2 days, 2 runs

This being Thursday evening, I should have had three runs (11 miles) under my feet by now. Unfortunately, stomach issues caused me to cancel my Tuesday night 3 mile run. Laziness kept me from posting about my Wednesday night 4 mile run.

Last night was all treadmill. It was good but hard. At the end I sweat so much that I looked like I'd taken a shower with my running clothes on. I had the Food Network on, but I wasn't paying attention to it. I can't remember what I was paying attention to instead, but it wasn't food related. The woman on the 'mill in front of me caught my attention a time or two, but not for good reasons. I couldn't figure it out for the longest time, but she was definitely lopsided. Her left side was significantly more tensed than the right, and looked more developed too. And, she had a heavier step on the left too. It was very strange and very disturbing.

Also, I was able to conclusively determine how much of a liar my iPod is. I did 4 miles on a treadmill, which I have to think measures distance pretty accurately. My iPod said I went 5.16 miles. I'm told that those sensors are 95% accurate out of the box with no calibration. I apparently got one of the other 5%.

Today's run was HARD. I went outside for my normal 4 mile route, although I keep tweaking it a little bit. At the two mile mark I had to run up a ridiculous hill. Last week with the same route I was going down that same hill. It had a definite effect on my energy. I went about 4.25 miles, and it took me about 46 minutes, so I wasn't going the speed I wanted to go. I tried telling myself in the last mile that I wanted to leave everything on the "field", but no matter how hard I tried to sustain some speed I kept slowing down. I also took a few more walk breaks this time than I normally do. I don't know what was wrong. Hopefully it was just an off day.

Weekend running is looking sketchy this week. I'll be able to do the important run, which is my 6 mile run to the track so that I can calibrate my iPod sensor (3 miles there, calibrate with a quarter mile, 3 miles back), but I don't know if I'll be doing my Saturday run. We've been invited to a party of sorts, and the people that are throwing it are kind of professionals when it comes to partying. This is all about the Fremont Fair, which has a parade that I've been told you can't miss. I've missed it both years I've been here. The party starts at 10:00 and the parade starts at noon. If I'm already drinking at 10:00 or noon, chances are I'm not going to be running later in the day. We'll see though.