I warmed up for about 1/2 mile on the treadmill, then I met some of the group at the Jr. Parkway trail. We headed out for an "easy" 10-miler (they're never quite easy enough for me, probably easy for everyone else.) We ran on some roads with no lights, so we were trying to be careful, but then Kelli turned her ankle, and shortly thereafter I fell on some raised part of the road. Besides banging my piriformis muscle, the muscle that's plagued me for a couple of years now, I was ok. Kelli had to turn around with her husband, I kept running with Peggy and Cheris. About 9 miles into the run, we hooked up with Kelli's husband Scott again. When we got back to the cars, we had run 9.7, that was good enough for me, I needed to head for home to see my kids off to school. I was ok after the run, I'm hoping Kelli will be all right also. We need to run in better lit areas, or bring our own light.
Later on, I rode the spinner bike while watching a replay of the men's Olympic marathon. That guy who entered the stadium 3rd and then ending up being passed and finishing really slowly reminded me of how I feel and must look at the end of marathons. He just had nothing left, poor guy. I also did a little more running, so I think my total today was about 14 miles, that's including a couple of miles of bike cross-training. |