8/7/05: Getting in some late night miles, at a high cost though…

After a late night on Saturday, the earliest I could make it out to run was 10:30pm Sunday night. Yikes, on any other day, I am already in bed. But I needed to get some miles in for the week, as I knew this week is going to be crazy for me due to me going out of town from Thursday to Sunday *yes, I know I should bring my shoes with me.* Anyhow, I went to the 24 hour fitness right by my house (under a mile to get there, so it’s usually a 10 minute walk) and hit the treadmill. I didn’t feel my ‘health’ best (which should have been warning sign #1) and I wasen’t really paying attention to my running (warning sign #2, was watching the new Miami Ink reality series). AND ON TOP of those two things, I didn’t really stretch well so by the time I hit mile 5.5, I had to force myself to walk for a mile and a half. I did something wrong to my left ankle. Not sure what, it feels like I tweeked it. I’ve been icing and stretching it and so far but I still feel nothing but a sharp pain. Damn, like I need a setback right now, with Marathon season in full swing. I guess, like Houston Strider runner Helen Grant said in this month’s edition of the Strider newsletter, there is never a bad run, but always an expierence…so maybe going out of town this weekend (although I will be on my feet A LOT) is going to be great for me…and I just have to remember that I can’t wear my (flip) flops much either…gotta save my feet:) hopefully I make it out to the PIM run Wednesday, we’ll see how it goes, if anything, I can go walk 3 miles.

Staying Positive with Lots of other things in related running news:

My article about my first 10k got published in this month’s Houston Strider newsletter! Woohoo, and I hope I didn’t sound too verbose (or even boring!) in my report. Also, tonight is my first Strider’s meeting so I am a little nervous about meeting a lot of new faces…I’m sure I’ll be fine though and I’ll make sure to write about it:) Other then that, I’m eager to start to keep my eyes open for a sale on my favorite running shoe in the whole world: the Brooks Adrenline GT5’s as mine are slightly over 250 miles and I think my babies are on their last legs, haha…and this would explain the pain that *could be* the start of patellofemoral syndrome. Yuck…

The Stats:
1:38 total time
8 miles

Mile 1: 11:51Mile 2: 11:10
Mile 3: 11:47
Mile 4: 11:53
Mile 5: 11:21
Mile 6: 13:08 (walked half a mile)
Mile 7: 14:23 (walked entire mile)
Mile 8: 11:17

HEART RATE: n/a
WEATHER: a/c (my favorite)