not for the faint of heart II

same toe different foot

not for the faint of heart...

OW OW OW!!

a piddly 1.38 miles

and everything HURTS... my feet have re-re-re blistered, my thighs
and hamstrings are tight (sorry, TIGHT), my knees feel on the wonky
side... I'm a mess.. seriously.

feels like I went 13, not 1.3. i guess it doesn't help I'm
'functioning' on 3 hours of sleep.

schedule this week is 4, 6, 3, 11... it's only getting higher...
dunno if my body can keep up with the miles.

christine

owowow!!

10 mile /fail

4 miles and a killer toe

i should have stopped at 1.5 miles... omfg ... my toe is swollen to say the least.

10 miles is not going to happen tomorrow. it hurts just to walk. sucks.

my 4 miles was fairly boring. went the same route 3 times ... (had J in tow in the stroller)..

so yeah, blisters hurt like a MF...

so, since im not running tomorrow, sangriaaaaahhhhhhhhh

5 miles with the babe...

since i refuse to go out when it's dark outside (sidewalks are too uneven and i'm one of the biggest (heh) klutzes i know) and J doesnt care for the gym daycare (cries ... err screams .. the entire time), i decided to try to do a short (HA!!) distance with him in his stroller. it's just a regular Graco, not an 800 dollar jogging stroller, but we'll see...

i've been home for a few hours and i'm still undecided on whether i liked the experience or not... yes, it was more difficult pushing him in the stroller (but i probably burned a few more calories), he slept most of the time (and he doesnt look like he's going to duplicate that rest at home - so no "me time"), i had to stay relatively close to home just in case ... so the route was SO f'ing boring... SO.FING.BORING....

but it was nice getting him outside.. when he was awake, i could tell he was enjoying it... so i'll probably do this once or twice a week while the weather is "OK"... i may just suck it up and do my regular 2.5 mile route (and back to make it 5 miles)

blisters are back on my right foot... same place. the good news is, they didnt start hurting until well into the 4 mile mark - as opposed to the half mile mark last time... tomorrow is an off day then 4 friday and TEN (omgTenMiles!!!) saturday...

a non-running friend

emailed me and asked why the hell i do this to myself (run) if i hate it so much...

first of all, i really dont HATE it, per se... i hate the blisters and the achy body that i get when i do long distances (and dont stretch after), but the running itself - as long as it's outside *NOT on a dreadmill* - i'm ok with ... i am getting faster and to be honest, the only issues on my 8 miler today were my feet... my hamstrings were ok, right knee was a **tad** wonky towards the end, but nothing to seriously complain about... so yeah, not that horrible...

i just like to bitch and complain... i'm so good at it, it's practically an art! ;)

plus, where else can i burn 1768 calories in a bit over 2 hours!??!