Yesterday was a great day for running the weather was perfect. In fact everything was perfect except for my IT Band in my left leg around mile 5. It wasn't too that I needed to stop running but at mile 6 we stopped for a few minutes and stretched it out and it felt better to keep running but the pain was lurking and playing with my mind. We started out on our 20 mile journey yesterday with flats. When we got to the hills I could still feel it but I adjusted my stride and kept on running. I don't remember when it was that I just could run anymore but at some point the pain became too great. We still got the miles in which makes me happy. Looking back on my Tomtom it looks like we got 13 miles running 7 walking! Im going to take a few days off from running and focus on some strength training so we will see how that goes.
Months ago when we decided to sign up for the Ragnar Trail Relay in West Virginia I started a list on my phone of what I wanted to pack. I have been known for being a list maker. Thankfully I am not alone in my list making when more than half of my team has an Engineering background it turns out we are all pretty listy. Our one team member even set up a google doc of what to pack so that we can all edit it. I know I'm a nerd but I love being prepared and I love being organized.
I started packing over the weekend when I knew I wouldn't be wearing most of my running clothes until race day. For the Relay I will be running 3 times so I made sure to pack three complete running outfits. I found a really helpful tip online to place each outfit in a gallon ziplock bag so I wont have to be searching for everything in the middle of the night or while someone else may be sleeping. The event will be all day and all night so I needed to make sure I packed a headlamp and extra batteries. I …
I started packing over the weekend when I knew I wouldn't be wearing most of my running clothes until race day. For the Relay I will be running 3 times so I made sure to pack three complete running outfits. I found a really helpful tip online to place each outfit in a gallon ziplock bag so I wont have to be searching for everything in the middle of the night or while someone else may be sleeping. The event will be all day and all night so I needed to make sure I packed a headlamp and extra batteries. I …
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