I sent email to my coach (actually to both of them) this morning letting her know that ITB did not feel that hot and that I am not going to run this week.
But in reality it does not feel that bad, actually it feels great right now...
But I am not going to run, not necessarily because my ITB hurts but because I have been going back and forth with this ITB thing for the whole week and I have kept changing my mind every single day and now that I made my decision not to run official I am sticking with it (at least until the weekend).
Somewhere deep inside I know that it is a right decision. But I still feel pretty down about it. Like a complete slacker. And I indeed am a slacker because I wanted to go to the gym to do pull ups but I did not. Too lazy to do that:( I have blamed not going on the weather though. It was nasty.
I woke up and went outside (in my PJ) and it was raining and sidewalks were icy. Great. I figured that walking to work would be less dangerous that biking. But by the time I got ready it stopped raining and as I was walking I realized that only sidewalks were icy, not roads. So I went back home, changed and took bike.
Unfortunately this "nice" weather did not last long. After work I got out of the building and the bike was covered with ice. It looked pretty amazing though. So I kept poking the seat with my keys to break the ice because I was not going to sit on it. Eventually I succeeded. The handlebar were covered with ice as well but they thaw eventually. Also breaks started to work, eventually. But at first I got scared big time because I was approaching the intersection and they would not break! Fortunately I managed to stop. By the time I got home I was covered with ice myself and my hands were totally frozen. Then no wonder I was not too keen on walking to the gym...
But I had a pretty hard bike workout that I did on a trainer, so I am not that huge of a slacker I guess. 1.5h with increasing effort each 30min. Last 30min were brutal, I cannot decide what hurted more: my butt or my legs. I think that butt wins. And I almost choke on water and gel. I was told to take a gel during the ride and let me tell you, those gels are nasty sweet things. I got few PowerBar gels last week (I would not buy it myself, I think that bananas are much better) and I tried apple flavor. Ok, it was quite yummy but disgustingly sweet.
My boss still ignores me (or is dead as I mentioned before) so I had the whole day to work on my thesis. I am at 35 pages now and it is coming along. I have hard time collecting data and then writing it without breaking any confidentiality rules but I think I am in a pretty good shape to have it done next week and then I will send it to my adviser for follow up if she still wants to work with me because I have never talked to her about my progress....
Paying the Piper. Big Run post Big Party
19 hours ago
Yay, thesis almost done. That is huge! Those things are HARD to get done! Have you tried GU? I love the Pinneaple Roctane (not that sweet) and chocolate Gu. I can't do Power gels:) Like you, I much prefer food, but the problem with taking food is that it takes a long time for the nutrients (sugar) to get to your blood stream...When I ride easy I make peanut butter sandwiches or get a huge muffin...
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