Mandy's meanderings!

Something was WAY wrong with my belly today.  At first I thought it was just a little sore, but it kept hurting to run, and then even to walk, so I cut the exercise short today.  Instead I did a whole lot of stretching.  Hopefully that will get everything happy again and we'll try again tomorrow.

Whatever was wrong yesterday must have been a bug-thankfully a very small one!  I decided to give running another try this morning and it felt MUCH better!  I did a lot of massaging with the foam roller yesterday and it's definitely working out some kinks in my back and hips.  My feet still ache a little when I walk at the end of the run, so I'm trying to stretch my calves better and wear better shoes throughout the day.

 Did .25 mile warm-up, jogged 2 miles at 6.0, walked .25 miles, jogged 1 mile at 6.1, then did a .5 mile cool down.   Total time was 41:56.  I'll probably be switching to more walking than running over the next couple of months.  Although as long as my belly does hurt, I'll probably keep jogging as long as I can.

Today started rough, but ended pretty well.  My stomach was hurting again, but I think it's that I'm running too close to eating breakfast.  I'll have to fix that one way or another.  In the end, I  kept going and it felt good by the end.  Did .25 mile warm-up, jogged 3 miles-varying the speed every .5 mile, then did a .4 mile cool down.   Total time was 39:29.

This has been the weirdest week for running.  Today was one of those days that my body couldn't decide what it wanted to do.  For the first 1.5 miles, it varied from walking to jogging to taking a break to calves hurting to stomach hurting in different degrees.  After that I jogged 1.5 miles and it felt great, although I did go slower than usual to be safe.  Then I did a slower cool down than usual.  I think my legs haven't recovered from all the walking in flip flops in Florida yet, so tomorrow will be a day of rest for my legs.  I'll try again on Saturday, or maybe even wait until Monday.  Total time was 38:25.