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23 January 2007

couldn't find my groove

did my workout today. it's in the upper 30s outside, breezy, dark. not too cold. definitely NOT snowing. there wasn't any ice out so the trails were easy to handle today. not especially muddy either. but...i just couldn't get into the groove. you know the one? when you start moving and everything is working right, you feel great, you get those happiness-bubbles, you feel like you could run all day? well, i didn't get that today.

what i got today was tight calves, achy ankles, heavy feeling legs. i felt like i was not in my own body- but the body of an old lady. ack! that can't be me! can it? dammit.

but i did my little program. this week - the 4th week of the couch-5k program: 5 minute walking warm up, 3 min. run, 90 sec walk, 5 minute run, 3 min. walk, 5 minute run, 2.5 minute walk cooldown. i made an effort to stay on flat dirt trails today, even if it meant i repeated back over the same terrain several times. if i came to a hill, i gave myself permission to walk up it. i wanted to take it easy on the old legs. cardiovascularly, i had an easy time. that was heartening. but the legs were telling me no, no, no!
oh well! today wasn't a good running day. but i'm psyched! that means that a really good one is in the future.

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