Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Day 101 (2/21): < 1 mile / < 10:00

How's that for a vague heading?!?

Talk about an off day.  I started with a very stressful morning dealing with a Terrible Twos Tantrum and, even though running usually relieves that sort of stress, I wanted to take it one step further and attempt to actually settle my nerves rather than increase my heart rate.  I opted for an afternoon yoga session and planned to run later in the day. 

My yoga workout was tough, but felt great.  I managed to make it almost an hour before deciding my body had reached its limit.  I'm still fairly new to yoga and, even though it gets easier every time I do it, I also have to remember just how sore I am after pushing a little too hard.

In the late afternoon I prepared myself for my scheduled 3 mile run.  I was a little tired from yoga, but figured I'd bounce back once I started moving.  Unfortunately, my body had a different plan.  Not far into my run I realized just how much my feet still hurt from Saturday's long run and I began to think that maybe 3 miles just wasn't going to happen.  I kept telling myself to stick it out, but I was pretty uncomfortable.  And that's when it happened... out of nowhere, just shy of a mile, my treadmill crapped out completely.  I can't lie - my very first thought was "thank god I have an excuse to stop" followed almost immediately by panic at the idea that my treadmill might be gone for good.  A new one simply isn't in the budget right now.  After checking the power supply and still coming up with nothing, I went to the resident expert on all things I don't know... my husband.  Fortunately, he found a reset switch under the treadmill and brought it back to life.  I decided, however, to take it as a sign to go easy on myself today and accept that my yoga workout would have to be enough.

Guess it's time to research some new stretches...
hip problem solved... foot problem to follow shortly...

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