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
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