catherine's running efforts

Another all-nighter last night. I told myself that night is socially constructed. It worked until the afternoon when I felt like I was going to break. But at least I got done a lot of what I needed to do. 

I was inspired by RAD's recent post on running on an incline, so tonight I did my 5 miles with the incline set to 6, nice and slow. I'm not sure if I'll be sore, but in another strike against the Kinvaras I got a blister on that one spot and a bloody toe (gross!) on the other foot. It was one of those things where I didn't know anything was wrong until I took my shoes off. 

And is it just me, or does Courtney have kind of thick legs for a model?  

I wasn't sore from yesterday, but my hips and feet were a little tired. For sure I need to eat better and sleep more. 

I was home all day today so I didn't shower. This morning or last night. Even though I got pretty sweaty last night at the gym. I still don't want to shower (but I'm going to). I hate showering. Eric thinks that's weird.

Today I focused on eating more real food (instead of just snacking on yummy snacks all day). I felt a lot better during my run. 

The newer Kinvaras have broken in and are finally comfy. But I'm still going to order some new shoes. Because Eric keeps telling me I should. And I can only say no to new shoes so many times. Speaking of so many times, since we've been married Eric has ordered probably a million pairs of shoes. Maybe I've written about this already? He'll decide that something's not quite right with what he's got, so he'll spend a few days doing research and reading reviews and finding deals, and then one day there will be like 7 boxes of shoes on our front step. Then Eric will wear them around the apartment for a day or two, and then he'll decide that none of them will work. He goes through phases where he'll do this over and over again. I think he's only actually purchased 2 pairs of shoes ever. 

Tonight's run felt a little harder, but this week was the first time I did 5 miles 4 days in a row since December 2010 so that's probably why. 

Happy 30th birthday, Eric! Way to join the grown-ups. :)