A Passion for Running

That title definitely will have come across wrong but I had to get your attention right?

I did not pull my groin swimming. However, Thursday night I lifted Christopher and while doing so, turned a bit funny and BLAMMO – something weird happened in my inner thigh. OUCH! Talk about pain. I definitely pulled something in the groin area.

Am I getting old? Garsh, nothing like that has ever happened to me before?

The good news is that the pull doesn’t bother me doing any kind of activity – it just hurts like an SOB when I bend at more than a 45 degree angle at the waist. Weird huh?

Swimming rocked on Saturday. I did 1000 meters for the second week in a row and got stronger at it too! My goals for the next several weeks are to eventually eliminate breaks between the 20 laps and improve swimming time for those 1000 meters. This Saturday, I didn’t take any breaks for the first two laps and then took only a 10 second break between the other laps.

The result was a four minute improvement over last week’s 43 minute “record”. This week I got the job done in 39. The “anticipated time” I wrote down on my triathlon registration for finishing the swim was 35 minutes so I’m feeling pretty good about things!

How was your weekend? Did you pull anything in your groin? How about someone else’s?

I know I know – that was a BAD one.

Our favorite Running Chick has been published in an article in Runners World Online! (you have to scroll down the page a bit)

Thanks Dianna!

So, when does the money start rolling in for all of us?

Went out for 40 minutes today. This time, I focussed on running lightly on the balls of my feet. You see, I tend to be a heal-striker and that is not so good for the ol’ feet and shins.

I figure since I can’t do a lot of mileage right now, I am just going to focus on being light on my feet and improving my form. This, in preparation for my upcoming barefoot running adventure which I will start soon in the spring.

While I’m talking about barefoot running, I thought I’d mention I found a yahoo discussion group on the subject. It is a really buzzing group! I’m going to school on this folks!

Is it scary, funny or am I just all powerful to be able to create a word one week and be ranked #1 in the world for that word by google the next?

Getting google’s attention wasn’t my intention but it sure is awesome how effective it can be huh?

Is there a word for doing this kind of thing? Google-ising or something?