The myofascial release work I had done on my foot/heel/leg on Monday seems to be helping. I ran the Firecracker 5 miler on Wednesday morning pain free. I made it through weight workout class yesterday and then met my daughter in town for some mother/daughter shopping afterward. When I'm with my daughter, no isle of a store goes unwalked! I ran 4 miles this morning and my heel behaved nicely!
It still does have it's moments. Wednesday after the race, I went to my car to put on a dry shirt and foolishly cut across the lawn of the fire station. Walking on uneven ground can make my heel hurt. I changed my shirt and went back to the fire barn to see if results were posted yet. I was 4th in my age group and my friend told me that they were giving awards to 5 places!! This is the first time I've placed in this particular race!! I think the heat may have caused some people to stay away!! I know it was over 80 degrees before the race started. I got a pair of red/white/blue socks!! I like them!
This morning it was 92 when I set out on my run and 95 when I finished. I felt pretty good. My clothes were soaked! I knew I had to get a run in this morning; it's likely that I will not get to run again this weekend. I'm spending the weekend goofing around with my three sisters!! I haven't seen my sister who lives in California in over a year.
There must be a variation of Murphy's law pertaining to running. I ran on the roads around where I live, rural and with little traffic once I get off of the road that I live on. As I was running a 1.1 mile stretch of one of the roads, the ONLY car that came by was just as I was approaching a decomposing, stinky opossum roadkill!! I had to get over to the side which was right in line with the roadkill and had to jump over it as the car was passing by! The joys of running on rural roads!!
I also saw another lady out running; I never see anyone running out here around where I live!!
Well, I'm going to get my running clothes out of the washing machine then study a little for my final exam then I'm off to see my siblings!!!!!!
Runner Nerd
leaps over roadkill
Showing posts with label running in heat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label running in heat. Show all posts
Friday, July 6, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Fun in the sun and heat
Tuesday and Wednesday were beautiful days! Both days saw temps in the 90s!! I love love love it like that!!
Tuesday night only two of us showed up for running group. I know most people don't like running in heat like that. I'm like anyone else; I don't run as well in the heat even though I like it. We ran 4 miles and I was dripping when I was done! The last mile was difficult but I still prefer this over the bitter cold of winter runs. I love wearing shorts and sleeveless tops instead of multiple layers, tights, hats and gloves.
Yesterday it was back to Wednesday night speed workouts now that my Monday/Wednesday evening class is over. It was 92 degrees when I left home. Six people showed up! We ran on the paved trail. We ran fast for two telephone poles and recover for two telephone poles. It's almost the same as doing 200s on the track. We did a 1.1 mile section down and back 3 times. In my out of shapeness and slowness of late, I fell behind everyone else on the third set so I changed my plan to one telephone pole fast, one pole recover. It worked much better for me at that point. We did a cool-down and called it a workout. I was dripping again. I had to run into the grocery store for something and I was still sweating! I'm sure I looked like a dork!! (I don't even want to think about what I probably smelled like!!)
I had not seen the Wednesday people for the last 7 weeks that I had class so I told them that I had registered for the Key West Half Marathon on January 20, 2013 as my graduation present to myself!! They were excited but also told me what I already know - I've got work to do so I can get back to running how I did before becoming the world's oldest college student!!
I've been trying a couple of new drinks. Hammer and Gu both came out with a grapefruit flavored tablet. One of the things I don't like is the sweetness of the sports drinks. There is still some sweetness but there is also that sour/bitter/sharp tangy taste of grapefruit! I like them!
My heel is still bothering me. Tuesday night it did not bother at all while running but by the time I got home it was hurting. Last night it was good while running until, for cool-down, we ran across a field toward where our cars were parked instead of taking the sidewalk to the driveway of the school where we parked. On the grass it hurt. I have trouble even walking across my yard to go to the mailbox. My heel does not like uneven ground.
No running today, went to weight workout class. I hope to run tomorrow and Saturday and then take Sunday and Monday off so I will be good to go for Tuesday night running group. I really need to get an appointment with the massage therapist who has had good results with plantar fasciitis. I will feel like such a traitor going to someone other than my usual sports massage therapist extraordinaire. At least I am going to the same place. This massage therapy studio recommends her for people having trouble with plantar fasciitis so I know my usual guy wouldn't mind.
Runner Nerd
with sore foot :(
Tuesday night only two of us showed up for running group. I know most people don't like running in heat like that. I'm like anyone else; I don't run as well in the heat even though I like it. We ran 4 miles and I was dripping when I was done! The last mile was difficult but I still prefer this over the bitter cold of winter runs. I love wearing shorts and sleeveless tops instead of multiple layers, tights, hats and gloves.
Yesterday it was back to Wednesday night speed workouts now that my Monday/Wednesday evening class is over. It was 92 degrees when I left home. Six people showed up! We ran on the paved trail. We ran fast for two telephone poles and recover for two telephone poles. It's almost the same as doing 200s on the track. We did a 1.1 mile section down and back 3 times. In my out of shapeness and slowness of late, I fell behind everyone else on the third set so I changed my plan to one telephone pole fast, one pole recover. It worked much better for me at that point. We did a cool-down and called it a workout. I was dripping again. I had to run into the grocery store for something and I was still sweating! I'm sure I looked like a dork!! (I don't even want to think about what I probably smelled like!!)
I had not seen the Wednesday people for the last 7 weeks that I had class so I told them that I had registered for the Key West Half Marathon on January 20, 2013 as my graduation present to myself!! They were excited but also told me what I already know - I've got work to do so I can get back to running how I did before becoming the world's oldest college student!!
I've been trying a couple of new drinks. Hammer and Gu both came out with a grapefruit flavored tablet. One of the things I don't like is the sweetness of the sports drinks. There is still some sweetness but there is also that sour/bitter/sharp tangy taste of grapefruit! I like them!
My heel is still bothering me. Tuesday night it did not bother at all while running but by the time I got home it was hurting. Last night it was good while running until, for cool-down, we ran across a field toward where our cars were parked instead of taking the sidewalk to the driveway of the school where we parked. On the grass it hurt. I have trouble even walking across my yard to go to the mailbox. My heel does not like uneven ground.
No running today, went to weight workout class. I hope to run tomorrow and Saturday and then take Sunday and Monday off so I will be good to go for Tuesday night running group. I really need to get an appointment with the massage therapist who has had good results with plantar fasciitis. I will feel like such a traitor going to someone other than my usual sports massage therapist extraordinaire. At least I am going to the same place. This massage therapy studio recommends her for people having trouble with plantar fasciitis so I know my usual guy wouldn't mind.
Runner Nerd
with sore foot :(
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