Mexanese Mumbo Jumbo

As of late I've been running with Streefy and Kmay a lot. I've been pretending I'm going to run the Half Marathon in Kelowna in October, even though I haven't fully made up my mind.

As our long runs on the weekend have crept up to the 10km mark, I am amazed at how diligent I've been with running on my own when my running companions are out of town or cannot make it. I was so diligent one week that I decided it would be a good idea to run 10km on one of the hottest Saturdays this summer has had so far, that I ended up giving myself minor heat stroke and straining my calf forcing me to take a week off of all running and vball activities.

Having recovered from the calf strain, I managed a few weeks of perfect health and even managed a 10km run in just over an hour. I then had the brilliant idea to start working out in the mornings with Wayne. After our first morning workout, which comprised of running stairs and doing box jumps, the 8km run later that day wasn't so fun. I surprisingly didn't struggle with my cardio or leg strength during the run, my knee however started whinging around the 3km mark and continued for the rest of the run.

After a quick medical assessment with Streefy the next day, we decided it was probably the workout that added extra strain on my knee, and the run in the evening just aggravated it. Though I only had to take it easy for a couple of days, and still managed to do my long run on the weekend with the gals, it does pose the question - why am I doing this again? The only logical answer I can come up with is because I'm slightly left of normal and secretly enjoy breaking myself for a lofty goal that I haven't actually decided I'm aiming for yet.