one. run. left.

yowsers! so life has taken over me. riiiight when i need it to stop. basically last weekend i was tired. i slept a lot. i went out on friday night when i probably shouldn't have so saturday, instead of getting up early and running, i slept. and i mean i SLEPT. like alllllllllllllllll day. i finally woke up at 5pm and had absolutely NO motivation to go running. but my brother told me to just GO so i ate some food, got dressed and ventured on my journey. the goal: 10 miles, actual: 11.6 baby! i ran down margarita to Winco and back home. when i was almost home, i knew i had more in me, so i turned down pauba and ran down and as i was running back and creepy truck pulled along side of me and rolled down their windows and said something. they looked like jerk-off teenaged boys but i pulled my cell phone out SO fast. they drove off and left me alone but shoot! that was NOT fun. anyway, i got done running and felt absolutely awesome. my pace was even under 10 min/miles which had me stoked.

after saturday i had nights of no sleep, sadly, because life and my emotions kept getting my head out of the game. yesterday i went to the gym and needed to run 5 miles. so i got on the treadmill and went for it. for some reason, when i got home, my right ankle started bothering me. it felt like tendon or muscle and it kind of went down into my foot and up the side of my leg. weiiird. so i was limping around the house and decided to ice it before bed. when i woke up this morning it felt a little better but as my day progressed it started hurting more. i went and bought some epsom salt and filled a trash can with hot water and soaked my foot. but the hot water felt so good so i put both feet in. haha...

anyway. i havent stood up yet from taking my feet out. i'm going to put some icy hot on my ankle and then go to bed. tomorrow, i'm going to rest it as much as possible even though i have a ton of things to get done!! i think i have decided on cold-weather gear for race day. i like how i feel when i run in compression-like pants to my ankles and a long-sleeve. we will see though. i also bought new headphones, they're so much better than what i have but hopefully they're good enough for me :)

as of right now, my ankle is throwing off my excitement for sunday a bit. i think im capable of 2:15 on a good foot. so say a little prayer that jenna will be 100% sunday. i. cant. wait.!!!!!!