May doesn’t exist

01 Monday Apr 2013

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To me, anyway. Seriously. It took me a full month to realize that I had forgotten about May and jumped straight into June, thus beginning my training plan a month earlier than I should have.

What. Even.

The more I sit here and think about it, though, the more I realize I’m so glad I made that dumb mistake. I spent a month building my base and now I’m feeling good and ready to work. Oh, and I got to blow off a second trip to the gym today since I didn’t have to run. That. Was. Awesome.

Before I get swept away, do any of you do two-day gym trips? For me personally it’s like a downward spiral waiting to happen. When I go to the gym twice, it’s usually to shame myself because of my dietary choices so I have to make a conscious effort to not allow myself to do that. People are different, though, and I know some people (triathletes especially) prefer two-a-day workouts. I’ll do a workout in the morning and then go for a walk in the afternoon, sure, but I can’t let myself get started with two intense gym sessions. Not for me.

However (of course there’s a however), I had initially planned to double-up this week because I know that I’m not going to be able to exercise Thursday and Friday, and I wanted to be able to get my long run in on Saturday. It was a means to stick to the training plan (while still making being able to make it to BodyPump and get a little cross training in) that I now don’t have to worry about!

So, last week. A little recap—I did a solid run/walk interval session Monday, an even more solid 4-mile pace run Tuesday, a light jog/walk Wednesday, a light run and BodyPump Thursday, and a fantastic 6-miler outside in the warm weather and bright sunlight Friday afternoon. In short, it was a lovely week of workouts. Vigorous, challenging, and a definite change from what I’ve been doing.

Today was a rather pathetic 50-minute session on the bike, tomorrow I’m going to BodyPump, and I have pace run planned for Wednesday before taking my rest days on Thursday and Friday. Not great, but it’ll have to do!

Phew. I have to work at taking more pictures (I’m so bad at that) but for now I’ll leave with a farewell and good luck with your workouts!

Time to go sleep off all of that Thai food I ate for lunch…oops. ;)

Tuesday reads to suit your needs

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a good Tuesday. My week’s going pretty well so far, though I never did hit that six miler I was hoping to get in um…last Friday. Shh! Don’t tell ;) . Life happens, you know? The weather’s been icky around these parts so it’s kept me inside and my brains just can’t focus enough to get an hour-long run in on a treadmill. But hey, my knee’s been feeling spectacular so I’m one happy lady rollin’ with the punches.

On Monday I did a solid hour-long cardio work-out that included a steady run for a little over a mile, walking uphill at a clip for another mile, a 9:30-paced mile, more walking, and then an 9:13-paced mile. I’m slowly starting to build up speed since I’ve been off for so long and I don’t want to throw anything out of whack. I think this week I’m going to keep my attention on interval training and smooth it out into a 7-miler on Friday because the weather’s supposed to be in the 50s! Exclamation point, exclamation point.

So I thought today I’d do a little round-up of my favorite reads from around the web, especially since I just cooked these delicious biscuits from Smitten Kitchen last night and can’t stop thinking about them. It’s a good thing I froze the pre-cooked dough otherwise they’d all be gone already. Anyway, here you go! These are the blogs that keep me entertained, motivated, and full of recipes to try on my unsuspecting honey. He hasn’t been disappointed yet (and even goes to some of these himself when I’m not around to find recipes! Beautiful.). I’ve included some links to my favorite posts from some of these sites (mostly recipes) because they’re too good to let go unnoticed.

I also just want to note this isn’t an effort to get more page views or connect to these fantastic bloggers (though I’d certainly love that) but I think it’s important to share the things we read because we’re all in this weird corner of the world together.

Smitten Kitchen — I just love the aesthetic, tone, design, creativity, and love behind this blog. I haven’t ventured too far down the recipe hole yet but I’m itching to try out some out soon. Especially these oatmeal raisin cookies…

Iowa Girl Eats — This is one of my absolute favorite blogs to turn to for cooking. Kristin’s always got great, healthy recipes and I find that I can easily make them vegetarian if I need to, or use the meat dishes as a references for my man. One of my favorites is this go-to quinoa dish.

How Sweet It Is — I love reading Jessica’s blog. She’s fun, creative, and takes gorgeous pictures of food. I made these cupcakes for my mom’s birthday and basically shoved my face in the frosting.

Peanut Butter Fingers —  I’m not much of a circuit person, but Julie at Peanut Butter Fingers has tons of great exercises for those who are. One of these days I’ll work up the courage to get my circuit-on in the tiny tiny gym I belong to. Plus I’m obsessed with all of her dog photos. Is that weird? It’s probably a little weird :) .

Run, Eat, Repeat — Monica at Run, Eat, Repeat has a really fun voice and I admire her determination and pure love of running. It helps bliss me out and motivates me when I need it. And she’s got a lot of great stories about the struggles she’s been through that I think a lot of us can really connect to.

Joy the Baker — This blog (and all of its food!) is stunning. Love. Admire. Can’t wait to try this quick strawberry-raspberry jam.

Bakerella — I tried making cake pops once and it was a disaster, but I ADORE this website and Bakerella’s cake-pop charm.

Mile Markers — I’ve written about my adoration for Kristin Armstrong before so I’ll leave it at that and just tell you all to buy her book if you haven’t yet.

Oh, Ladycakes — This is a new discovery for me and while I haven’t tried any of Ashlae’s  recipes yet (they look DELICIOUS, though) I just love, love, love reading her stories.

The Bloggess — Laughs. Hilarity. Weirdness. Buy her book. Enough said.

The Man Repeller  — My job drifts into the world of fashion and I love reading Leandra’s blog because it’s out there, hilarious, and totally down-to-earth.

The Pioneer Woman — Love. Adore. Want her life and her creativity to build amazing recipes.

There are certainly oodles of other websites I drift to throughout the day but these are the ones I’ll read every day, without fail. Or the one’s I’ll catch up with on Monday mornings with a huge mug of coffee. Bliss.

Moments of clarity

19 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Runners, you know what I mean. Moments of clarity are those little moments that strike at random that remind you why you run. Given my current mental blocks and running hang-ups, I thought it’d be helpful for my own sake, really, to remind myself why I run in the first place. What I love about it. What made me proud. And I’d urge you to do the same, either think about them or share them with the crowd. We’re runners. We love swapping stories.

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• About a year and a half ago I was running at one of my favorite trails in the Chicago suburbs. If you’re from around there, it’s a place called Waterfall Glen (pictured on my banner, actually) and features beautiful woods and an 9.5 mile loop that’s perfectly marked and generously sized. I had just started distance running and set out to tackle the full course and was nervous and scared and so, so excited. It went easier than I could’ve ever hoped and I was nearing the end a group of runners was coming at me in the other direction led, presumably, by a coach. He yelled ‘runner up!’ at me and gave me a wave and I smiled, and nodded back, elated. It was the first time I ever actually felt like a runner.

• Birthday runs. I love birthday runs. On my 23rd birthday I woke up extra-early to run around my favorite trail in Iowa City. Fog was coming off the river and the birds were chirping and it was still and silent and beautiful. I felt alone and yet incredibly comforted. It was one of those runs that gives you hope for the future.

• Crossing the finish line at my very first half marathon in Chicago with my sister and my cousin. I never dreamt I’d be able to run 1 mile, let alone 13.1, and the significance crossing that line brought was dreamy and emotional, and the memory will always stay strong.

• Crossing the finish line at my very first full marathon in Chicago, with my sister right next to me. Speechlessness. I couldn’t believe I could do such a thing, and knowing that  so many of my loved ones were cheering me on, and having two of my cousins run the race as well made that day one of the best I’ve ever experienced.

• Strapping on a Garmin given to me by the man I’m head-over-heels for and realizing that I had been overtraining for the marathon. Shock, disbelief, and a flood of confidence in my abilities hit me at once and I knew that I could run a marathon. Knew it.

• Every run that’s ever given me chills when it’s achingly hot outside.

• Reaching new mile markers, ones that I had never touched before and ones that I hope to touch again.

I could go on and on, really, but I’ll stop here. It’s nice to remind ourselves why we run. That the good days really do make up for the bad days. They really, really do.

New week, new distances

18 Monday Mar 2013

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Hi, everyone! It’s Monday again. What a bummer, right? I mean…oh, I’m so excited for the start of another week. Yeah, I can’t even get through that with a straight face. Even though my Monday didn’t start off with a three hour drive from the Chicago suburbs, it still started off sleepier than I would’ve liked. I had planned for a rest day today, thankfully, so my alarm was set for 6 a.m. instead of 5, but I slept like absolute crap last night so I ended up sleeping in until 7. Oops! Or not.

Work was busy as it has been recently, which is both good and bad. Good, because the time passes quickly and bad because, well, it would be nice to take a slower pace during the day. But that’s okay, I’m thankful that my job is prosperous so I don’t have to worry about it not being there one day. Call that the silver lining, if you will. After work I had to pop to downtown Iowa City for an eye doctor appointment (can you spell exciting?) and now I get to spend the rest of the night resting and relaxing. Though, after my busy day I was tempted to hit the gym for a quick three-miler.

Do you runners ever go through the same thing? Even though I have a 3-miler impending tomorrow, I just felt out of it and busy and stressed about typical things that stress you out in life and wanted a quick run to center myself. I didn’t feel the need to work out, that wasn’t the purpose, but I just wanted shake out all of this excess energy. Then I realized that because I’m already on-edge, if my knee started acting funny during my run that would only make things worse and I didn’t want to risk it. I think I could handle that on a normal day with a normal training run, but not on a day where I needed to run for the sake of running, a feeling that I haven’t had in so, so long that I’m hesitant to do something that would make me lose it. So, rest it is.

Here’s the scheduled training plan for the week:

Monday: rest day
Tuesday: 3 miles
Wednesday: 4 miles
Thursday: 3 miles
Friday: rest day
Saturday: 6 miles
Sunday: cross training
 

Here’s what I’m probably going to do:

Monday: rest day
Tuesday: 3 miles/leg weights/brief uphill walking at a solid pace
Wednesday: 4 miles/uphill walking at a solid pace for 20 minutes
Thursday: Bodypump class/no running
Friday if I’m in town Saturday morning: 3 miles/slow biking
Friday if I’m not in town Saturday morning: 6 miles
Saturday: to be determined from Friday
Sunday: stationary bike for 10 miles followed by arms
 

The nice thing about training plans is that you can tailor them to fit your schedule. All summer I was popping around between Iowa City and the Chicago suburbs, so many of my long runs happened at odd times. Once I did a 19-miler on a Wednesday night (which I would not recommend) after work and finished after it had gotten super dark outside. Some dude on a bike was trailing me for awhile and freaked me the hell out. Do not do this. Run safely.

So, that’s my Monday for you. I’m off to relax! Have a good evening!

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Hello, sunshine

17 Sunday Mar 2013

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Good morning and happy Sunday to you! More importantly, Happy Birthday to Lauren, the best pal and roomie a girl could ask for! We may have settled down from our days ringing in your 21st, but I hope today is just as enjoyable. It also happens to be St. Patrick’s Day, so whether you’re Irish or not I hope you have a good one. And if you’re not listening to U2 on repeat today, I don’t want to talk to you. (Kidding! Maybe.) Here, I’ll start you off.

The sun is shining so brightly this morning and I’m loving every second of it! I’m too afraid to go outside because I’m positive it’s deceiving me and it’s probably about 20 degrees outside which seems unfair. It is mid-March! Get with it, weather. Then again, I guess it’s my fault for living in Eastern Iowa. Oh well! Worth it, I say. Well, some days at least. I hope you’ve all had a great weekend and were able to relax and recharge. I definitely was, which was so lovely. No long drives for me this weekend! And though I miss the significant other immensely, a weekend on my own was much needed. I cleaned, I laundered, I shopped, I ran 5 pretty pain-free miles.

What?! I know! It was exactly what I needed and I’m so beyond thrilled. You guys know how down I’ve been about my patella problems and how confused I’ve been about how to handle it or what to do, but something seems to have clicked (knock on wood). On Friday I hit the ‘mill (I had planned an outside run but it was too chilly) and ran 3 miles with absolutely no pain. I was afraid to get too excited because I didn’t want to jinx it, but after Saturday I really think the strength training is kicking in and repairing me. So anyway, even though Friday’s run had gone so well it still took me awhile to get my butt to the gym yesterday because I was nervous it was going to go poorly. But I locked in during the first few minutes and just ran. No stops, no pain until 4.5 and even then it was just soreness, nothing that wasn’t manageable. The relief I’m feeling right now is beyond anything.

I’m not being an idiot about it, I know I’m not in the clear yet. I still have to be careful and mindful, but to know that it’s possible for me to hit goals right now is such a mood lifter. Even if I have a few poor runs from here on out, I have this to hold on to. The knowledge that I’m not completely broken and my strength isn’t gone. I’m finding my feet again and I couldn’t be happier.

So with that, enjoy your day! I’m going to hit the bike and do some weight lifting after I digest breakfast. Until then, this is how I’m spending my morning…

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Farewell, Google Reader

16 Saturday Mar 2013

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Guys, have you heard the horrible news? They’re taking Google Reader away from us all! I know it’s a little archaic, but it’s the best way to keep track blogs and websites and, basically, the only thing that saves my brain when I need a quick break during the day. Plus, what a great way for you all to know when I posted something new! Right? Right!

So through The Twitter the other morning I was pointed in the direction of Bloglovin’, a site that I had heard about on the fringe but hadn’t ever checked out. Rumor has it it’s a good alternative, not the same, certainly, but something that’ll at least keep track of your websites if you’re like me and you follow 800. Ok, that’s a little bit of an exaggeration but whatever. It’s the only place where I feel super organized (I’ve always kind of misted in that semi-organized world. I have my life together for the most part, but I always seem to forget to pay my credit card bill on time.), which sounds dumb, right? That’s probably because it is dumb. But I don’t care!

Anyway, so I decided to sign up for an account on Bloglovin’ to start getting myself acclimated. To take a little taste, perhaps, of something new before my beloved disappears in July. You know what? I am not disappointed. Sure it’s got it’s differences from The Reader, but it’s a pretty solid stand in. It’ll show you when you have new stuff to view, though it doesn’t do my favorite part of Google Reader and mark the articles read as you scroll through. There doesn’t seem to be any way to expand the posts and read them directly from the page you’re on, but there’s a pretty easy way to scroll through read and unread posts once you click through. Basically, I’m trying to be okay with a new platform and this one is comforting me. Not in all of the ways my routine-loving self is comforted in, but enough to where I feel comfortable knowing that there’s at least a way to monitor my favorite sites.

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Arguably, Bloglovin’ also gives you a better taste of the website’s actual design when you’re scrolling through, which is something I always forget is actually important. People put a lot of work into web design and we should probably take the time to appreciate that.

So, with my budding affection for Bloglovin’ I’ve decided to add my blog on the side so it’s easy to find. All you have to do is search for Blooming Miles, and it should pop right up. Hit follow and you’re golden! You’ll be able to see when I add new posts and when I’ve been quite for awhile. Feel free to hound me to get on top of my game if you care to!

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Alright guys, I think I’m headed back to bed for a little bit then I’m going to get up and start my day. It needs to include a 5-miler or at least an hour of cross-training, and a little bit of grocery shopping. We’ll see what happens! Have a great Saturday!

Friday Friday!

15 Friday Mar 2013

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Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you guys have some fun plans for the weekend, or if you’re like me, have only a few much-needed dates with friends. I’m finally staying in one place for the ENTIRE weekend and I feel like I haven’t done that in forever. So, I’m going to take advantage of it! I need to do some jean shopping (mine are a wreck) and go for a run/walk this afternoon before meeting one of my lovely friends for drinks. It’s supposed to hit 50 today so I want to take full advantage of it!

Weather aside, no part of me is looking forward to going for a run and it bums me out. I have so many negative feelings attached to running now that I’m struggling to push myself out the door. My plan of attack this afternoon is going to be loading an audiobook on my iPod so that I can at least have some entertainment when music won’t cut it, and for when I inevitably need to walk.

The training plan today (well, the shifted training plan. I’ve been cutting out one weekly run on account of the knee and I have a hard time running after Bodypump on Thursday’s, knee aside) tells me I need three, so three it is. I’m going to hopefully run 2.5 out so I can slip in some walking after since it’s so beautiful. That way I’ll be able to get in a little more exercise while doing a little bit of strength training to help build muscles. I should also make a note to ice today, I’ve been bad about that.

Tomorrow’s run is supposed to be five and I’m nervous about it. Cardio-wise I think I’ll be okay (I only have problems with that aspect when I get SUPER board on treadmills which is basically all the time) but knee-wise it’ll be the longest run I’ve put on it. Here’s to hoping it won’t be bad and I’ll be able to push through! I could use a great run to remind me why I even like this sport in the first place. Maybe that means it’s also time to hit up one of my favorite running spots.

Have a great weekend, everyone! Since I’m around I may pop in. I know, right?!

A little bit on training

14 Thursday Mar 2013

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How cute is this little care package that the sponsors of the Chicago Women’s Half sent out in conjunction with the start of training? It was a special promotion for registering during American Heart Month, which is such a neat idea. Who doesn’t love promotional goodies?! Plus the Luna bar they had in there was the most adorable size ever (not pictured because I ate it. Not sorry.). I’m so girly today.

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So, training. Heavy sigh. It’s been so up-and-down and it’s only been a week and a half. I’m already exhausted of not knowing how I’m going to feel when I run — so much so that it’s scaring me away from even trying, which is incredibly irresponsible and not recommended. But I can’t help it, you know? After lucking out being injury free for so long, to have this nagging pain in my knee and not being able to know if it’s safe to run on or not is frustrating and scary and making me so angry. Running used to be the thing I could count on to make me feel better. Not always, but enough to pull me through bad run days because I knew that it would get better. Now it’s making me feel bad constantly. I’m doubting myself and my abilities and it’s bringing me down.

That’s partly the reason why I’ve been MIA. It’s hard to talk about because I don’t want to think about it. Last week I had a really good run on Monday and a bad run on Tuesday so I cross-trained on Wednesday, went to Bodypump on Thursday, then had a great four-miler on Friday. I took the weekend off because I was in Michigan with my boyfriend, and took Monday off too because I was so exhausted from the weekend and driving back to Iowa City on Monday morning that I just knew it would go badly. So I tried yesterday and it hurt and I struggled. You know what that means? Cross-training today.

Is this where I learn about being humbled by running? On one hand my injury could be so, so much worse. On days that my knee aches it doesn’t hurt enough to stop and I can fight through. But last Tuesday something popped and there was pain and I stopped before I seriously injured myself. Should I be finding exercises to do that strength train in different ways than I have been? Should I fight through the pain in the hopes that after awhile it will start to ebb and disappear? Should I give it time? I don’t know. It’s so uncertain but the only thing I am certain of is that I need to run this race. I need to show up to the start line and I need to make it through 13.1 miles because not showing up isn’t an option.

So I guess the real question is, is that desire enough to pull me through training? Can I accept that running is challenging me differently than it has challenged me before? Should I let it humble me or should I fight back and force my way through the miles? This is the line where I’m finding that listening to my body isn’t working. Part of me feels like I’m crossing the line, while part of me feels like I haven’t pushed the line far enough and that my body is telling me to fight through it.

I guess the short summary of all of this is that I don’t know what to do but I do know I can’t stop trying. So I guess I’ll just start slow and hope that things fall into place like they’re supposed to.

Wednesday break

13 Wednesday Mar 2013

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Shout-out to my sister Emily! It’s her birthday today. Happy birthday, Em! Don’t worry, you’re still years away from being a musty old claptrap. This is also the point where I admit that for years (YEARS) I thought it was ‘dusty.’ No really. It even says that on my Facebook page. And I just figured that out today. While we’re admitting stuff, you know, I might as well come clean.

Another shout-out to Emily for sending me the world’s best email last night involving a can of tuna and a loose seal.

In other news, happy Wednesday, everyone! Wednesday break’s have gone by the wayside in favor of sanity the past few weeks, but things are starting to slow down and get a little bit back to normal. I’ll give you some running updates tomorrow but until then, here are some things I discovered in the Interwebs!

1. This Onion piece on Iowa Fashion Week might be the most honest piece of comedy I’ve ever seen. KIDDING, kidding. Calm down. But it’s really funny.

2. Mindy Kaling tweeted last week that there would be a new episode of The Mindy Project on last night and there wasn’t and I’m upset and I needed to talk about it to someone. Anyone. And now I’m going to re-examine my life.

3. Are any of you watching ‘Girls’? It’s gotten so dark (well, I guess it’s always been a little dark) and I’m struggling with whether or not I like it. I think I do—the honesty makes me happy. And sad. At the same time. But I do miss when things were simple, though I guess it’s budding more on reality to realize that they can’t ever stay that way.

4. Here’s Nick Offerman reading tweets from celebrities because who doesn’t want to see Nick Offerman read tweets from young female celebrities? This is older and I might have posted an earlier installment of it somewhere, but Em probably hasn’t seen it and it’s her birthday so WATCH IT AND ENJOY IT EMILY.

5. For those Nora Ephron fan’s out there (or fan’s of good writing in general), you should read this NY Times piece written by her son, Jacob, about her illness and death.

6. Vulture is running a bracket over on its site to name the best sitcom of the past 30 years, and their bracket sucks. OK I SAID IT. We’re all thinking it. But there’s some really good writing there so if you’re interested in pop culture you should check it out. Luckily they’re in the quarterfinals and you already missed them pairing up ’30 Rock’ and ‘Sex and the City’ because that makes sense.

7. I did not watch SNL on Saturday night as I was too busy playing this hilariously-inappropriate drinking game at a party somewhere in Michigan, but I heard it was good so maybe you should watch it. Play that game responsibly guys, if you do. Not telling you to do anything blah blah blah warning.

8. Alright everyone, it’s time for me to get my face on and go to work. Get through your day’s and then enjoy some night cheese while you relax this evening.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EM!

New week, new attitude

04 Monday Mar 2013

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Hi all! Happy Monday. Are any of you stuck in areas of potential snowstorm happenings? I am and it’s bumming me out. We’re not supposed to get too much here, but I think it’s going to be just enough to throw off my normal routine and cause me to have to get a little creative on this first week of training for the Chicago Women’s Half. Oy! Training’s officially kicked off.

So, the race itself is on June 23rd and since I’m what I would consider out of running shape, I’m following a 12-week training plan. Hal Higdon’s Novice 2, to be exact. You can find it here if you’d like to take a peek if you’re planning your own race and looking for a plan to follow. I used him for two halfs and a full marathon this past year and it was really, really great. I felt prepared for both races and didn’t even follow the plan exactly (meaning someone got a little bit lazy with the weekday runs). I’m planning a larger post on training plans but for now let me tell you a little bit about my running lately.

If you’ve been reading this blog recently, you know that after running the Chicago marathon in October I had a really hard time getting back to running. I was burnt-out, felt like I had been going hard for a year and a half and just needed a break. In the big picture, a year and a half is nothing but for someone who tires easily of doing the same thing it started getting to me. Not that I wanted to give up running by any stretch of the imagination, I just needed a break. So I took one. What I had initially planned to be a short break grew into a longer one when I started running again and found that my knee was displeased with me, to say the least. I couldn’t go for more than a mile without it starting to hurt pretty badly so I stopped running again, took to the bike, added in a little bit of weight lifting and hoped that everything would be fine again when it was time to start getting back into racing.

Last Wednesday, I went on a three mile run on the treadmill and didn’t feel a thing. It was great, aside from being a little bit out of cardio shape, I felt really happy to not only be running again but to be running pain free. I took Thursday off, went again on Friday and it totally broke down. The knee pain was back and I freaked out. I mean, freaked out. It sounds pathetic to get that upset about it, but you runners know what I’m talking about. Sometimes going for a run is the only thing that keeps me sane, and when there are things happening in life that you have no control over it helps at least a little bit to go for a run and regain control. I was terrified I wouldn’t be able to use it as my escape, let alone start training for a half in a few days. So, that led me to the running store.

I hadn’t bought new shoes in about a year and since I logged a half and a full plus all of the training on the shoes that I had my only hope was that new kicks with new cushion would make the pain disappear. They’re pretty cool looking Mizuno’s (I wore New Balance before and I will always love them dearly but it was time to try something new) and the cushioning feels phenom. Brights on brights on brights!

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Anyway, they’ve helped some. Enough to dull out the pain and make it bearable to run on but it hasn’t gone away. So you know, whatever. As long as I can do it I’ll take a little pain. I did a three-miler today and it came in waves, but in the end I was able to finish it up pretty strongly. More strongly than I have been able to run in the past few months, I can tell you that. There’s probably a lesson in here somewhere about not giving up on the thing that you love and not letting small stuff get you down. Or maybe it’s a sign that I should have f-ing been crosstraining the whole time I trained for a marathon. Whatever. My knee and I are going to go hang out with a bag of frozen peas and last night’s episode of “Girls.” Have a good one!

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