A cloudy and gray weekend…it’d be nice if we had some nice weather, it’s taken a turn for the cool side too. Kind of sucks, but oh well. It was actually nice enough weather for the 22 miler I did yesterday. Last longest run of my training before taper, I’m doing 16-18 next weekend, then a 20 miler (in the form of a 30K will do a half mile or so warm up and cool down or maybe just run a bit harder, maybe 2nd half close to marathon pace, whatever that is, I was just going for sub-4 hour, no idea how sub-4 hour I can get). My pace for the 22 miler was 9:25 or so, I throw the or so cause I had a bathroom break and a few water breaks (had to stop to get it as it as a fountain, didn’t drink on the run the way I will at the marathon) and I had to stretch a few times as I had very, very tight hamstrings. I am trying to get a massage scheduled, but so far no call back from the person I called. Will have to try her again tomorrow, shooting to get in on Wednesday if not before, but that kind of sucks as I have two hard runs between now and then and now it’s so tight I don’t get it loosened up till further into the run, yesterday it was actually 11 miles in before I didn’t notice it, and it’s putting strain on other things…
Also dealing with other stressors in my light kind of sucks right now. I am so a non-confrontational kind of person and there is a situation I need to deal with and get out of my life and until I do, it’s going to continue to bother me…ughh…I’m just so passive-aggressive…for me confronting someone is the equivalent of the adrenaline and nervousness of every single race I’ve ever run all rolled together…and I was a varsity track runner for 6 years (lettered in 7th grade), at least 2 meets a week and 3 races a meet…that’s a lot of races…and a lot of adrenaline…I know it’s terrible, but I’m really considering e-mail to the person in question for the confrontation. Said person has just very much pushed me over the limit and this person has only been in my life for about a month now…really bad decision on my part!! It sucks because the person is in MY home and is showing a complete lack of respect for my things. Glass sitting on the wood of the magazine rack instead of the coasters which are obviously there, no shoes removed before walking through the house, using the hand towel I have out for wiping hands for washing face (even though there is room for said person to hang towel on towel rack for this use) making a mess with water all over mirror and counter when washing face even though I have already asked him to be more careful in doing it…I’m wiping up water and cleaning the mirror at least twice a day (because after discussion wiping the mirror with the hand towel apparently was person’s solution to the problem, forget that that just makes a smeary mess)…OK, maybe I’m being too anal, but it is my house and I like things just so, particularly when guests could come over at any time…guest ready is the term I have for keeping the place clean…
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Hey Dani, finally caught up on your blog. Good job on the 22 miler; 9:25 is a good pace even without breaks. You are doing some really great running lately! I'm very impressed with your mile repeats. Are you following a specific training plan, or did you create it yourself?
Sucks about the tight hammys; hope you can get in for that massage. Do you own a stick by any chance? I bought the travel size one last year, and I think it's really helping with my ITB issues. It also feels pretty good when I've got tight calves/hammys. Maybe it could help you, too?
I can relate to your conflict situation. I had to tell someone they did something wrong at work the other day, and while it wasn't a big deal at all I was so nervous. I've had a similar roommate situation to what it sounds like you're dealing with, and it was the pits! I hated coming home because I knew I was going to see some mess she'd left and it was going to make me insane. Hope you can resolve it quickly and peacefully!
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