Fucking toothaches man....

Alright so I started running again....kinda. So last week I ran 4 times. how about that. I was feeling good last monday so I went for a 5 mile run which was good. I was able to start out slow so I could actually finish it. Tuesday I was going to go for a repeat but I decided that I'd back off a little so I just ran 4, but it was a good run so I was happy with it. Now Wedensday the idoicy of mine came back. I started the run with intentions of going 4 or 5 if I could but I was running a bit too quick and it was really warm out. Then there was a girl ahead of me going kinda slow so naturally I sped up to pass her, but I can't pass someone then slow down so I had to keep it up. So by 1.5 miles I was cooked as lame as that is. So I turned in and finished with about 2 miles. Thursday was a bit better though. Still warm out but I started off fairly slow. I was gonna try to get 5 miles in but I was dying the last 2 miles so I turned in and made it about 4.5 I'm guessing maybe a little more. Friday I decided to take a day off I had run 4 straight days and to be honest more mileage than I expected I could do. My legs still felt good but I figured I should rest them a bit. Saturday morning I wake up to a killer toothache and swelling in my gums...kinda nasty. Anyway so I figure it's an absese because I had a root canal on that tooth last August/September or so and the dentist did have trouble with one of the canals. Man was this annoying I was icing and took some advil and that made it feel a bit better but I knew I needed some antibiotics pretty quickly. One of my brothers had an absese once and he ended up with swelling almost the size of a golf ball from his gums. The swelling I had was maybe like having an m&m in your gums but I didn't want to take any chances. So I found some amoxacilin I had so I started taking some of that and it worked out well. By Saturday night the swelling popped which was pretty gross but the pain was already getting better. Sunday morning the pain was almost gone but the swelling was for the most part done. This morning there is no longer any pain in my tooth and no swelling just a little irritation I think on the gums. Anyway I had a busy day sunday and I originally planned on taking the day off because of my tooth but I didn't think it was going to be that much better. Anyway I'll have to talk to a dentist today and I will go for a run tonight now that the pain is gone.

Weekly total: 15.5 miles....

umm i meant to write this yesterday

Alright so I was too busy eating some extra cheese and bacon pizza to write this yesterday after my run. The pizza was delicious and really filling, which I think was what got me to fall alseep before midnight, either that or the run. Anyway I got about 2 miles in, that same loop I had been doing earlier this year, it wasn't too bad, I knew I was going too fast at the beginning but I couldn't help it. The last maybe half mile ore quarter mile I was hurting pretty bad but it happens. It felt good to get out there again though, now that I can wear shorts on runs maybe i'll be more motivated to stick with it.

2nd attempt at rehab

So I decided to stop being such a lazy asshole at least for today. I got on the bike for 25 minutes. I was gonna go longer but I didn't want to set the standard too high you know. If I'm gonna do this again tomorrow I'll have to do something I can repeat when I'm sore. And as we all know I'm a complete wimp right now seeing how I've gotten into shape and out of shape maybe 4 times since graduating college. I suppose the only good thing about it was that I went further than I could have fun if I was in good shape haha.

25 minutes 6.62 miles on the bike.

5 days

Yea I forgot to write a post last night. I didn't eat anything good yesterday, just junk food until diiner, but I went running before dinner. I only did that two mile loop, I did a lot of stretching before hand so my legs felt great during the run I just had no energy. I just gotta not be stupid today and actually eat meals before I go running. I should start with breakfast but it's already 9:30 and I have work to do but we'll see.

2 miles, I didn't bring a watch on purpose.

Reese's pieces

So I've been gone from the blog 10 days I think from what double J has told me. The main reason is laziness I suppose but the rationalized excuse I made up for myself was, I normally thought to blog when I looked at the recent sites when I click the down arrow and I cleared that out and apparently never came back on here because I didn't see the address to remind me. Anyway I've been running, but not everyday but just doing the 2 mile loop, I did extra one of the days, but my knee is still giving me some pain. I'm gona have to make a trip to whirl a way and get some new shoes. I really thought these shoes were fine I didn't wear them much they were just in my trunk the past few months. Anyway I did do some Yoga last Wedensday it's power vinyasa yoga. It was actually a great workout, and I had to take a few breaks cuz obviously I'm not in very good shape if you've ready any other posts. Anyway lets see if I can get this going again. I should try going back to trying to run every day just 2 miles at least and then start mixing some longer runs in there.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz

Thwaits chicken pies are awesome

Yea I didn't blog yesterday, I took the day off cuz I had some knee pain again, which normally happens once it starts it continues for a few days on the new shoes so I wasn't too worried about it. I just wanted to go for a short run today since it still hurt a little and I still had work to do after my run. I did that loop I've been doing thats just under 2 miles but today I ran it in 14:26 so much faster than I had been. I guess thats a good sign, I was laboring a bit but I figured it was from the snow on the ground and not getting good traction. I gotta be happy with it I suppose, even though I'm still not going far on the runs, it's good to know the pace is getting quicker with relativly no change in effort. I'll just have to start slowing it down a bit to get longer runs in. Tomorrow I think I'll do a 10 minute slow warm up, some drills, and then a 15 minute warm down, so we'll see how that goes.

2 miles almost 14:26

I still hate the giants

Well I haven't blogged in a few days, part of which was the bike sucks and I didn't do anything Sunday or Monday. I was only doing 15 minutes on the bike the other days. Today I finally remembered that I had an extra pair of running shoes in my car since I still haven't gone to whirlaway to get a new pair. I don't think there are many miles on these shoes either so thats a plus. I started the run not sure how far I'd go but I wanted to go further than that standard 15 minute loop. I ended up doing 33:47 so that was probably 4 miles I'm guessing maybe a little longer, if I'm bored later I'll map it out. I felt good for the most part, but there was a couple parts where I felt my achilles twinge once for each foot. That made me a little nervous but there there was no pain or tightness after so I am thinking it might have been in my head. Good run though, now I'm really hungry so I'm going to go find some food.

33:47 4.? miles

"If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out." - Rabindranath Tagore