my makeup may be flaking

One last try doing a workout in my Type As. Of course, due to the snow I went to the field house track. The plan was to go fairly easy and see how it felt to pick it up. I ran 5:59,5:49,5:47.5:53,5:42,5:40,5:48,5:50. After 5 miles my ankles were sore so I switched directions. Then my knee started to hurt so I slowed down at the end. The Type As don't seem to give me enough support to go around a tiny track.

1.8 miles into this run I crossed over 500 miles on my Mizunos. About a half hour later, I started to feel as though my left knee was collapsing outward slightly (I didn't realize I'd hit 500, I just decided then and there that the shoes were done).

I played Chicken with the "Blizzard" at my office. I eventually left at about 6pm and ran home in a light snow. It was very pretty and I wrote "JMZ RULZ" in the snow at stoplights, which made it prettier (beauty is truth, and truth beauty).

Off today because of travel. I did jog over to the airport and I actually slipped on the ice and went down on my butt. I really, really wish I had a video of it. Both feet went forward and I went back and I probably slid about ten feet down the sidewalk. Fortunately I was wearing two backpacks so I didn't hurt myself.

What I wanted to do today was a 9 mile base run so I can see how fast I am at Sea Level. The problem was that there was quite a bit of snow on the ground and that precluded fast running. Also, my legs just felt terrible. It seems like every muscle in my Pelvis is sore somehow or tight. This is probably a good sign as before my last two big races I've felt quite bad. I was getting concerned that perhaps I was feeling "too good". Fortunately I felt terrible.

Did 7.5 miles around the South of Mercer Island. Because I did it last year, I did a mile relaxed around the middle school track 79,79,79,76. That's 5:13, 9 seconds faster than last year. That means that I should run 1:09:15, I will most emphatically take that.

Also, my butt is really, really sore and I've been sitting on a block of ice all day basically.

Anyway, now I'm going to go put my chip in my car so I don't have to drive back home to get it, because, you know, that would be really dumb.