3.5 miles... slowly

I wanted to go for one last run this week, just in case there actually IS a triathlon this weekend. I decided to go this morning so on the off chance the thing happens, I'll have 4 full days of rest before the race.

I headed out around 8, it was fairly cool and humid... it had just stopped sprinkling and my muscles were kinda tight and angry for the first mile. I ran my regular course only backwards, and at the half-way point (at the top of the overpass over the highway) I stopped stretched for about 5 minutes. It felt good to do that, I think I really needed it and then I continued on for the rest of the run. 3.5 miles went fairly uneventfully until the last .5 miles when the outside of both of my knees began to ache. It isn't a sharp stabing pain, it's a dull ache, and as soon as I stopped it went away... but it's a new pain, and somthing to pay attention to, so that's annoying.

As if I needed more sports-injuries... UGH!

I am feeling like I'm ready to do a colon/kidney/liver cleanse series next month and then really put myself into a cutter... probably for 6-12 weeks... with only 2 days of total body lifting (low weights, high reps... think 4sets of 20reps per exercise) per week and lots and lots of cardio. I want to make my plan, have a log/chart to check off my workouts... and just go for it. I know if I put in 6-12 SOLID weeks of cutting I'll get myself under that magic 20% number and finally feel like I've met that goal (end weight be damned!).

So there ya have it... now back to cleaning!!!

Posted by Lexy at July 20, 2004 04:21 PM