I went exploring for my long run down by the school today. I stayed on sidewalks, ran by creeks, uphills, downhills, up a whole friggin lot more hills into the wind, and then did...you guessed it, more hills into the 12mph wind. I wanted to go farther, but my strength had waned and the bowl of cereal I had for breakfast wasn't going to cut it anymore. So I just stopped at 18 and called it a day. It hasn't been the best last few weeks, so a longer run today really made me feel great. At least until I drove home and realized how sore I was not only from bball yesterday, but now hill running on top. No real injuries, although the pain in the toe is still there. I think it is called "turf toe" and happens from running on hard surfaces like astro-turf. I run on pavement, all the better eh. It was a minimal hindrance most of the run, but with all the time I've been taking off it's now worrying me that it isn't going to go away soon. Should be back on track this week. I found a new giant hill to run, so that will be a heck of a lot of fun thursday or friday. |