Sunny Saturday

My mileage for the week didn't quite hit my target. I wanted 42, I got 32. I have to remind myself that with all the runs on my schedule, I'll often be recovering or tapering, so the weekly counts might be lower. I ended up with a week that looked like this:

Sunday: Mt. Peak 2.2
Monday: Pilates
Tuesday: new shoes, 5
Wednesday: hill run: 6
Thursday morning: 5
Thursday night: track, 4
Friday: Pilates
Saturday: 10.3

My new shoes and modified metatarsal pads feel perfect on my right foot. My left foot, the one with a small bunion, doesn't feel quite as good. After the ten mile run today the inside of my ankle hurt a little, and my forefoot hurt. I think I'm going to strip off the moleskin, and reapply one layer. It is a mechanical change to my foot, and I'm thinking that going from nothing to three layers might have been too much. I'm going to build up slowly and see if that helps. Three layers of moleskin is very thin - I can't believe that I can actually feel it under my foot! Of course, I've been accused of being the Princess in the story of the Princess and the Pea. Things like the labels in clothes, the seams in socks, hats and headbands really irritate me, so it really isn't a surprise that I'd feel a infinitesimal lump in my shoe.

The 10 miler this morning was great - we had perfect weather. About 48 degrees, and once the sun came up, clear and beautiful. It really feels like spring - there are even buds on our lilac tree! I decided to try a new form of fuel on the run today - Silk chocolate soy milk. I often use it as a recovery drink, and it occurred to me that it could be a good source of quick energy on the run. One cup contains about 150 calories, 25 g of carbs, 5 g of protein, 100 mg of sodium and 350 mg of potassium. Compare that to one gu: 100 calories, 25 g carbs, 0 protein, 40 g sodium, 35 g potassium. I know the sodium and potassium aren't quite equal, but I am using S-caps, so I'm not sure that is a big deal. Eric swears by including a little protein on the run - it adds long term energy. The soy milk went down well, tasted great and I felt good.

I was a little bummed this morning. Our beginning runner project was supposed to start today. I had confirmation that at least three people would be there and then, no one showed up. Of course our wonderful, wonderful running group was there - at least eight of us, maybe more. I think we didn't get enough advertising up at the Y, and certainly not soon enough. I'll be talking to one of the Y staff this week trying to improve that. Maybe next weekend we'll get a few...

On the other hand, we had one of our full and raucous coffee gatherings this morning. People were shifting seats, conversation was flowing and there was a lot of laughing. I received a homework assignment from my favorite teacher, Jenny. She and Rob can't quite figure out how I made it through the 70's without hearing a Grateful Dead song. She gave me four CDs to listen to. We then had an enlightening conversation about so-called drug songs. Please forgive me if I choose to revisit my Pollyanna world and refuse to believe that all those songs are about drugs. Jenny blames my small-town, small-farm upbringing. I refuse to believe that Puff the Magic Dragon is about anything except a boy and his dragon. Non-believers: check this out. Sometimes Pollyanna is right!