January 23, 2008

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
It’s 4:00 and I just put on my running shorts, then started giggling. I’m going to run!!! YIPPEEE!!!!

I’m a little nervous, though. During the last week (mostly) off, I’ve developed those running injuries I expected to occur, oh …., while running. My knee and hip both hurt. Note to self: when you don’t run, you don’t stretch. Later.

Back. Everything felt fine after the first mile, so I took the down and up 5.1 mile o+b. Today is probably going to be the nicest day of the week, up near 25 degrees and snow squalls alternating with bright clear skies. We’ve gained a lot of daylight since December. It now stays runnably light out until about 5:15, a gain of about half an hour. 12:36 (1.4 mi.), 9:10 (21:46 out), 9:40, 11:25 (21:05 in). 42:51 for 5.1 miles, mostly easy, but a lot of tempo running on the way back. It felt wonderful to run hard. I can’t wait to race. I can’t wait to HAMMER!! WOOO-HOOO!!!!

Then I’d have to back off the pace a little bit – one slip on the ice and I'll have a real injury. Excitable boy.

Coach’s Quote of the Day: “When in doubt, always err on the side of ‘rest.’”