February 16, 2011

I ran on my treadmill Monday and it wasn't too bad. I got to go outside again today. My husband had told me it was suppose to blow really hard so I might want to go before it got to bad. I started out running and I had wore a jacket. Hello I didn't know it was quite that warm outside today. I knew I needed to get rid of the jacket and quick so I dropped it and headed up to the dam. This is all slightly up hill and usually the wind is coming out of the canyon but the wind wasn't bad at all. Until I turned around. Again that through me for a little loop, I always count on that down hill and wind behind me coming back to boost my average speed a little. The back of my legs started hurting around mile three. I did stretch before I went out but I just think this up and down is really tuning some muscles that haven't been used on my treadmill. At mile 4, the good stuff kicked in and for about a half mile I felt like I was running on air. I saw my old running partner and was really said she wasn't with me, but felt good at the same time that she saw me at the height of feeling great! That lasted for a good half mile ( I was hoping it would stick with me at least the last mile :) ) and then it was just a count down until I was done. I am really ready for that great day where I feel like a million bucks but I think getting outside again is a little more of an adjustment than I thought.