Moving Forward

Still a bit stuffy...I hope it will be cleared up soon. No more sore throat but I'm left with quite a bit of congestion, it makes it a bit hard to breath when I'm running. Had an appointment after work so I didn't get my run in until 7:00pm :( Things are pretty crazy between home and work. My mother-in-law, who lives with us is in the hospital. 

Anyway not many miles today but I hope to do better the rest of the week. 

Well tonight was a crazy run. I will not be running on the parkway again for a while. It was either a sheet of black ice, or thick ice that has deep tire type ruts through it. I was sliding and rolling my ankles almost the entire time I tried to run on the parkway. I then ran around the city trying to find blocks that had clear sidewalks. The city block that has all the Christmas lights was by far the best. I circled it a few times. I think the people there thought I was nuts. I need to rethink where and how my running is going to be if these are the road conditions where I'm normally running. 

laps: 9:44, 10:27, 10:35, 10:24, 9:17, 8:52, 9:08, (.14) 8:55

You can see by the laps where I found dry pavement :)

I decided to try a new place to run since my slippery run last night was no fun. There are two Gold's Gym's that are within close proximity to my work, so I went to the one that I never go to. I changed and ran around the houses and neighborhoods close to it. There are two busy East/West streets that were a pain to cross, I had to make sure I was at a light, because there was so much traffic on those roads. Other then that is was great because the streets were clear and the traffic was not to bad. My dryer eat one of my smartwool socks :( I was soooo sad!! I have had them for a few years and love them in the winter. I had to be more careful at the puddles not to get my feet wet, oh and for some crazy reason I ran in shorts. Well the reason was when I was walking into the gym some cute little girl came running in with shorts on so I was thinking if she can it shouldn't be a problem. It really was not too bad until it started to snow a bit and blow. So I headed back to the gym and ran two miles on treamill. Then because my car is dying and I'm afraid I will be stranded. I have been carpooling with my husband. He is a UPS driver and this time of year works long hours. So I knew I had some time to kill and did about 20 minutes of upper body weights, lots of core work and lots of streatching. My left knee has been hurting alot today, I think I wonked it up on my slippery run last night. I hope it feels better soon. 

Laps: 8:34, 8:57, 8:44, 8:52, 8:52, 8:51, (.25) 9:24

treadmill: .50 at 8:30, .50 at 8:00, .50 at 8:30, .50 at 8:00

I think I over did it yesterday... My upper body is sore, my congestion is back, and my left knee hurts when I go down stairs or run down hill. (What does that mean?) I also had just a very lack luster attitude about running tonight. I was planning on doing my speed/weight circuit but that feel apart pretty quickly. So I did do a couple .50 at 8:00mm and 8:30mm. Other then that I kept is at about 9:00 - 9:20 except for the warm-up and cool down that was at about 9:40. I think I need some more rest... and tomorrow I will plan on an easy run!

The congestion of my cold was worse today. When I get stressed out I tend to shut down, and the last few weeks have had some added stresses that I have been thinking about. My mother in law is back home but I'm reminded by my husband the extra time I need to take to make sure she is doing OK... My mother always reminds me that I'm not doing enough to make sure she is OK. Shopping for gifts that I'm worried will not be what people want or like. Knowing that I have less then six weeks to complete a doll/sculpture for my sister's birthday, and it's not working out! These are the things that are running through my head...

Tomorrow Sue and I will run... then get breakfast and exchange gift. This is one of the other traditions we have had since we became running friends. I had to pick up one last thing for her present after work... as I was walking throught the parking lot to the store a car came around the corner and hit me.... not hard but I had to slam both hands one her hood and kinda jump around the side of her car as to not get hit hard. It was a young girl on a cell phone in a little Honda civic type car. She was not going fast and I didn't get hurt. But my reaction was to just turn and walk away... I started to tear up on the way into the store... this made me realize that I was very stressed. If I had not been so stressed I probably would have yelled at her. I also get quite when I'm stressed. 

After all that the mindless droning of running on the treadmill actually felt pretty good. I just set it for an hour and ran... no thinking about all the stuff that is stressing me.

Went to bed early and read my book... always a good way to destress! Sue and I had a wonderful run this morning. My garmin went dead during the run so I don't have the miles or laps but I figured it was close to 8. We ran the lower part of the parkway. There were a few icy places but the entire trail around 21st street pound was clear so we ran around it twice before we headed back up to the cars. Then we had breakfast together and exchanged our gifts. Great minds must think alike because we both bought each other Yaktraks LOL! I also got her some nice lotions and stuff, she also gave me a new headwrap with a ponytail hole then a pretty book mark. So you know what I'm going to be doing over Christmas shutdown at my work??? Running Trails with my new Yaktracks! Fun stuff... I'm feeling a bit better today... thanks to all you guys!! Have a great weekend!