Drove to the rec center to meet the running club but little did I know that they decided to meet somewhere else today. I remembered Lora mentioning something about running on Davis Blvd last week so I thought I would run up there to see if that is where they were. It is a good climb to get up there and I was feeling pretty tired. Saw everybody's cars parked there and thought I would just run along Davis and would bump into them at some point. It is probably good that I was on my own this morning because I was having a hard time. I was running 7:45/mile and my heart rate was in the mid 170's. That is way too high for that pace. Crossed paths with a few club members then headed back. On the way back down the big hill I was cruising along and hit a patch of ice and went down hard. I laid there for a second (after yelling an expletive) and tried figure out if I did any damage. When I was falling I reached back to catch myself and strained my shoulder. It hurt really bad and I thought it might be separated. I was able to move it so I knew that wasn't the case. I slowly got up and realized that I hit my head also because I started getting really light headed. I walked for a little bit and my shoulder started to feel better and I realized that I just strained it. Ran the last 1.5 miles pretty slowly. I'm fine now (only a little sore). This is a fitting end to the kind of week that I have had. | 