It is the most outrageously beautiful day for a run: almost 50 degrees, incredibly bright and sunny, with that springlike feeling of thaw in the air (the snow is by now almost entirely gone after a day of warmish rain yesterday). Saw a cormorant bobbing with gulls in the water just north of the boat basin.
Only went 45 mins., not a full hour, as (a) I was a little late getting out and (b) my right lower calf was ridiculously tight and stiff. Stopped to stretch it out a few times, and it was much better by the end of the run, but it is noticeable that a week without much yoga makes that area feel as though a block of wood has been taped to it when I run! NB do 20-30min. yoga on mat at home if I can't get to more classes: I never have been in the habit of doing this, but it would surely be beneficial.
45min run (c. 4 miles)
I have a really hard time with doing yoga at home. I think getting "in the zone" is just too difficult. Especially as I will be holding a pose and looking around and thinking "I need to dust that shelf" or "that picture is crooked"
ReplyDeleteI am slightly jealous... my knee is keeping me from doing anything right now :(
ReplyDeleteThe cormorant, beautiful birds. Here there is a colony of cormorant near the path I run through: you know I run near the sea.
ReplyDelete