When I finally came down from my buzz from Swamp Stomper and tried to get back out on the trails I was greeted with funky pains resonating from various parts of my body...
this is to be expected, as I always am a bit funky for a run or two after a race of going all out....I ran about 6 the Thursday after Swampstomper and then I ran my one road 5k a year last Saturday...
I generally don't run road 5k's as the dollar/mile ratio is a bit high for my taste...(usually around $8-9 a mile) and it usually breaks my racing rule of "if it takes longer to drive to the race than it does to run it I don't do it," but this race is a benefit for a faculty member at St. Agnes/St. Dominic so my mom paid my entry fee...so I had to go make mom proud....
Ended up running 20:39, which earned my 1st St. Dominic alumni and 1st 20-24 age group...also a PR, as I'm not really, and don't necessarily dream about, being a fast 5k runner...
I spun for an hour on the trainer on Sunday and then spent the day chilling with Lauren...we went to my sister's pom exhibition before they go to nationals this weekend and then we went to eat with the fam. at Chile's....
About six months ago, I specifically remember saying to Lauren, "I could be perfectly okay with never eating at Chile's again for the rest of my life"...well, I wish I could have kept to my word, and I most certainly will be keeping to it from now on, as our Chile's experience was absolutely horrible...
Monday I snuck out of work an hour or so early and hit up Wolf River trails for a quick 8 miler, half of it being under the guiding light of my headlamp...Spun on wednesday for 45 minutes, did nothing but school work on Thursday, and got in an 8 miler yesterday on the Wolf River Trails....
Overall, feel okay but I have a soreness/tightness on the outside and to the back of my left knee...I think its ITB related so I have been stretching alot and doing my hip flexor exercises....
I'm really ready for it to get warm, it's so hard to get motivation to get up when its cold out...
on another note, I kicked full caffeine coffee again which is making a world of difference....and I'm about 200+ pages through No Country For Old Men which is an incredibly intense book...I refuse to see the movie until I finish it....
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I totally read "porn exhibition" and I was like CHRIS!!! Whoa, do you really want people to know that?! And why were you watching?!? But then I re read it :) Good job at keeping up the running!
yea brah......totally gassed for you and the performance at swamp stomper. you smoked it. i am so happy for you. i ran with les the other day and he is all worried about you beating him at sylamore, i love it. you are coming into your own and have the right attitude. a true trail runner. keep it up brah. you've got some natural talent and it's good to see you're using it.
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