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I didnt run yesterday. I am a little concerned. I trotted around a little bit and my heel is hurting...and my right knee. Right behind the kneecap. ouch. Im getting old.
SO today I got up and its going to snow so Im all like "gotta run before it snows." and I did. And although my knee hurts getting in and out of the car and the heel twinged when I put on my sneaker...neither stopped me from running 8.4 km.

So what do I do? Keep going? Complete no running? I cant do that! lol ok I dont want to do that. Im looking at 500 calories a day here! lol

It hurts to bike (knee). It hurts to ride the pony (heel). SIGH I wonder if it hurts to Wii Fit? It would only take me about 3 hours a day to burn that many calories. SIGH.

On a good note, the weather has remained not too cold and perfect for running; little ice, almost no snow to hide the little ice, not too windy. Im sure it wont last forever, but Im pretty comfy running right now. My gloves get covered with frost....my hat gets soaked and my hair freezes solid. Its gross. I cant stand myself! HAhHAhAAHAH!

Rest?

After resting most of the weekend, got back out there this evening for a short, easy run. I only played hockey on the weekend.

After my run on Friday night I felt a little sharpness in my left heel. When I pushed off my toe. Or stretched. Little ice, but it felt worse later on.
Saturday it was very uncomfortable to walk. Running actually might have felt better but I decided not to go; skating was ok tho because the skate is so supportive and restricts movement; Foot doesnt move much.
Sunday I also didnt run, but I did skate; noted a pain in the right knee, under the kneecap. Just an annoying feeling. More ice, more rest. No soccer; had a 4H meeting and didnt try too hard to get done early as it was first meeting and I didnt really want to run on that artificial turf anyway with the pains in the lower legs.

So to Monday; not feeling quite better (especially knee) but I thought a short easy run would likely be ok. So off....actually didnt hurt worse to run; hurts worse to walk.

So my question would be; do I rest and see if these irritations go away? or run through them? Ive no idea. SO I will try nice easy runs for now :)

Above Freezing Again

It was +1! even tho it was raining slightly I had to get out there and get a few km in :) SO I dragged on my clothes and out I went. Ok I realllllly didnt want to. It was dark and damp and chill. but I did; as soon as I dont, I believe it will be easier to skip.
And it was a good run. I ran up the hill (where the crows roost.....EW.) and up the bigger hill. And then down the very big hill. Which got me moving so well I kept up that pace for 3 more km. Then another km cool down and I was back at the pool. Slowing was actually hard; this was all done on flatter roads.
I may be getting a little jumpy on the traffic; I think there are more rude cars in truro than anywhere else in Canada. Blah bastards! Particularly the ones crossing the sidewalks; I can only stay on the sidewalks; I cant vanish from your way just because you want to ignore your brakes. Its so unpleasant to run in town. Damn their streetlights and paved sidewalks lol.

so 5.6 km more done in 35.46 minutes; much cooling off and climbing hills lol was a very good run :)

Longer run planned for tomorrow but Ive no idea when; its a busy day!

Nice warmer day!

It warmed right up to -2 today which is actually really nice for running; it was very damp and that wasnt so pleasant. But it was a good run; until I finally met up with what I was scared of running in town; a train. On Queen street; there was no other realistic option but to wait. And since I was wet and sweaty and hot and chilling; I got very cold very fast. I walked back and forth along the road waiting and glared at the impatient people sitting in their cars with the heat on and something to do. I was SO shivering and no one said Oh want to wait in my car? of course not lol. It took about 4 songs on my Ipod to wait that train out; I was sick when I saw another engine in the middle of the train knowing that meant it was particularly long. Ugh. By the time it was gone I was chilled through and really didnt feel like running any more but I was still 1.5 km from the college with time running out to be on time for work; SO I had to scoot and try to make up some time :)

8 km in 52 minutes. 61 km down and 1439 left to go lol.

Beautiful Day

And today is why we still run in the winter.
It was COLD. I mean breath frozen hanging in the air cold. -15 with wind chill. And sunny with that impossibly blue sky. So on go the clothes and sneakers and Garmin that OMG is out of battery and Ipod to match SIGH better go get some charging started! I digress.

With temps about 0 C I put on a coat over my long sleeved shirt. -5 I add a hat. May keep gloves on.

- 10 with wind chill of -15...I added a sweater and a tank top; and added a scarf. I was too hot. BUT I always end up cold and I needed the scarf because last 3 runs Ive come home with numb frozen lips. Ew. Dont enjoy the thawing.

The snow was crunching and a little slippy but it was perfect for running. And I didnt go anywhere tooooo busy because I wanted to have some space on the side of the road so I went up Valleydale.

8.4 km in 59 minutes isnt setting any records but it sure was nice to get out there.

After class and dinner I went to Hockeyville where there was some pick up ladies hockey and CASSIE CAMPBELL visited the rink for a CBC interview with the Deuvilles and she met us all and signed my shirt ;)

Busy day!

More Brr

I had planned this evening to go straight from work to the pool to run while Taylor was finishing up her practice. Of course I got caught up at the office and ended up coming late so I only fit in a short, 5 km run. It wasnt long enough and it was done too fast with almost no warm up so I felt pretty crappy at the end :(
My legs were restless and twitchy today so I thought the run was just what I needed; they still feel tight and uncomfortable.

44.7 km down...how many more?

Continuing the Run but for how long?

Ok the weather is starting to be a little bit less nice. lol Ran on Thursday before going to work, it was snowy. I like the snow. but my face was cold.

Friday did SFA. No reason. i guess that isnt true if you count Wii Fit as an activity then I wasnt completely inactive. I did Dance Dance Revolution as well but I suck at it; I guess I was still "moving".

Saturday was spent at a swim meet and the way the times fell I didnt really have an ideal stretch of time despite being prepared this time for some running and gym work. Taylor had a 5 hour break; too long to be hanging out at the pool. 2-3 hours would have been ideal lol. Not enough time between any of the other races. lol

Sunday - wasted most of the morning then got in an 8 km run. it was -6; starting to get very cold. My face was numb and my hair froze into sweaty hair-cicles. I started to drip as soon as I got into the house gross lol. And I had frost all over me; even my gloves which stayed on the whole way, where normally I would have pulled them off. Brrrrr it was stinkin cold. lol

Ah well. Winter is here. Now where is that snow?