My ear lobes - Jane

(This blog entry brought to you by Steve! If he is up at 3am again, he needs something new and riveting to read!)

So it's true - right now, the only thing that doesn't hurt are my ear lobes (did you know you can spell that word 'ear lobes' or 'earlobes' - and they both pass spellcheck??? I digress.). This past Friday afternoon I drove to Augusta, GA, and surprised my mom at a party she attended with some friends! It was great - she really had no clue :). Also, I had one of her friends snap a few photos of us - those will go up here as soon as I get them, so I can once and for all give credit where it is due for any comment about where my arms come from. She's 69, and you won't believe her arms!

I spent the rest of the weekend in sunny (hot) Isle of Palms, South Carolina, with family! I decided to take Saturday off (from working out), so Sunday I found a pool at the Medical College of South Carolina, and spent almost an hour swimming laps. Sunday evening I felt as though I had run on my arms, and tonight - I hurt from my bellybutton to my toes. I mean, like, I could take an ice bath I'm so sore! (For those of you reading this and are training for a marathon, or regularly run over 12 miles in a single stretch, you should really consider ice baths! No, really! They ROCK! A few sites to read the details: http://cotuitrunner.com/2006/07/10/so-long-lactic-acid-i-am-now-an-ice-bath-junkie/ and I read on one site that this will reduce intra-muscular fluids and swelling and close down capillaries. It also reduces post-exercise soreness and eliminates delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). DOMS! We've heard about that before! If you want the low-down on how to do an ice bath RIGHT, let me know!). But it's 9:25pm - too late for an icebath tonight!

I missed 'Bleacher Creatures' yesterday - boo! This was the burn-your-calves-and-hamstrings-til-you-can't-go-anymore workout, and I know it is the one that finally cured my lower back problems - yep, it lined everything up! Instead, I spent my workout at 10am in the blazing sun, in running gear while everyone else was soaking up rays :). For those of you who are diehard Hootie fans, we cruised past the infamous Windjammer, where they played in the early days!

Today's workout was one big long sprint - I really think Stacy enjoyed this one :). As she always says, 'Don't leave anything out on the field!'. But I almost left something in the woods...