I'm not going to run today! Going to spend the equivalent amount of time rolling out my stubborn IT band. I did it last night, and it hurt really really bad, but felt better when I went to sleep. I want to get this thing cleared up before it gets bad. Kind of made a mistake on last night's run. There were seven of us from my group, but coach could not make it. And here is why we need a coach. We ran out Chuckanut, because someone wanted to see "the big hill". At the bottom of the big hill, I ducked into a porta potty, and said I'd catch up. Well, I was in there all of 3 seconds, then headed up the hill. I saw Erins bright blue just ahead, but when I got to the intersection, noone was there. I had a choice of straight, left or right, left and right being trails. After a bit of consideration, I chose left, down through the switchbacks to the creek and back up the other side. So, 3/4 of a mile later, I pop out on the road, and there is part of my group (the men). The women had all run back up the big hill to look for me in case a bad guy was in the woods waiting to attack me (be attacked BY me is more like it). So anyway, we all circled back around to catch everyone up, and ended up adding like a mile to the five we were supposed to do. Then, on the way back, three of us (myself included I'm ashamed to admit), took of flying back down the trail. Every so often someone would say "this doesn't seem like easy pace", and then we would speed up. It was the worst example of completely undisciplined running I've ever been involved in. I am sure that our coach has NO IDEA how much his tiny bit of neglect was squashed our training to bits! Anyway, I will go for a nice bike ride today if I can find my shoes. OH, I almost forgot to say that I signed up for the Portland Marathon. Now I'm really really scared! Got a little bike ride in this evening. Wow, did I ever feel fast without a run before the bike ride to tire my legs out! I led much more than my share and felt like I was flying up the hills.
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