Moving Forward

Funny night tonight... I decided to try to cross train a bit more so I thought I had packed my running shorts and my biking shorts, but when I got to the gym I had just packed my bike shorts. I had a late night at work so I knew my time was going to be limited, So I decided to run. I had not worn these bike shorts in a while and when I put them on it was not pretty. With my new holiday poundage I looked like a packed sausage... plus there were holes in them... wonderful! But I knew that I needed to get a workout in so I marched out to the treadmills. Of course the gym is packed with all the new years people, and all the treadmills are full. One came open just as I was untangling my headphones and guess where it was.... yup right up front so I could have four rows of people behind me as I ran in my holey bike shorts... Fantastic!! Did my run at about 9:00mm pace, then some quad work and stretching. 

For this first time in I can't remember, my husband was home before me. I came home to dinner and a bubble bath already for me :) What a guy :)

I was at the gym again today, my knee felt a bit better today. I think all my icing and the KT tape might be helping a bit, along with the quad workouts that I have been doing. Kept the first 2 miles at 9:30mm, then the next two at 9:00, then next two at 8:30, then the last one at 9:00. I had to stop at mile three to go potty, while I was washing my hands there were two ladies talking about their weight. The one lady had to be about 105 max... she was tiny and was saying how she was happy she was not too thin because that was not attractive. You could see every muscle and fiber on her! I'm standing there with my terminal pudge!!! Augghhhh so awful, I just put my headset back on and went out to run. There is a guy and his wife that show up every time I'm at the gym... he has on mountain dew lounge pants and she has on Dr. Pepper louge pants. Then there was the guy on the treadmill next to me that had on doc matrin boots and walk at a very very slow pace for an hour! What is the point? People are so weird! I'm sure they look at me and think the same. 

Nothing felt good tonight, man I thought things were feeling better then the next day everything feels so much worse! I might have to go to a doctor. Kept it to a pretty slow pace, and after I found a foam roller and did some stretching and rolling stuff to see if I can get things feeling better. 

On a side note, Barbie's brunette friend hopped on the treadmill next to me... I think everything on her was plastic. She was all dolled up too. She only ran for a very short time and at a very slow pace. I don't think she even broke a sweat. It was probably a good thing, I was worried that there was going to be an accident of whip lash or maybe someone tripping over all the mens tounges that were hanging out of their mouths. Boy I must not be feeling very happy because that sounds so mean.  

Air quality today is about like pea soup. I can't see any of the mountains! Treadmill running is getting on my nerves! Yesterday was brunette Barbie, today was brunette Fabio. His hair was about as long as mine and he didn't have it pulled back, just hanging long. I don't know how he could run like that I have to have mine all off my neck and face. Anyway he was swinging his head around like he was running for a romance novel photo shoot. I caught him looking at me a few times and I was about to tell him "Yes buddy chubby old ladies can run and by the look of I paces they can do it faster then you" Like I said I think all this treadmill running and stinky air is making me cranky. I think my achy knee is not helping my mood either. 

Kept the pace at about 9:15mm... Here's to hoping the icing, stretching and meds start doing the trick!

Nice easy run... not much to say about this run... Pretty uneventful.

Went snow shoeing with Sue and our husbands. It was fantastic to get out of the valley and up to the clear sky and clean air! Probably not the best training for my running, but it was the best for my state of mind! Had tons of fun laughing joking and yes falling (I'm so clumsy) I might try to get a small run in tomorrow, but I'll have to see how my knee feels. It's really buggy today!