I was out on the road to do a quick two mile run in my neighborhood. I was rusty. Nothing about that run felt good. Not good at all. Why? Because I had signed up for Atlanta Track Club's Spring Tune Up 8K this morning. I thought I was going to have to walk it prior to Thursday.
I was pleasantly surprised by this morning's run. Not my best by any means, but I was able to finish it. And I found a quarter, so the found money pig got fed!
My shoulders and neck are the things that are actually sore tonight, though.
One thing I noticed is I am tending to run with my shoulders tensed up by my ears. I'm guessing this is residual whiplash stuff. I'll ask my physical therapist on Tuesday.
All of this down time from running came at such a crazy time in Atlanta. I mentioned in the earlier post that my car accident happened the day before Snopocalypse on Jan. 28, but there was a second one two weeks later.
I wasn't so lucky with that one. I ended up trapped at the office for three days, staying at a hotel across the street for two nights.
The W Buckhead Atlanta is a very nice hotel, but it's not home. I was wiped out by the time I finally got home on the third day.
However, here is a shot from my office window. Not something you see every day in Atlanta:
Peachtree Road frozen over
And then, because those of us who were at the office were working 12 to 14 hour days, was the view at night:
Frozen at night
And just as the ice and snow began to melt, my college roommate Karen came to town for a weekend with her family. We met up for dinner the night she got in and then lunch the next day. It was so great to catch up with her.
College fun continues!
But dare I say it? Polar Vortex is supposed to move south again next week. So far it doesn't look like Atlanta will get snow or ice, just a couple of bitter nights.And the Spring Tune Up 8K today? Let's hope it really was a tune up for spring!
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