Second Wind

Rest.

Felt pretty good today even though it was a bit chilly and very windy.....AGAIN!  Maybe I had a little more zip in the step due to the slower running week last week...who knows?  Whatever it was, I'll take it.  Megan goes in for her pre-op today and then will have her surgury on Thursday.  The attorney still had not had a response from the letter she sent to our infamous dog owners, she said her next letter won't be quite so nice....I guess it's just a waiting game at this point.  I have a feeling these legal matters can and probably will drag on for many months to come.  The most important thing though is that I get my running partner back at my side healthy and happy and sooner rather than later.

Time:  1:04:58  8:07/mile

No wind today!  Woo Hoo!  But it was a chilly 44 degrees, the heater even kicked on this morning.  Won't be too many more of those days before summer is upon us here in the south.  Felt a little dead when I got up this morning but the fact that there was no wind made me very happy, so the run went better than expected.  Nothing too exciting, just 8 miles, alone in the dark.  Meg had her pre-op yesterday and she is scheduled to go in to the surgical center on Thurday at 8:30 am and we should be home by around 1:00 if all goes as planned.  I guess the start the surgury arthroscopically and then if the repairs are too major they have to open her up and make the repairs.  The doctor has assured us that it is rare when a patient has to be opened up so I am crossing my fingers that it doesn't turn into something major.  She is scheduled for physical therapy the day after surgury so they're not wasting any time getting her rehabed, that's a good thing.

Time:  1:05:44  8:13/mile

That finishes off March with 180 miles which is my highest monthly total of the year so far and I am only 5 miles behind last years annual mileage.

Tough workout today!  I haven't done 800s in quite a while, but today was the day.  Did a one mile warm up and then did five 800 meter repeats with a 400 meter recovery after each one.  My schedule called for repeats at 3:10 each and figured it was within my range so I decided to go for it.  Here are the splits:  3:07, 3:09, 3:04, 3:13, 3:05.  The second and fourth intervals were into the wind and were really tough, the other three were with the wind and were not as tough, but still pretty hard.  I jogged each of the quarter mile recovery sections at about a 9:00/mile pace.  The I cooled down with 1.25 miles to come up with an even 6 for the day.  The body felt pretty good for the most part.  My legs and lungs felt pretty worked by the end but that is a good thing I think.

Time:  46:25  7:44/mile

Did another 2.64 miles in the evening of speed walking practice which I will count as slow running because they are about 10 minute miles.  Man that speed walking is brutal on the legs when you don't do it very often.  Got a small blister on the inside of each of my heals as a result of walking, I don't think it will effect my running much.

Meg is in surgury as I type this.  I dropped her off at the surgical center and had to get back to my daughters school to video tape her doing a performance of Emelia Earhart (sp?).  Hope everything goes well.  The doctor seem optimistic so I think it will.  Run went fine today.  Legs were a little dead from the speed walking yesterday but nothing major.  Short and sweet today.

Time:  57:52  8:16/mile

Lazy man syndrome today. No Running. Stayed home from work today so I could take Meg back to the surgical center and to her first brief physical therapy session. The surgury went better than expected but the tear was a little worse than thought. Meg is in a lot of pain and the pain meds really upset her tummy so she also gets to deal with the nausea and the pain, blaughghgh! We found out that Meg will probably not be able to run again for about 12 weeks. She will be in a sling for 6-8 weeks and can probably expect an almost full recovery in about 6 months. It's going to be a long painful process but if anyone can get through it, she can.

Nothing again today.  Just slept in late, did chores all day, took the girls to softball and tried to take care of Meg.  A nurse in our ward came over and gave her an I.V. with some anti nausea medicine and it really helped her to feel better and get a good nights rest.