Day 100 (really?!) - Basketball

"I would like to be here. I would like to be there. I would like to be, everywhere at once, I know that's a contradiction in terms." - Daniel Day Lewis, Nine

Miles Ran: 317.19 Dollars Raised: $1,684.80

As much as I wanted to test out the treadmill again today, plans unfolded differently.

First, this morning I was BOMBARDED by four shrieking basketball girls at my desk, who came up with this fabulous plan that the other coach and I would drive them to IHOP for Free Pancake Day after practice! Of course there is nothing wrong with this plan! haha So throughout the day I was peer pressured to go, consulted with the other coach, and after much debate were reeled in to meet them there to enjoy the rubbery, sugary short stack.

While we were at basketball practice we let the captains make up the details of our practice since it may be our last one. This involved the coaches participating in almost every drill, and normally I would not participate, but I figured I'd try to prepare myself a little bit for the faculty/varsity game I'm supposed to play in on Thursday. I surprisingly made it through the hour and a half of basketball with just a little soreness at the end, but I figured I wouldn't push it by trying to put some mileage on top of that, and am instead icing my foot numb at the moment as I rock out to the Nine soundtrack.

I'm also really excited because

1. I'm getting to bed kind of early (when did I get so old?)
2. I just got a bunch of Princess Half Marathon info
3. I made an orthopedic acupuncture appointment for this Friday evening. Hopefully it will kick this thing! I'm trying to think of this injury as what it was like to play basketball or volleyball with a sprained ankle or something. It's just another injury that will heal... This article was also in the Globe yesterday that I found pretty inspiring: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/02/22/steeling_the_mind_helps_marathoners_deal_with_training_obstacles_like_illness_or_injury/?page=1

Off to fill out one million Disney and acupuncture forms!