I walked FD#1 yesterday morning. I managed to “bounce” out of bed a little more easily as I realise the importance of these walks even more, as recovery and another reason to move my body. All the km’s will add up, eventually.
With an appointment at the chiropractor that night, to crunch an uncooperative rib back into line, I decided it was better to have an easy night, to let my back “settle”. So it was a chilly evening at the baseball with friends watching our sons do their thing! Both MGirl and CBoy play baseball, and for the last two winters CBoy has been involved with a winter development squad.
This morning I woke up and the relief I’d felt in the upper back seemed to have disappeared, I don’t think the rib area is very stable!! The one thing about being a client of chiropractic is that I am so aware of my skeleton and where and when it is out, that I don’t do well putting up with bad alignment when I know a quick visit will fix it. I’ve been having occasional problems with the rib area ever since I drove across Australia twice between October 2008 and January 2009 when we went and spent time with Mum before she died. I will just have to persevere with it and get on with it.
Another walk with FD#1; it is so dark in the mornings and the sun only seems to be waking up when I get back home at 7am. Morning routines are generally the same. When I get in and make coffee (aaahhhh) then I wake up the kids. Before I know it we are all out the door for the day!! I imagined having to get up even earlier to squeeze in a run before the dog walk, or perhaps a swim or ride when it warms up a bit, and wondered how I wouldn’t fall asleep on the keyboard at work!! So many things to consider, but the best way to face them is to just let it all evolve; and follow my program!
Having not run yesterday, I knew tonight was a must. So when I found out that both the kids were rostered on to work this afternoon what else was I to do but run! I found myself leaving work feeling excited about the prospect of running. The clouds were looming and some spots of rain on the ground didn’t put me off, and I set off with the Library in mind. I’d thrown out a particular piece of paper that CBoy has collected from the Library. I swear he said it was rubbish after he looked into, and of course he wanted it after I’d decided to bin it! So I promised him I’d go to the Library and get another for him; it was just an advertisement for an online tutoring website for his schoolwork! I had to support him in his quest to do his homework as it had only evolved about 3 months ago.
I have to clock it in the car, but I think it turned into a longer run than I’d wanted, probably somewhere close to 10km... with stopping for trains and traffic and to give my knees a rest I managed in a slow 1 hour 20 minutes! Not fast, but all the while I was thinking of the things I’d learned on the internet today. That ultra-distance runners do run slowly, and solo runners of the Death Race actually advocate walking parts of the race. In fact parts of the mountains as so steep, up and down, you can only physically walk them. So what better a race where you are encouraged to walk? Everything about triathlons teaches you speed, cutting seconds off you time and beating the next person in front of you. (29/6/10 – I’ve just jumped in the car and clocked this run; 12.5kms...now I’m feeling a little better about the time).
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