Not so good

Well, I didn't do a track workout. It was later in the evening by the time I got my act together, so I opted for a short distance run. 4.2 miles should not hurt. At all. Except if I'm doing hills. Which is what I did. I had done the trail around the Germantown soccerplex a couple times, which has a couple soft hills, but nothing too bad. Well this time I headed to Great Seneca Highway. Truth is when you're driving you don't really pay attention to the inclines. I would say about 3/4 of my run yesterday was a gradual climb. The other quarter was not a downhill, it just got flat. I did the run in 41 minutes, which I would like to be faster. However, given the hills, I feel alright about it.

When I took my brace off, the swelling and pain just smacked me down. Sucks. I was an idiot (or hungry, really) and so I went grocery shopping instead of stretching. Today I regret that. I also didn't have my ice pack, so I didn't even do that.

Tonight, climbing. I'll be at the gym earlier than both of the other girls, so I think I can get in a decent number of climbs tonight. Tomorrow should be my long run, but not likely given the condition my knee is in. Bleah.

The other fun thing I did yesterday was take the boys back to the soccerplex to run around. They love chasing me! And being chased...chasing each other...rolling around... they're so funny. After a certain point they just collapse from getting so worked up and you'd think they ran a marathon. That's the thing about those Italian Greyhounds. Play for 5 minutes, nap for 35 minutes. Also, I tried out my new Merrells on the walk over. They were warmer than I'm used to (given my frequent flip flop use, no wonder) and certainly much more supportive than I'm used to. The only thing I would worry about it that my toes slipped into the toe box a bit much for my taste when walking downhill. And it wasn't really a serious downhill. I think with better socks and tighter lacing, that should work itself out. That and the nasty tick making its way up my pant leg were about the most interesting things I did yesterday. I ended up having to come into work even though it was my day off. Traffic sucked. I can't live in the suburbs for real yet!