cheryl

My legs felt great on Sunday after really bothering me last week.  Today, they felt really good again, as good as they've felt in a long time.  Why such a change over just a few days?  I don't know, but I'll take it.  I power walked on the treadmill for about 10 minutes, then the running workout.  I ran for 32 minutes at about an 8 minute pace.  The good news:  felt just a little sick after, nothing like I felt a week ago when I did almost the same workout.  Maybe my long thyroid nightmare is coming to an end (for those of you too young to remember, I'm taking that from something that was said in the Watergate era, that our long national nightmare was over.  My thyroid issue hasn't really been a nightmare, I just like the way it sounds).  Anyway, we'll see how things go tomorrow.  That will be the real test.

A fun, slightly easy day of running with the group.  Because several of the group are running Boston next Monday, we just decided to keep things low key.  Ended up running around Bingham, on the canal roads, thru the construction.  It was a good run, I just wish I could loosen up just a little more while running.  I always seem to feel a little tense and tight.  Basketball tonight also.

I had a fun day working out on the treadmill.  It was fun because I put no expectations on myself, I just said I would walk and run at whatever speed I wanted for however long I wanted.  I ended up staying on for just over an hour.  I feel like some endurance is coming back.  Sickness monitor:  a little sick, not too bad.  Maybe next week I'll feel totally better.

Had a small group today because several are in Boston to run the marathon. It was fun to get to run and talk with some I don't usually get to talk to. We just kind of meandered around some neighborhoods close to Bingham that we don't usually get to. We ran around the temple also. My garmin wasn't working (again) so I don't know the average pace. It felt for the most part fairly comfortable, not too slow, not too fast. It was a fun run.

About 50 minutes walking/running on the treadmill, then to the canal road to run a little more.

First thing this morning I played basketball.  It was fun, the other team was pretty good, but we were better and we won fairly easily.  I'm not the greatest basketball player but I enjoy running up and down the court.  I feel it is a pretty good workout.  Then after I went to our 5K course and ran it, heading south.  I tried to go by feel, keeping things somewhat comfortable, although that was hard.  I didn't feel overly fast, but my time was 25:32, which was over one minute faster than I ran it last week, so I'll take it.  I then spent most of the day sitting in the sun at Taylorsville High watching my son's track meet.  Later, I was so sore from sitting on those hard stadium bleachers that I had to go to the pool to unwind.  I pool ran for about 45 minutes.  Now that is true fun!