So last night…. Yes, I did get in the 6 miles I wanted to
but it sure wasn’t pretty. The footing
was pretty awful and since I didn’t think it would be that bad I didn’t wear my
Get-a-Grips. I wound up having to adjust my stride to a sort of flat-footed
shuffle and my left calf must not have appreciated it because it felt like my
Achilles tendon was ratcheted up a couple of inches by the time I was
done. And did I stretch? Nah – that would
have been the SMART thing to do. I did
use a heated flax pillow and take some Advil after dinner to loosen everything
up and luckily it seemed to have worked because it’s OK today.
This morning I took a CorePower Sculpt class and it was so
freaking hot in the classroom I was a sweaty mess by the end of class. Does the heat really do anything? Are there
any studies out there? I’d love to know.
I suppose it’s good to sweat out the toxins – or is that just a myth
too?
On a non-workout note I wore really warm clothes today
because it’s supposed to start snowing and be really crappy by the time I have
to drive home and I always want to be ready in case I have to walk home
(ridiculous – would NEVER happen). I
have on black leggings, shearling boots (NOT Uggs), a chunky black turtleneck
and a grey wool A-line skirt. I should
have known better – when I went to put on the skirt this morning the zipper was
sticky and I had to force it to zip up and down. I wrestled it up and figured I’d have it
replaced after this wearing when I send it to the cleaners. Ha! -the zipper had another scenario in mind
for me. I was bending over to pick up something and I felt the zipper separate
and now it’s just not working at all.
Luckily there’s a hook & eye closure at the top or I’d have to stay
seated for the rest of the day or risk my skirt puddling around my ankles. My
sweater is long enough to cover the gap but it’s not making me feel too confident
– I have to dig through my bag to see if I can find a couple of safety pins –
what good racer doesn’t have a million safety pins around? I suppose I could
always use small binder clips.
Tomorrow morning hopefully my faithful running buds will be
ready and willing to head out into whatever weather is it so we can get in a
frosty 5 miles, and then I’ll do 8 miles on Saturday morning. And I WILL get in
those 8 miles. I’d actually prefer to do
10 since I’ve got a half coming up in a couple of weeks, but I’ll take whatever
I can get.
I’ll be back after the weekend reporting on some non-running
activities: there’s a Winterbrew festival at the German Cultural Center,
Restaurant Week group dinner at Bistro Campagne, and then a leisurely Sunday
spent at the Naked Korean Spa.
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