Today's run was down at the River Market, over into NLR and back up to Kavanaugh. Tried to look for Cheryl as we started, but alas, no Cheryl...I was having flashback to the first time I ran the Capitol run and was really dreading those hills...At first, it felt like I was dragging along and could not imagine finishing today, but somehow after I passed the Blind School, I got my second wind...and the rest of the run wasn't too bad. My G2 Gatorade kept me going, as did my energy gel, but the kind I had with me was one that Cheryl had given me to try, forgot the brand name, but the flavor was Strawberry-Kiwi. (Sorry, Cheryl, no offense, but it reminded me of warm snot and I almost gagged. I think I'll stick with the Chocolate Gu.) I was comfortably warm in my PINK FLEECE (how many times can I say that....) and the weather was beautiful. Of course, I didn't QUITE follow my instructions right and turned left on Cross St. (like my paper said) but apparently, that was assuming everyone would know to go up to Victory St. first....Oh well, once I caught my mistake I ran up to 4th and back down Broadway.. (Note to self: Tammy, just follow everyone else, you apparently NEVER know where you are going).
The outside of my knee has been bothering me and I think I am self-diagnosing in saying that I have ITB Friction Syndrome. Maybe with some more good stretching and building my quads and hamstrings more evenly, I can nip that in the bud. Man, I wish I had been able to go to the Marathon Meeting on Tuesday....I picked up one of the summary info sheets by Lace Luedke, and that was helpful. I do say with an extreme amount of glee that I will be home after this week in Harrison and I am looking forward to being able to have a life. I hope to do some runs with Cheryl at some point, and maybe go to a running clinic??
I was tempted to head over to Panera after my run, (I was going to meet my mom, but she got busy and couldn't go) but didn't really feel like driving that far, so I headed over to Starbuck's, with a few short stops at some garage sales on the way. Nothing too spectacular today, although there were garage sales galore. I skipped my Power Pump weight class at 8, I just didn't feel like it. Went over to Target and bought a welcome mat with an owl on it that says "Who's there?" A little cheesy, but cute. I was also going to go over to Cupcakes on Kavanaugh (my sister works there and told me that today they have the Pumpkin Spice Cupcake with Cream Cheese frosting), but she was baking and they don't actually open until 11am. Sweet as she is, she said she would get me one and bring it to me later!!! YAY!! I love all the Pumpkin recipes that come out in the fall and can't wait to start cooking with it myself!
Cheryl mentioned the Soaring Wings Half-Marathon next weekend, and although I have no business even thinking about it...I am sooooo tempted. We'll see how I feel, 9 miles today was brutal enough....I don't want to overdo it, since next week I will be incorporating one more day a week running. I'm sure that I will be updating on whether I am crazy enough to do it...
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LOL - I think you are calling me Kim all through your blog, probably because it was one of the last things we talked about before we went our separate ways this morning!! My. name. is. Cheryl.... Still laughing!! At first I did think you were talking about someone else, until the Strawberry-Kiwi Gel, sorry you didn't like it. Think about the 1/2 Marathon, I understand if you think it's too much, but the adrenaline will get you through at least 1/2 of it!! Or that's what I'm going to tell myself.
You are so right and that is so embarassing...I know your name so I don't know why I did that...sorry...
No biggie, if you're like me, I was pooped. I know you know my name. How was that cupcake? About 8 years ago me and a friend of mine wanted to open a bakery, the name was going to be "Cupcakes".
The cupcake was AWESOME!!! I think I am in deep trouble....
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