Running into summer--6/15-6/21

[yellow]

Limewave, that's what I call dedication!

We had one sunny day yesterday. It was gorgeous. I went for a hike/run in the morning, about 11 miles. No snakes but lots of horned lizards. The flowers are still blooming like crazy...been a pretty wet spring-into-summer.

I'm finally back in the movie business with a new computer that can handle the HD video I've been taking. My first project using the Mac is here:



It's mostly my friend (and favorite movie star) running around in Zion National Park in mid-May, with a couple of cameo appearances by yours truly. I do most of the narration. It was about 95-100 F that weekend. It actually felt...good.

(I also have it posted to You Tube, but You Tube doesn't have the whole HD thing down yet, so it constantly stops to buffer).

Cloudy today. Not sure if I'll get out or not. My hips are a little cranky from yesterday's run (it was a lot of steep uphill).

[Crankin]

Jolt, I was thinking about you yesterday, when I was running down my hill in the rain, and it was slippery. I also felt like was going to careen out of control and do an endo (can you do that running?). It was my first post ear infection run and I was also testing to see how running affects my neck. I felt fine, but I kept my speed down way low and only did 3 miles. I think there must have been onions in that Greek salad wrap I had for lunch!
I had a whole day pain free with my neck and no ringing in my ear. I woke up today with the neck stiff, but not that awful pain. My ear was buzzing, but it has gone away now and I feel OK, the neck is looser. I still am wondering if the running is aggravating this.

[Jolt]

Jolt, I was thinking about you yesterday, when I was running down my hill in the rain, and it was slippery. I also felt like was going to careen out of control and do an endo (can you do that running?). It was my first post ear infection run and I was also testing to see how running affects my neck. I felt fine, but I kept my speed down way low and only did 3 miles. I think there must have been onions in that Greek salad wrap I had for lunch!
I had a whole day pain free with my neck and no ringing in my ear. I woke up today with the neck stiff, but not that awful pain. My ear was buzzing, but it has gone away now and I feel OK, the neck is looser. I still am wondering if the running is aggravating this.

Not sure about an endo, but it is certainly possible to take a digger, nosedive or face plant when running! I did get out for that trail run yesterday, about 45 minutes, and it went pretty well--really muddy but still enjoyable. Still lots of walking breaks though--it's amazing how hard it is to keep good form for very long right now. I am figuring out how to keep from going quite as out of control on downhills--not lifting my feet up as high (I think at first I may have been exaggerating the knee drive/heel flick) and making some turns when possible rather than just going straight downhill.

[Jolt]

Enough already with this rainy weather!! I went out for a run tonight anyway though. Should have done the Evolution Running drills first (forgot today)--it definitely makes a difference. Hopefully the sun will make an appearance around here soon!

[OakLeaf]

I did about 5.25 easy, yesterday. Still struggling with discipline, but at least trying to do some deeper self-analysis to figure out my problem. A lot of it (but not all) is the disrupted schedule, I know, with teaching aerobics intermittently, two morning group rides and one in the evening.

I really hate to run in the morning, but I'm going to make a concerted effort to just do it (which for me is not NEARLY as early as some of you!). That way it'll be out of the way and I won't be able to spend the rest of the day procrastinating until it's dinnertime and then I-just-ate and then bedtime. Sunday, Wednesday, Friday. Accountability post.