The good news, after yesterday's run and icing, my right knee and lower hamstring felt much better today! A little stiffness and soreness, but nothing like last weekend; however, I did not race a 5k straight downhill this Saturday. The bad news, my right shin is pretty sensitive and sore. Not as bad as early February, but similar aches. With that said, I felt good enough to run, plus I did not want to really do seventeen miles on the elliptical. Consequently, I ran down to 4500 South and 700 East and then completed miles 17.7-25.5 of the Salt Lake Marathon course (less than two weeks away, yikes!). At the Eagle Gate on South Temple, I ran over to 300 East then ran last 2.2 or so miles of the Des-Marathon Course. This downhill portion of my workout seemed to really aggravate my right shin. As are result, from Liberty Park to home, it was slow going. In total, I completed 17.1 miles at an easy pace. Overall, it just felt good to get in a couple of longer runs this weekend without having to resort to the elliptical machine, but I'm sure this week I will have to rely on the elliptical to let my shin heal up for the marathon.
While watching the Sunday morning news shows, I did my non-running workout of 300 sit-ups.
Five-Minute Plank Challenge: 2:00
Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Challenge: a chocolate protein shake and two servings of whole-wheat rice with tons of vegetables
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