8 + 8 = 16 miles

Yep, I feel like I ran 16 miles yesterday. Mentally, it's probably easier to do it this way, to run 8 in the morning and 8 in the evening, though you do have to get out the door twice, and that is, in some ways, the hardest part. Certainly, it is easier in the sense of not having to bring food and water with you. But getting of bed this morning, there was no doubt I had run long yesterday. A little left knee again (ham and gastroc referral, I think), right hip (glut med? referral maybe?), ITB pulling on the right knee. Anyhow, good thing I'm still in Thai massage class. I think we're working legs today in prone so this'll be good!

The first half of the run was cold and it was early for a Sunday (7:30-ish) and there were only serious looking runners out on the path. And me. I'm not a serious looking runner. There were only two other women out there, which made me feel a little lonely. I listened to my mix CD and then to Alan Watts. I still love him. Even when he says stuff I'm not totally into, I'm just (like), "Oh, Alan..." like an old cute married couple.

Matt ran the second half with me (also at 7:30), which was super nice of him. His presence made it so much easier to run and to keep running when continuing to ignore the whimpers from my legs became difficult. It was much warmer at night. It was about 32 degrees. Which was a whole layer and gortex jacket-less than the morning's run, which may have been around 19F?

I think I'm going to try for 2 miles tomorrow, 8 wed, and 5 thursday. Then I'll be back on schedule as normal. No more colds and Thai massage classes to make this difficult!!

Hum.

I like running in the cold.

I've got a cold

This blog should come with a warning: ****Don't read--it's uninspiring****

And I'm bored. I took the day off from work. At first I thought I was being a little self-indulgent, but I'm glad I didn't try to muscle my way through a day of massages (I'd still be at work now and that's just preposterous). I've been taking Old Indian Wild Cherry Bark (or something like that) and some Osha tonic thing that Becki had told me to by last March when I was sick. I started pushing this stuff this morning and now it's really caught up with me. (It's suppose to make all the mucus move around and come out.) I'm dripping from my nose and my eyeballs. Which is kind of fun in a very pathetic kind of way.

I was supposed to run 15 miles today. But I didn't. Because I have a cold and I want it to go away. It was warm out. And that just kind of pissed me off. I blame the warm weather for my current state.

My current favorite drink: Stash Lemongrass ginger tea with honey. It's the only thing that soothes my throat. (I think my slippery elm is a dud.)

Hillary is not doing well in the polls in NH and their primary election is tomorrow. I fear it is not possible for a woman to be elected president in this country. Obama is a phony. I don't know why more people don't see this. Though if he is nominated/elected, I hope I'm wrong.

I went on a meditation retreat this last weekend. It was perfectly wonderful. I did meditate this morning for half an hour or so. My mind has gotten very monkey-ish, but that's okay, it's what minds do. Earlier today, when I was feeling bored, not being able to sleep because I was dripping so much, I thought about meditating again, but then I started reading Harry Potter. I've been catching up on reading craigslist personal ads RSS feeds, and I don't understand why people post all the numbers they do. Heights and weights and ages and such. It's enough to make my head spin. Besides, I don't know if 180lbs is a lot or a little on a 5'11" dude. And here's a little pet peeve of mine: when people say "no vegetarians," do they not realize that all of us searching for vegetarians see that? They probably attract more vegetarians than not to their posting. This is irritating. I could write a post for "no republicans" but that would be dumb.

(Yay! It's fun be sick and cranky. Positivity is soooooo overrated.)