Monday, January 9, 2012

Sunny Mornings

The sun seemed to call me out of bed this morning into my run.  I knew the forecast is rain today (don't worry it's coming), but this morning greeted my tired face with (cold) blue skies and sunshine.  I'm glad I had already planned to run along the river.  Crossing over the bridges by campus as the sun is peeking is so beautiful I have to stop running and take a deep breath of creation.  It fills my heart for the day.

Physically, I felt pretty good.  Right at the beginning of the run, my right knee did that weird twinge of pain it throws off sometimes - especially playing basketball.  But it didn't bother me the rest of the run.  I think I was able to hold my form relatively cleanly for the 5 miles, except maybe up the hill through campus.  I busted out the foam roller and a rolling pin at home and worked some kinks out of my ITBs and my quads.  I had some mega knots on the inside of the quads above the knees - really tender.  I tend to neglect those areas but given my knee problems in the past, I need to make sure I work all the muscle groups around the area.  Right calf was knotted up pretty tight but after some stretching and rolling, it loosened right up.

01/09, 5 miles, No Time
River run on Pre's trail.

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