Day 12

This week has been busy and I haven't had much time to blog so I'm going to try to catch up today.

Tuesday, (Day 9) I ran a fairly painless three miles along my normal three mile route. It was warm so I was running slightly slower than usual and just enjoying my evening run. I was minding my own business when about two and a half miles into my run, I was dive-bombed by a red-winged blackbird! It swooped and caught my ponytail at least twice before I figured out what was going on. Apparently it didn't think I was minding my own business! I screamed, loudly I might add, and took off into a dead sprint. This all took place near a popular fishing pond so of course everyone who was fishing heard my frantic screams and watched me sprint away flailing my arms as I tried to escape my avian attacker. Needless to say, the last quarter mile of my run was not very enjoyable as I was struggling to slow my heart rate and recover from my unexpected speed work. I remember nothing else about Tuesday's run.

Yesterday's run was nice. It was cooler outside, breezy and the clouds were beautiful. I ran another three miles but I chose a different route because, honestly, I am a little nervous about running my normal route past the fishing pond and the red-winged blackbirds that live there. I will probably wait a while before running that route again. I was experiencing some pain in my right knee during yesterday's run. The pain subsided after about one mile but I'm going to keep a close eye on it. Today, I don't have any knee pain but my back hurts like crazy but I don't know if it's from running or if I slept in a weird position. It feels like I have a giant knot on the right side of my back near the bottom of my ribcage. I guess I'll also have to keep an eye on my back too. Running five miles tomorrow could be interesting if my back still hurts.