three things thursday

1. I did my first brick of the season yesterday.  Spoiler, this means I ran!  I rode home from work, changed into my running clothes and headed right back out.  The last time I ran in Virginia it was 40º out.  Yesterday here it was 90º out, and there isn't a lot of shade around my house.  My body was in shock, which made me kind of pouty.

I did have some aching in my glute while I was running, but I was concentrating really hard on trying to activate the right things and my overall gait.  No pain after, so I'd say I'm firmly on the path to healing! That said, I rode 6.5 miles and ran 3 and my heart almost exploded.  Feeling pretty uneasy about riding 56 and running 13.1 in 3.5 weeks, but there isn't much I can do about it so I might as well put it right out of my head.  Sparkly things!  Puppies!

2. I'll be jogging the Crystal City 5K on Friday night (Me!  Running!  I'll be running!  No, the novelty has not worn off yet), so let me know if you are planning on being there!  I'm hoping to take a minute off of last week's time and Molly might make a guest-spectating appearance....


3. Yesterday I got at least 3 of my 15 minutes of fame.  I was interviewed last week for an article that came out yesterday about allergies as related to mood for CNN and the author was kind enough to quote me about wanting to stab myself in the eyeballs and then link to my blog.  At least any new readers I have already know to expect that I'm pretty cranky!  Hi, new friends!  Please note that the article says I am showering much more often than usual.  I'll go back to my usual twice-a-week rinse once the all the flower fornicating dies down.  


Happy Thursday, everyone!