Wednesday, November 24, 2010

mare-athon week 3

25 nov:  happy thanksgiving!  good thing my workout called for drills today in zone 3.  i'm going to need it to burn calories i'll be taking during dinner.  ;)  my nieces wanted to run with me this morning so i just went around their gated neighborhood.... back and forth... up the hill and down...  and repeat.  several times.  the hill is pretty crazy - i was only able to go up the hill 4x during the 20-min drill workout.  zone 1 run for a 5-min warmup and another 10-min cool down at the end for a total of 35 min.  did some stretching and then had spam and eggs for brekkie.  DOH

gobble gobble everyone!  i'm really thankful for my health... and the health of those i love.

23 nov:  i arrived in san diego this morning.  after doing some shopping and getting nails done with the nieces, it was already dark out.  so i ended up on the treadmill.  my worst nightmare.  actually, i thought it wasn't the worst idea because my left leg was still bothering me so the treatmill will be easier on the joints.  about 15 min into my workout, i felt a lot of discomfort on my left leg.  debated stopping the workout many times but i told myself to last at least 30 min of the planned 40 min run.  is it because i didn't stretch after my long run last sunday?  or is it because it's so boring on a treadmill that all i can think about is the throbbing pain on my leg?  i really don't like being hurt...  i think exercise is hard enough and when you put pain into the equation, it just makes it so much worse.  i like the pain of pushing myself, not actual pain pain.  hopefully it gets better by thursday's speed run.  this is not helping improve my speed.  UGH

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