks for the first 5 mins, but boy oh boy, once I'm warmed up it feels great.
Well. Holidays are here. And good god I can't stop eating. Good thing I run 4-6 times a week! How on earth am I going to fit in my runs over the holidays? I'm going to be back to square one come January first. Whatever it takes right? I think I best be throwing out all my ice cream etc come January first too. I don't know if I'm getting fat, or gaining muscle, or both? My jeans don't fit like they used to, thats for sure! Maybe its because I actually have an ass now...
For now, Happy Holidays! Actually no, MERRY CHRISTMAS. I don't give a shit about that politically correct crap. I celebrate Christmas, so Merry Christmas! If I have time to write over the holidays, I will. Otherwise, Happy New Year! (Yeah, because sooo many people are anxiously awaiting my next post... HA HA)
So, what have I been doing? Running. A lot. While in A LOT of pain. First it was shin splints, which I think I've kicked. Now, I've got this awful pain on the inside of my lower left leg. It almost feels like a big massive bruise. Like I've been kicked with a soccer cleat - because I've felt that more than once! Brian, our team coach, says to keep running (shorter but more frequent runs) and push through the pain, and it should go away. Well, if its not gone by the New Year, I'm off to PT!
Oh, wow! Its been that long. I forgot to mention, our team long runs started on December 6th. So, what's that, like 3 weeks ago? The first one, we had to do either 6/8/10 miles. I chose 6 because well, I'm a wimp. It was overwhelming how many people were there and running and all training for the Marathon. I felt like a loser to be honest. For one, I didn't really know anyone and wasn't off running around saying hi and hugging people. Secondly, I'm realizing that I don't run near as fast as I thought I did. Or when I do, I end up dragging ass for the last half of my run. Note to self - pace myself! Anyway, 6 miles went okay. Not fantastic, but I finished, and went home and did nothing the rest of the day. Did I mention I was hungover from one of 3 Christmas parties I had that weekend? No? Well, I was hungover!
The following Saturday, the 13th. We had to run 8/10/12 miles. Oh dear god I kept thinking. No way. I'm not ready. My body hates me right now. But, I from the week before I learned to pace myself. I ran through excruciating pain and ended up running 9 miles. I ran 9 freakin miles! I've never ran 9 miles straight, not once in my life. So maybe, just maybe this Marathon thing won't be so bad, right? (Stop laughing!) Running in the cold has honestly become my new favorite thing to do! It sucks for the first 5 mins, but boy oh boy, once I'm warmed up it feels great.
Well. Holidays are here. And good god I can't stop eating. Good thing I run 4-6 times a week! How on earth am I going to fit in my runs over the holidays? I'm going to be back to square one come January first. Whatever it takes right? I think I best be throwing out all my ice cream etc come January first too. I don't know if I'm getting fat, or gaining muscle, or both? My jeans don't fit like they used to, thats for sure! Maybe its because I actually have an ass now...
For now, Happy Holidays! Actually no, MERRY CHRISTMAS. I don't give a shit about that politically correct crap. I celebrate Christmas, so Merry Christmas! If I have time to write over the holidays, I will. Otherwise, Happy New Year! (Yeah, because sooo many people are anxiously awaiting my next post... HA HA)
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