Yesterday, and sunburn
So work has been rough since I got back from Europe. We had a really big deadline and after some loooong hours we met it on Tuesday. So my boss told me to take Wednesday off.
I spent the day doing some errands and hanging out with my dog. And, of course, running. Because of the crazy work schedule of late, I hadn't run since our 7-miler on Saturday. Not good. And boy, could I feel it. My joints were very stiff, and I had difficulty getting into a good rhythm. I took it a little bit slower than I've been running lately, and after about 2 miles I started to feel okay again. By the time I was done (40 minutes, so ~3.5 miles because of the 5:1 intervals), I was feeling pretty all right, and like I could definitely have kept going for a while. Because I need to get a second run in this week, I am going to run tomorrow (Friday) instead of taking the day off like we normally do before a big run. Then, I am going to miss Saturday's 8-miler and hopefully run it the next day with Agnes!
That's really good, because I have missed her a lot while she has been gone. But one thing I also have to confess to her: I got a sunburn. She and I have gone back and forth about when we need to put sunscreen on and when we don't. I never wear sunscreen for early morning or late-afternoon to evening runs, because that's not when you get burned. But for the long runs, it's pretty necessary because even though we start at 8 a.m. we won't leave to return home from the run site until about 10:30 at the earliest, and to return from there we are generally walking about 1.5 miles, fully exposed to sunlight. And that's burnin' time, folks.
Well, as could be expected, this Saturday I forgot to put on the sunscreen that Agnes is always reminding me to wear (see how I need her?) and by the time I got back to my condo after the long run I was a little bit cooked. It's actually been a couple of years since I had a sunburn, so it's been interesting to re-experience.
Okay, have to run, but just wanted to do a quick update. Hope all's well with you all!
I spent the day doing some errands and hanging out with my dog. And, of course, running. Because of the crazy work schedule of late, I hadn't run since our 7-miler on Saturday. Not good. And boy, could I feel it. My joints were very stiff, and I had difficulty getting into a good rhythm. I took it a little bit slower than I've been running lately, and after about 2 miles I started to feel okay again. By the time I was done (40 minutes, so ~3.5 miles because of the 5:1 intervals), I was feeling pretty all right, and like I could definitely have kept going for a while. Because I need to get a second run in this week, I am going to run tomorrow (Friday) instead of taking the day off like we normally do before a big run. Then, I am going to miss Saturday's 8-miler and hopefully run it the next day with Agnes!
That's really good, because I have missed her a lot while she has been gone. But one thing I also have to confess to her: I got a sunburn. She and I have gone back and forth about when we need to put sunscreen on and when we don't. I never wear sunscreen for early morning or late-afternoon to evening runs, because that's not when you get burned. But for the long runs, it's pretty necessary because even though we start at 8 a.m. we won't leave to return home from the run site until about 10:30 at the earliest, and to return from there we are generally walking about 1.5 miles, fully exposed to sunlight. And that's burnin' time, folks.
Well, as could be expected, this Saturday I forgot to put on the sunscreen that Agnes is always reminding me to wear (see how I need her?) and by the time I got back to my condo after the long run I was a little bit cooked. It's actually been a couple of years since I had a sunburn, so it's been interesting to re-experience.
Okay, have to run, but just wanted to do a quick update. Hope all's well with you all!
posted by Kenner @ 10:20 AM
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