2.06.2011

This weekends workouts have been decidedly non-running based. Yesterday I went to Bikram for the first time in a loooooong time. Bikram was definitely good for my body, but wow was it intense. I thought I had done Bikram before, but this felt unlike anything else. The heat, the intensity of the instruction - whew! I almost felt disoriented and in shock afterwards. I think if I can find a way to do the class twice a week, it will really help my stiffness, soreness, etc. Today I ran 4 miles at the gym and am headed back to Bikram tonight. Let's see if it's at all easier now that I know what to prepare for....somehow, I doubt it. I don't know what to make out of my lack of enthusiasm for running right now. I guess it's normal to go through lulls and, hopefully, as the weather warms and I can get back outside and the thrill of the run will be back....

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"Criminal defense attorneys are often asked “How can you defend those people?” Here’s one attorney’s answer...: Those guilty of serious crimes merit the wrath of our society. But almost no one deserves the hell holes that we call jails and prisons. There is almost no case I would not defend if that meant keeping a human being, as condemnable as he or she may be, from suffering the total, brutal inhumanity of our jails and prisons…" Source.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi. Thanks for the great blog. Would you mind terribly posting a sidebar of the blogs you regularly visit? And maybe a way to send you a message? Thanks again.

Anna said...

I love the quote. I agree wholeheartedly :)

frances ber said...

i really find your blog inspiring and honest, and electric mix of thought provoking quotes and running training of course. i ran alot up until i was about twenty and am now returning to it very slowly at fourty. some days i can feel that the pasion and thrill of old.. it is good for the soul..
be gentle with yourself my friend. your doing a mighty job.
fran

Shorty said...

Hi all,

Anonymous, sure I can get started on that - there are over a thousand sites on my GoogleReader, so it's quite a variety!

I can be contacted at: yumyukblog at gmail.com.

Frances Ber, thanks for the note, I really appreciate it. Best of luck with your return to running - it is such a fascinating endeavor, more complex than I could've imagined prior to becoming a runner....I'm still learning a lot.