I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Todays run was definitely a character builder, either that or a character killer.  
I’m going with character builder though! It was a great run but a tough one at times. It poured rain the entire 22km. My glutes and calfs were verrrry sore (which is a good thing) from my hill workout the other day so it took the first 40 minutes for them to loosen up today. The wind and rain was against us for the first 11km; there were times where it felt like I was running on the spot, it was soo windy!! Thankfully when we turned around we had a nice tail wind for awhile, man was that ever nice!

When I finished, my watch read 2 hr right on, although I know it was a little longer because I forgot to restart my watch after I stopped to stretch.. oops.

wet but proud!

I felt good after my run… just really tired!! We’ll be ready for anything come race day. I just hope to God it won’t be anything like the wind and rain we got today. No thanks. My clothes were so wet that I had to ring them out before packing them up again. True story.

a big red mess

Today I was reminded why it’s important to use Body Glide when running long distances… even though I’ve never really had to worry about using it. Yes, there have been times where I should have used it under my arms but it didn’t really bother me or I didn’t really notice it until I get in the shower. Well let me tell you, I learned my lesson today. I have the worst rash under my arms and on my stomach (to much information?)…ouch!! I think if I had of ran any longer, my arms would have started bleeding. The stomach is a weird place to experience chafing, no? I’m pretty sure it was from my water belt and because my shirt was wet, it was rubbing. Wowzas, it’s sensitive and sore!! List of essentials to get before next long run:
1. Body Glide
2. Chi3
3. Body Glide
4. GU Chomps

Don’t worry, I will not forget that Glide. I came home and had an ice bath (more on that later) and plan to ice my knee shortly. Taking care of your body during recovery is key and helps in so many ways.

I have some sad news. I’m not Suzie-homemaker anymore… I’m now, Nurse Sabrina. Ok, maybe both… but I do enjoy it!

Remember how I mentioned we got a light snowfall the other day? I think I jinxed GMan because I specifically remembering saying, as he was going out the door, be careful you don’t fall, it will be slippery out. Guess what happened? He slipped and fell on his way to work and twisted his ankle. Yesterday it was getting worse along with the swelling, so I took him to the clinic. No, he did not have a choice.

THANKFULLY it’s not broken, although he did tear the ligaments and tendons. Ouchie. He’s a trooper and is doing okay :) I’m spoiling him and taking good care of him though.