It is snowing again. Schools are cancelled, my office is closed. We are supposed to get 8-20 inches (yes, that is how accurate the forecasts are being). Crazy. For all of you in the south, be careful of those crazy tornadoes!!Running? I ran 7 on the treadmill this morning. All went well. I wore my HRM for the first time in forever. My poor garmin is very lonely and sad these days. But the good news was that my HR was slightly better. I started out at an easy 9:13 pace, then after 4 miles started picking it up. I was doing an 8:00 pace at marathon effort (or at least what my HR should be - I've never worn my HRM in a race). And I added some tempo effort (7:20s) and finished at a 6:30 pace for the last .5. It was actually pretty fun! Unfortunately I still have something of a head cold. There is just nastiness going around as we are all trapped indoors. That is the worst thing about running on the treadmill. When I have a head cold I spit a lot when running. Gross, I know, but it helps. Well my husband wouldn't really appreciate it if I started spitting all over the basement while on the TM. LOL. I don't know what the heck he would say to me. Funny visual (for me) anyway.
Yesterday I did my legs/glutes/hammies pilates for the first time in weeks. Boy were my hammies tight and my range of motion was limited. I really need to keep up with that in all of my spare time.
My littlest boy is doing MUCH better in school this week. He has been all smiles saying he had a GREAT day both days this week. Thank goodness. I laughed because Tuscaloosa just divulged his new nickname for his daughter, "Prairie Dog." I love it! Probably because I am the queen of nicknames for my kids. They each have several, but I regularly call my children "Doobie Dog" (6 year old: yes, I really call him that) and "Diggity Dog" (4 year old). It is cute because my littest boy calls his big brother "Doovie." Don't ask me why I call them those names, but they fit. :)
So I was finally reading through some blogs and saw that Salty is still battling the stitch. If anyone has solutions to this problem, please speak up. It is one of those running mysteries that no one has a decent explanation for or solution to.
OK, I have been a slacker this morning. Off to get cleaned up and head to work. Hopefully the roads will be a little better in an hour. Happy trails.
2 comments:
I want a snow day! Just not the snow :)
I'm a spitter too. Just one more reason I hate the mill.
Anyway, hope the weather gets better and you feel better soon too!
I can't believe how much Madison has been hit directly with, from all the same storms that have just barely squeaked around and ignored the Twin Cities. Hope you get yourself dug out soon!
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