Saturday, February 7, 2009

Unscheduled Rest Day

Well, it was cold and wet outside!

Yes. I took a day off. On tap was a recovery run, which while I know is important, is not exactly the most motivating type of run to do. So, link that with cold wet weather and the need for a haircut (for my son as well), and you can guess what happened to the run. So it looks like this week will only be a 26 miles of 30. The four miles isn't really going to make or break me. Plus, did I say it was cold and wet outside?

Tomorrow is my 10K. I am a little apprehensive because my back pain flared up today. My last couple of weeks are the first time that I've felt like I've been able to put together a meaningful streak of miles. But those miles are not specific to a 10K. So, I'm hoping that I'm able to put something together that's at least respectable.

I am especially looking forward to post race. I may have mentioned before that I am a native Los Angeleno. Born and raised here. One of the things that comes with living that long in L.A. is a taste for Mexican food. And on a Sunday morning that means Menudo! (No - not Ricky Martin). Now that I'm down south in Orange County (about 40 miles away), I don't get a chance to grab the great Mexican food I grew up with. So after my race tomorrow I will have a decision to make - La Noche Buena or El Tepeyac. Stay tuned!

5 comments:

  1. Glenn, Sorry you back has flared up! That sucks especially before the Chinatown race tomorrow. I will not be running the race, I picked up a sheep herding training session tomorrow in Phelan at 11am with velcro, so I'm going to the country to hang with sheep!!

    have a great race tomorrow! I wish I was going to finally meet you...but I'm sure there will be a race in the near future!!

    Enjoy your mexican food!!

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  2. Sorry to hear about the back. Hopefully it behaved itself during the race and I'm sure you're enjoying the Mexican food, no matter which decision you've made.

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  3. Hope you had a great run today!
    my vote would have been for El Tepeyac...brings back memories!

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  4. hope the race went well and your back didn't give you any trouble!

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  5. Just wanted to say thank you for linking to my blog on your blog! I'm always flattered when I find out someone has been reading mine, I hope my posts have been interesting to you.

    Oh, and about recovery runs, I actually don't do them. I just take the day off following my long run. So don't feel too badly about taking the day off.

    I wish I could have your weather, rain included! :-)

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