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So far pretty boring this week, 3 miles yesterday (plus 12 mile ride), 40 minute tempo run today, probably another 3 miles plus 12 mile ride tomorrow (or strength + 12 mile ride), 5 miles Saturday, 10 miles Sunday. I might turn Saturday's run into a 30 mile ride + 3 mile run brick instead, but I'm afraid that might kill me for Sunday (eh, I could always take Sunday's 10 miles easy).
I stuck with the running plan this weekend, my riding compatriots decided they would rather nap. 5 miles Saturday, 10 miles Sunday. For Sunday's 10 miles I did on an out-and-back. I took the out easy (what I thought was easy, 50 minutes) and I thought I was taking the back easy, but it only took 45 minutes. I thought the back would be slower since the end is all uphill, but it was faster, and my HR was still in a fairly moderate zone. Go figure. I did have to stop halfway and get my dog some water at a public pump that goes into water from our aquifer (provides water for the area), she looked thirsty. Next time: bring the dog's collapsible bowl. Pump well, cup hands, dog drinks out of hands, pump well, cup hands, dog drinks out of hands.... just isn't as good for me as it was for her.

I had an odd sensation. I ran the trail that we usually bike to work, and I really expected the hills to kill me running, BUT it almost seemed like the hills were MORE dramatic riding than they were running. I guess that means it's time to spend more time on my bike and doing bricks!

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I've been trying to spend time on stretching, which has been really productive, I feel much more loose when I make a point of stretching well. The only area I'm having trouble with is my shins, or whatever you call those muscles. I can't figure out how to stretch and truly release them.
I did the awesomest (yeah, not a word ) thing today: two new yoga poses! I finally have the strength in my upper body/core and the flexibility in my shoulders to do these:

http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/473_1.cfm
http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/688_1.cfm

My husband can now stop listening to me whine and yell at my TV about those two poses. Years I've been doing these DVDs on and off, and I have never ever been able to do those two, even when I was only doing yoga before I started getting more active. I always tried to press up into the first one and reach back for the second and my body just wouldn't cooperate.

Still have tender shins, though. I don't know if it's a stretching issue or something else. Might be time for some acupuncture again.

On to the next week!