Day 113

Me.

My get-up-and-go is lacking today. Anyway, off to the gym.

Run recap!

I skipped the last set of week three intervals and started week four today. It went pretty well. It was more challenging but not impossible. I tried to not be ashamed of myself when the old man kept lapping me while he was walking, but I figured that even though I'm slow, I still always complete my runs. Until about the very end of intervals my legs felt awkward underneath me. They felt like they weren't moving as smoothly as they could.

Then when they finally did smooth out for me I thought 'Hey, I'm here, I might as well do some base laps.' ('Base miles' are miles that build up your weekly mileage. Doesn't matter how you do them, just that they get done. Since 18 laps equals a mile on my track, I'm calling mine 'base laps' instead of miles.) Anyway, I put on some jamz and ran. And ran. And ran. Faster and faster. Taking breaks every other song or so to stretch my calves, quads, and IT bands. And that made all the difference. Every time after I stretched I felt looser, like I could run faster and more smoothly.

And now I'm sore. Very sore.

In my immediate future.

And tired. These are all classic symptoms of what I like to call 'One more' syndrome. "I'll just run one more lap....one more song...one more interval...one more hour...one more mile..." I think that I am the first documented sufferer of O.M.S. (at least on this blog. lol)

Later lovies. There is a pilates band and an Advil with my name on it.