Running Chick

So, about this weekend. noaa.com:  high of 46, 40% chance of rain & snow, wind between 13 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph accuweather.com:  high of 44, rain, wind between 13 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30mph intellicast.com:  high of 44, rain, wind between 13 and 15 mph wunderground.com:  high of 45, 40% chance of rain & snow, wind between 13 and 15 mph This could be unpleasant......

.....someone has a date with the hotel’s hot tub after the race!

I've noticed a robin hanging around my deck over the past couple of weeks and this afternoon I decided to investigate. I found several nests in the spaces between the joists, but this one was the only one occupied. I have no idea how old the eggs are or when to approximate their hatch date. Nor do I know about how long the babies stay in the nest after they've hatched. This could quite possibly put a damper on refinishing my deck this month. Also, some enterprising black bird is taking advantage of my unfinished eave and built a nest there as well.  I almost didn’t notice it.  but I glanced up at the roof and noticed dried grass coming out of the mesh part, thought WTF?, then noticed the bird on the neighbor’s roof having a hissy fit at me.  Oh.  Pardon me.  So sorry for interrupting your nest sitting.

Non-running update:  the pain in my right shin is gone, the pain in my left shin seems to come and go.  It didn’t bother me much yesterday, but it did today.  I have no idea why, I haven’t been doing anything exercise-related in four days.  It is better than last Thursday and it feels better every day, so I’m sure I’ll be fine by the race next Saturday.  Just in case, I’m planning on carrying several packets of Bio-Freeze with me.

In case you’re interested, my pain is narrowed down to one 3” spot on my shin where the big muscle starts to taper.  I’m a textbook case of posterior shin splints.

CRIPES.

Just once I’d like to head into a race completely healthy.  I’d like to not have any shin splints, hamstring pulls or calf strains.

JUST FREAKING ONCE.

But no, it’s just not in the cards for me because my shins are pissed off again.

ARGH.

So, I probably won’t run any more before the HM.  I can grti through 3 miles with aching shins but 13.1….

No. Freaking. Way.

Bah.

Well, at least I can say I got two runs in this week, so all is not lost.

Tuesday’s run: 3.25 miles @ 35:28 - 10:55 ppm. Average bpm 165

Today’s run:  3.00 miles @ 28.33 – 9:31 ppm.  Average bpm 175

There’s always the bike and killer yoga, I suppose.  And the One Hundred Push Up Challenge which I started the other day.  I’m on week 1, day 2 and my arms are slightly sore, but nothing too bad.  We’ll see how I feel next week.