Run Lola Run

Last Friday was my 28th birthday. It was very low-key, but still nice. Abe sent me flowers at work and took me out to dinner. I was a little disappointed with the restaurant (my choice), but all in all, it was a nice evening. We got some cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory to go as we left the other restaurant. I’ve never had their cheesecake, but OH.MY.GOD. Now I see what all the fuss is about!! It was absolutely amazing.

I also received some very sweet and thoughtful presents from Mr. Abe. He bought me a new yoga mat, a book on running injuries and the 4th season of “Felicity” on DVD. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE “FELICITY”!! Will they ever sort it all out??? It was a good birthday.

Sunday, I awoke at 7:30 and questioned why I get up so freakin’ early on Sundays to go running. But I got up, ate my toast and headed to run club. The plan was to do 8-10 miles at slower-than-race-pace pace. And we did it! We did 10.3 miles VERY SLOWLY, but I made it through with minimal knee discomfort. It felt really good—we just did a loop around all 3 Lakes (Isles, Calhoun and Harriet), so that I could stay close to the store if I needed to walk back. But the slow pace (just under 12:00 min/mile) kept me moving forward. I’ll need to speed it up a full minute to get to race pace, but I’ve got 16 weeks, I can do it. I’m happy to be back.

When I got home, I did my stretches, took some ibuprofen and slapped an ice pack on my knee right away. It hurt a bit more once I got home—I had some trouble taking the laundry downstairs—but the pain was gone by the end of the day. Yay!

However, once again, I did NOT get up and do yoga today. What is my problem? The thing that really makes me mad is that I’m awake at 5:30. I can totally get up. Instead, I go back to sleep and toss and turn for an hour. I might as well just get up! I have a new theory that if I do yoga at night before bed (like I do on Monday and Thursday nights), I’m more likely to get up the next morning. I didn’t do yoga last night because I was studying so late. (But if you need to know anything about the Golgi apparatus and its function in the endomembrane system, feel free to ask!!) Anyway, just a hypothesis. Tonight I will test it by doing one of my 20 minute yoga tapes, and then seeing if I am more likely to get up tomorrow morning and do yoga.

Welcome to Sara’s knee and yoga blog. :)

Another thought—doing yoga in the morning, on a regular basis, keeps me more relaxed at work. Otherwise, I get crabby really quickly.

posted by Lola @ 2:49 PM