Snow day. I figure we've got about 6-8 inches on my deck. My kids would be off school today even if they weren't already on Spring Break. Even my husband's school district canceled today, which is really unusual. They're not nearly as quick to cancel as our local school district is. And I've got the start of a sore throat. I'll have to see if the roads get cleared enough that I can make it to my office to run on the treadmill at some point today.
**Update**
Recovery run on the TM.
AP: 9:50. Splits: 10:00, 10:00, 9:50, 9:41, 9:41.
I slept in this morning because of the snow, but then got up in time for an 8:00 conference call. I then worked from home all morning, but my two oldest sons were not getting along and were making me crazy. Around noon I looked out and even our piddly neighborhood road had been plowed and looked fine, so I gathered up all my stuff and headed in to the office.
Once I got here, I ran on the treadmill. If I had been running outside, I would have done 3 miles in shoes and 2 miles in VFFs. Since I was on the treadmill where there are no little pebbles, I decided to do 3 miles in shoes and 2 miles barefoot. After I had run 3 miles, I kicked off my shoes, but left my socks on. I ran like that for a minute or two, but it felt too slippery, so I took my socks off. Shortly after that, Toto's "Africa," performed by Perpetuum Jazzile, came on my mp3 player. So I tried to image myself running barefoot across the African plain while staring out the window at the snow. I also focused on the "Drive the Thigh" proprioceptive cue. That was the best part of my run.
When I had been running about 1.3 miles barefoot, I felt a blister developing on the bottom of my right foot. I thought about just pushing through it because I only had a few minutes to go, but it hurt and I decided that the barefoot running wasn't worth making the blister worse. So I stopped the treadmill and put my shoes back on, sweaty socks and all, and finished out my run.
So now I've got a lovely blister (fortunately it's not too big) on the bottom of my foot and it hurts to walk. I hope it feels good enough by tomorrow to do a tempo run. | 