Sunday, October 28, 2012

Day #250: Yeah Giants!!!! Yeah Me!!!

I've been slacking, I know.  I overworked myself last week.  It was my own doing.  I have been working some urgent care shifts in addition to regular work and I signed up for a few too many last week.  Oops.  So needless to say I was exhausted and did not get a chance to post.

Obviously - Yeah Giants.  Sweep!

The second - Yeah Me is because I ran my first 10 miler today!  Yup that's right - 10 whole miles.  That is the distance from my parents house in Chico to Hamilton City!  I ran alone too, because Sarah was working today.  My legs felt good for most of the run.   Around mile 5 or so my right knee started to bother me some, but then went away, then around mile 7 my left knee started to act up.  I felt good though and I finished strong.  My calves felt tight for a good portion of the run, but I just tell my body that it's me getting stronger, which is probably true.

I love the feeling that each week, I've run father than I've ever ran before.  So today after mile 8 - every step is the farthest I've ever ran!

My knees are a little more achey now and I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow.  I'm icing my knees as I type.
Below is my arsenal that I took w/ me on the run.



It contains 2 - 10 ounce water bottles full of electrolyte replacement drink, my cell phone, the pink sticking out is pink lemonade snackie, I had a gel snack pack in my shirt pocket, and .... there amongst the stuff is the pager.  I'm on call this weekend.  Thankfully no pages while running.
I survived and I felt good at the end - I felt like I could have kept running.  I know this feeling won't last forever and there are going to be some really crappy runs to come, but I just try to enjoy each run on it's own and I can't worry about what the future will hold.  One day and one run at a time!  :)

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