With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

30 min on the elliptical really helped get some of the soreness out.

stretching & rolling helped too, but that roller sure does hurt- in a good way.

Ah, the extra sleep in the morning is marvelous- I can't deny it.

I was going to try a short run.  I thought 2 miles would be a good starting point.  Guess  jumped the gun a little because after 1/2 a mile, soreness was creeping in on those places I'm prone to injure.  I stopped at a mile and walked the other one. Just not worth pushing it right now.  I've got 6 weeks till OBX, and I'm going to get back to training as soon as my body is ready. 

I'm just not sure when that is.  What's a good "recovery" time to let muscles heal? 

I think I'll stick with the elliptical tomorrow.  Just put in the same time that I'd put in if I were going to be running.  Is that okay?

Lots of questions...any help/suggestions are appreciated.

I spent 90 minutes on the elliptical. Difficulty level of maybe a 3 or 4.  BUT: no pain or soreness anywhere today!!  I'll do the same tomorrow, maybe kick it up to a 4 or 5 :-)

2 hr delay tomorrow at school for the horrid rain, so maybe I'll try a shred in there too...or is that too much too soon?

90 more minutes on the elliptical.  the first 45 were on a more challenging level, then the last 45 were the same as yesterday.

When I get a late start and have to run 9 miles, I can try & run faster to get back sooner.  When I get a late start on the elliptical, it doesn't matter how fast & furiously I go, it still takes 90 minutes :-(

Hoping to do a little light running on Saturday.  Might go for another 1 mile trial run tomorrow and see how it feels before I commit to something more than that.  And maybe, I'll just take Saturday and go visit the shoe store in Raleigh since I think it's time for another pair.

Good luck to all the SGM runners this week-end!  Drive safe and run swift.

eh- can't remember what all I did this day, but I know I ran one mile & it felt good so I decided to run again on Saturday.

Nice cool weather made for a wonderful run.  Just went slow and easy.  After a mile, I had troubles with my knee.  I stopped, stretched it, fiddled with my knee band, tried to adjust my gait, and by mile 4, the troubles were history & I enjoyed the run without any problems at all.  It's nice to be back running again.  Sleeping in was wonderful all week, but I like running :)

Ran with Wyatt.  Wonderful company.  We missed a week or two, and had a lot of catching up to do.  Time flew by.