Back on the trail

After the tri, I actually went back out on the road for a run the next day. Boy was I slow! I found out why a couple of days later when I ended up being sick. I rested for a few days, and then ran again, and apparently became sicker.

Well, that's pretty much over. Hopefully I won't get sick again any time soon. A faint hope, as I work in the public equivalent of a plague ward. I swear, there are so many people who have yet to master the art of covering their mouth as they spew out a nasty, croupy, mucous filled cough. Ewwww... purel is my new friend.

This morning's run was amazing!! I'm using a new podcast, Podrunner. I had to give up Ullrey, as I'm running longer than his podcasts. Podrunner is a house music interval mix. What makes it great is that I actually lost track of a couple of blocks while running this morning. I was cruising along, cursing the fact that I ran in the fog with glasses on, when all of the sudden I realized I was about three blocks further along that I thought. It was kind of creepy, but cool. I actaully ran the whole loop! At first I was totally impressed with myslef because I thought I was running 7 minute intervals (7 min run, 1 min walk), which would have put me at close to a 10 minute mile. I was less impressed when I saw that I was running 8 minute intervals. But it was still cool to run the whole loop. Whoo hoo!!!

Asphalt vs Cement...

Another thing that I noticed today is how much running on cement sucks... On my route, I try to run on the street because it's easier on the knees. I hadn't realized how much easier is it until today. My goodness! Running on cement made me feel awful. Asphalt = long, smooth, strides cement = short choppy strides and shin pain. Ick!! I just wish there was a nice dirt path near my house. I'm going to have to hunt one down for a couple days of the week.

One other cute thing that happens from running in the fog is that you get WET. Not only did my glasses become so wet that they dripped water onto my face, but at the end of the run when I looked at the dogs, Nanner looked like she'd just hopped out of the pool! Poor wet, cold puppy! Since Ben's gone this week, I worry about the girls getting too bored. Nanner has also started looking a little scrawny from all the running. (Only one in the family who seems to be losing any dang weight... maybe I should switch to kibble...) So, I've been feeding the girls a higher calorie kibble. I also have been putting the "good" kibble in a treat ball. Of course, Meggie seems to end up with both of the treat balls, so I might have to re-think it.