Hang in There Everyone

I awoke to grey skies and soem light rain at 7:25 this morning. Half sighing, half moaning, I rolled over and turned off my alarm clock. 5 miles did not seem half as appealing as my warm bed, but laziness was not an option. Valiantly fighting what has now become a sort of permanent fatigue, I managed to crawl out of bed and lace up my running shoes. Outside the conditions were not terrible; in fact I got a bit warm under my retro Grafton Track jacket. I felt pretty crappy overall due to low energy, but before long I was back home and getting ready for class.

This afternoon I did another 6 miles. The rain had stopped by then and the sun even came out for about 10 minutes, but the clouds soon returned. Along with them came the wind, which created plenty of leaf-catching opportunities. I failed to actually grab any though.

After returning to the field house, Sarabia and I did 5 strides on the grass and parking lot. Those actually felt great, which is usually the case then the run itself goes terrible.


Have I mentioned yet that my knees are slowly dying? It's the same thing that plagued me all summer, only this time it's both knees. I've been putting them on ice to try and slow down the pain but I can only hope that I don't end up on the bike again in a few days. It seems like a lot of other people on the team are also experiencing problems lately. Kelby has apparently stubbed his toes and gotten stitches, which will take him out for most of the remainder of the season (according to facebook at least). Holly was recently witnessed limping around the library with some type of busted hip, Emily's been on the bike all week, Nicole still hasn't returned from her stress fracture in the beginning of the season, and Danny continues to have issues with his knee. We're dropping like flies.

I just hope the team can hold together physically for a few more weeks. We can't afford to lose people now.