IT'S RAINING...THANK GOD IT'S RAINING........................

Which means I get a break from being up and out in the yard shortly after the sun arrives each morning. Yesterday I filled 4 of those big (30 gallon capacity size) yard waste bags. I do have to say the yard is looking great AND I am almost done. Done to the point that I have started transplanting things to other spots, and this is one more reason while I am really happy it is raining.

Why does this news have a place in my running journal?

Because I have been so sore and achy I have not been running that much, instead listening to my body, and this is a big thing for me.

I decided that I might also have had some kind of bug (or overdose from all the sugar), because I continued to feel poorly all of Monday and well into Tuesday. While this didn't keep me out of the yard, I did opt out of running anything on Monday, and only did two slow miles on Tuesday.

All day Monday I kept having these crampy things take over my left hamstring. The closest I can describe it is sorta like a Charlie Horse, but not as severe. Last night when I was running my right Achilles tendon was acting up, and the plantar surface (bottom) of both feet were painful with every single foot strike.

I am beating the shit out of my body with all the yard work, but I am also conditioning my muscles so this is a good thing. I am not injured, and I do not plan on getting injured which is why I scaled back the last couple of days.

I am thinking that it was divine intervention that I decided to have the open house in May rather than June, because that would have cut into my official marathon training, and really upset me. These weeks are bonus weeks and preparation weeks that are really going to make me strong and ready to go.

I have no big plans for the summer, and I AM NOT MAKING ANY (written in bold so I can remind myself later). My plans for the entire summer revolve around the marathon training. I am really going to hit it like I am being paid to do so, with the rest of my life playing second fiddle.

Today, right now, I am simply going to enjoy the rain! Crazy I know, but I don't even mind running in the rain. Stay tuned to see if it was still raining during my next run.