Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

Ran with Paula.  I was pretty nervous after Saturdays issues but the run was pretty good.  I took it easy and never pushed hard.  I am having some soreness right below my left knee on the outside.  I am thinking some massage and scraping will help.  

Ave Pace 9:34

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Met the BBK this morning.  I ran the warm up with Kris and had a great chat with her.  We then started the workout and we were doing hills today.  I was okay going up, but the coming down was killing my left knee and lower leg (same issue as yesterday).  I did two of the mile repeats and then decided to leave the group and cool down.  I am sad that I did not finish the work out but I need to fix my leg before it gets worse.  I scraped it a little last night and my husband has been warned that tonight he will be working on it.  I also scheduled a massage for tomorrow.   I am rethinking my plans over the next couple of weeks though.  I am going back to India for 2 more weeks of training and was gearing up for some treadmill workouts, but  I am now thinking I might just take some time off and give my body a break.  It is 10 weeks until Boston and I would rather get this taken care of now then deal with it in March or April.

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Met Paula this morning for an easy run.  I was unsure what would happen and I felt great until 2.5 and then the pain came back.  I decided to stop and walk home and not push it.  Now, what to do about my fat, lazy self............

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I am in India and resting my IT band.  I was so worried about how this trip was going to affect my training for Boston, but in reality it could not have come at a better time.  I am stretching and trying to help it get better.  I might try a little running tomorrow and if not at least some cross training.  

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Well I found where they moved the treadmills from my last visit.  They made a brand new nice fitness center at the hotel.  This is a good thing.  They have hidden the controls to the A/C and have it too warm.  This was a bad thing, nothing like running in a sauna.   I stretched again last night and was actually feeling really well.  I started out just to see how I felt and while no major pains there were a few aches along the way.  I am happy though with the run and especially the pace.  I am sore now, so I know that I need to stretch more.  I am going to try to get into a routine of stretching after the run and again at night to help these issues.

Ave Pace 8:53

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I decided to see how I was holding up after yesterday and I made it about 1K before some pain set in.  I had only planned on 5K today and that is what I got in, but it was enough.  Still more stretching is needed and I will probably take off a day or two from running.

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My plan to take a couple of days off is going really well despite any of my efforts.  I forgot to turn my alarm on last night and so I slept and slept.   I slept until I heard some noises in the hall and I was getting upset and thought who is making so much noise so early in the morning.  I rolled over to look at the time and it was 2 hrs past when my alarm was supposed to go off - Who knew I could sleep that late.  My schedule is all messed up because I go to bed around 3 am and then get up around 9:30 - 10:00 am  so that I can be to the office by 1pm and work until 2 am.  Crazy!  Oh, well... Rest is good.

Ran in the sauna again.  My leg felt better but I stopped early because there was a strange guy and I was feeling uncomfortable.  

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Sauna run again. Talked to a guy from Shanghai for a while. The treadmill kept stopping and had to be turned off and on and he said it was because I run to fast.....little did he know that I am slow.  Today was much better.  After assessing yesterday's run and how I felt I realized I needed to eat more calories (can't believe that is my issue) and that I was dehydrated.  Did better yesterday with both and today was much better.  Not sure on a pace because I had to keep restarting the treadmill but somewhere between 8:45 and 9:00.

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Met Paula for a run in beautiful 48 degree weather.  We took it fairly easy because I was unsure how I would feel - Leg good, Lungs not so good.  I hate trying to build back up.  Glad to be home.

Ave Pace 9:14

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Met the BBk's for a hill work out.  I took it easy again but felt better than yesterday.  I was pretty slow but happy that I felt good and no real pain.  We did hill repeats and then some  1/4 mile pick ups.  I picked it up a little on the end and could feel some tightening - but a successful day!  Thanks Kelli for running with me and keeping me company :)

Ave Pace 9:04

Ran with Paula this morning.  We took a new trail out in Lake Park and really like it.  My leg was tight again and I stretched good before starting and a few times during the run but felt good towards the end.  Can't remember my ave pace - will have to check when I get home.

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Finally getting around to blog my run today.   I spent last night scraping my leg and trying have some massage but it is so tight and painful.  Today it is nice and purple from the scraping but pain free during the run.   I met the BBK's for extra mileage but more importantly for extra warm up which I realized I needed after missing Tuesdays.  We then did 2 min at MP and 1 min at 5K pace.  Felt good, just a little twinge on the 5k part but overall good.  More scraping tonight and a light day tomorrow.  Glad to start feeling like my normal self.  No ave pace - garmin needed be reset and I did not know how to do it.

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Met Paula for a snowy morning run.  We took it easy and the leg held up okay.  

Ave Pace 9:24

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Met most of the BBK's for a Saturday morning run.  It was strange starting in daylight but it was still freezing cold!  Today was a good test for my leg and it felt pretty good.  I should have ice bathed afterwards but I wimped out.    As always the company was great and what makes the run enjoyable.  

Ave Pace 8:35

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