Sunday afternoon Jonnene and I went out to the Eddy Jones nature trail so I could get in a long run on a trail where I wouldn't go over the same stretch twice like I usually do at the Stoner Trails. Thing was, I had forgotten (or I think I had forgotten) how brutal this trail could be. I last did it 14 months ago in accomplishing a half-marathon run (and left for Australia the next day) where the first 6.55 mile lap went well and where parts of the second lap was short of a death march. Anyways, I took off for a one lap jaunt. Wow, all the uphill portions were some real work! J took her dog for a half-hour walkabout on another part of the trail, doing a little running herself, too.
Well, I finally staggered out of the woods...ran the lap about two minutes slower than my second lap of the half-marathon. Part of the problem is that this had been a junk food weekend. After the bike tour Saturday morning and for the rest of the day (especially at the local Mardi Gras parade that night) I didn't exactly eat the best food out there. So my nutritional needs for this run lacked something and I knew that could affect the run...and it did. I should have done done the thing way better. Fortunately, at the trail run competition next weekend I'll pay more attention to what I eat and being worn out at the end can be attributed to the genuine effort...I hope.
My body was hurting afterwards and J worked on the ITB on both legs to work the tightness out of them that night. Took some Aleve for the inflamation. My right knee felt weak and really hurt when I walked on it the wrong way so today (Monday) will not consist of any running, biking, or silly exercise things like that. Seems to have worked...the knee feels pretty good this evening. I might try a light run with it tomorrow to see how it goes but I won't push it. Rather have it ready for this Saturday with some rest then push it too far, too soon.
The Gee-ants won the Super Bowl last night 17-14. It was a pretty good game as Super Bowls go, definitely an upset although the Giants were my sentimental favorites. We went to a friend's house for a Super Bowl party (re: more junk food...hmmmm) but left after watching Tom Petty at halftime. Saw the rest of the game at home and it was a great finish, very exciting.
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