4.5 miles at 9:55 pace

I'm pretty pleased with that. I was planning for between 3 and 6 miles. As it turns out my loop on Bayshore Blvd happened to go 2.25 miles before the walkway ended. True, I could have overshot my starting point by a half mile or more and looped back...essentially making two seperate out and back loops, but I didn't...here's why:
I about killed my sister, who hasn't run since August. She dropped out less than a mile into today's run. So, I didn't want to take too much longer than her. I managed to pick her back up on my return, but she still wasn't hanging with me. I wasn't worried about either of us having a great run. Afterall, we were just out there to reduce stress, not train, so it wasn't that important to go far today. Also, the sun, heat, and humidity along the Bay are insane. Luckily the wind wasn't like it was in February.
At any rate. The run was good overall. We escaped the ICU for an hour, blew off some steam, and I still managed to knock out the longest run since my ankle broke.

On the road again

I should be terse as I am posting from the road, actually from my phone right now. I have just two points to make.

1. spectated last weekend at the Chicago Marathon. tc's friend rw ran a freaking great time, and tracking him down over 26.2 miles to cheer him on was awesome. it made me both very sad because I wasn't running and very excited because there's always '07 baby. you better believe I will take every "minor" injury seriously so as to be able to run it.

2. since I haven't run latley, I haven't posted. I figure if I post tonight, maybe i'm more likely to stick to what I plan and actually run. so here it is. tomorrow I will be running somewhere between 3 and 6 miles with my sister "steen". the plan is to bring a change of clothes, leave the ICU, knock out the run and return all sweaty about an hour later. the lovely sights along Bayshore Blvd should keep us distracted. i'm just hoping the wind isn't like it was during the Marathon, because we'll be following the same course as I ran in February. also, hoping no one notices that the two returning visitors are all sweaty and stinky.

No run today, so...

"Woman walking under shelter"

Boxed out

Well boxing class was something.

The trainer is clearly delusional in his assessment of our abilities. I appreciate his never-ending drive and push, but wow man, he's harsh.

I pushed it, and my ankle told me so. I was swollen last nite, and achey today. But it's all worth it, I will be better for it.

Up next: a little bit of sweet rest

3.30 miles

What's with the random distances? I have no freakin idea.
Well, I went 3.3 today, in 29:30, which is just about 9:00 pace. That's a good minute faster than my typical pace these days.

I'm not sure why I went so fast. I definitely knew that I was going faster, and it felt good. I passed some pedestrians along the way, and as per the usual I sped up when passing. One of them exclaimed to the other "geez!" as I whizzed by them. OK, maybe I didn't give them a wide berth, but whatever, it's not like I clipped one of em, and I certainly didn't need to yell "on your right". Bitches betta recognize!

Up next: boxing class

1.9 miles

Well, that was close to 2 miles. Time was 19:31, therefore pace was 10:17.

I actually feel better now that I've run. I was feeling pretty sore the past two days.

I was dumb/ambitious enough to sign up for a boxing class. Beginner's boxing so they said. I think the instructor forgot that we were all coming back multiple times and he didn't need to cram in 8 weeks of class into a one hour session. Needless to say, my body was not used to actually being used.

Well now I feel better. My legs and ass don't hurt like they did yesterday and this morning. I'm just hoping this good feeling doesn't fade :)

Hrm...should I run a 5k this weekend? Depends on my state of hungover-ness.