I’m a wreck!
Running in Charlottesville this weekend did me in, I think — all those hills.
Of course, one of my locker room buddies teased me with “Well, if you’ll ever leave the park, you’ll find that Nashville is a hilly place too.”
I have left the park, thank you very much — I ran up and down hilly Music Row, and it was tough on my knees. I don’t think I’m ready for intensive hillwork yet.
So anyway, yesterday morning, it felt like I was running through water. And this morning, I felt like a limp rag doll, even though I was taking it very easy on my first mile. Finally had to give up and go inside. Quite frustrating.
I’m hoping my muscles will be fully recovered by tomorrow morning and I can put in at least four miles, maybe five.
And running isn’t the only thing affected by my trip to C’ville — I can’t seem to focus on work since I’ve been back. Could’t have anything to do with signing back up on LiveJournal, could it?
4 Responses to “I’m a wreck!”
Posted: Oct 30th, 2003 at 2:45 am
There’s hilly, and there’s HILLY. And it is, here: we’re in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. I didn’t even send you along my biking route, which is able to give me a decent workout in only six miles.
Are you running every day? When I was running five-mile days, I stuck to every other day at most. My body needed some time off to recover. Same thing for weights: I work out most days (okay, not this week, but I have priorities) but do not do the same muscle groups two days in a row.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2003 at 2:59 am
Let me just take this opportunity to say, again, that it was *so* good to see you!!
I’ve only been walking around here, and I’m sore. I don’t know if that says something about how hilly it is here or how much more I have to work on staying in shape. Probably a bit of both, but I suspect more of the latter than the former :).
Posted: Oct 30th, 2003 at 4:48 am
Not to mention–running on concrete/asphalt is really *not good* for one’s feet/knees/hips. Adding in our hills can make it really painful.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2003 at 6:00 am
I’ve run every day for the past six months (minus one or two here and there), but I do vary the intensity. My “rest” days are when I do slow 1 or 2 milers. I don’t like to take days off completely from running, but I do recognize the restorative value of taking it easy on alternating days.
But we’re talking about a lot of muscle downtime! I did 3 hilly miles on Sunday and 4 hilly miles on Monday, I didn’t run at all Tuesday, did a slow 2 miles on Wednesday, and I was still feeling sluggish this morning. So I sure hope my legs appreciate the rest, and they’d better be ready to push it tomorrow morning.