Well so much for the idea of daily blogging.
I ran errands on Wednesday and didn't plan on running. Thursday, I was really hungry when I got home and I felt kind of crampy so I decided not to run. I suppose I could've walked, but I didn't feel like it. Last night, I didn't run because I instead washed and dried my hair and went to get a new driver's license before going to a party to celebrate the Engineer's recent promotion. (My DL doesn't expire until December, but I have to get a new card due to the format switch MN made which means a new picture - and December doesn't sound like a good time to take a picture that I'll have to carry around for 4 years).
I walked and ran on the treadmill this morning. I ran really slowly, but my heart rate was hovering around 160 - but I was able to talk and didn't feel like I was running hard. I'm still stopping at 3 miles, and walking some before/after running.
I got my doctor's appointment moved to the 24th - yay! I'm feeling a little more positive, but being able to have the ultrasound a week earlier will make me feel even better. The Engineer posited another theory - that I'm not experiencing the horrible, overwhelming fatigue that so many women complain about because I'm used to my body being really tired from running. I think he might be onto something with that theory.
I cannot decide what to do about next Saturday's Women's Race. I love that race, it's one of 2 races I've run every year. But I haven't run 4 miles in awhile, and I'm not sure I really want to go from finishing in the top 10 to finishing in the bottom 10. Not to mention that my showing up and running that slowly will probably lead to me telling some of the other runners, which I actually wouldn't mind getting a chance to talk to KR and finding out if she was this slow in the early stages (I know that at around 5-6 months she wasn't). But also, they usually print all the results in the paper and sometimes my co-workers notice when my name appears. Such a slow ass time will look really weird. So I don't know ... maybe I should just volunteer. I guess that could still count for my streak, since I'm still participating?
