Miles Ran: 317.19 Dollars Raised: $1,684.80 (Thank you Emily Bourque and Brendan Abel!!!!)
I feel like I'm in a little bit of a daze... I went to a Reiki session today after my workout and it did really help me relax. Basically the practitioner has you lie on a massage table and lightly touches you at certain energy points on your body, and is a middle-man for helping focus your own energies back into your body to help create balance, relieve stress, heal, etc. I always think it's weird when you get into that state between being awake and being asleep, whether it's because something wakes you while you're asleep, or you're so relaxed like today or when you're getting a massage. It's like I'm conscious, but I do things that I don't realize I'm doing until after I do them, like jerk my leg or breathe really deeply. I felt a couple sensations when she was working on my forehead, my ears, and warmth on my feet. I'm still really interested in checking out acupuncture though.
Today I did the same 45-minute bike warm-up, which was great because I gained a LOT of ground in my book, was able to increase the resistance to 12, and did over 10 miles. Afterward I got on the treadmill and struggled my way through four miles... It's definitely not easy. I can feel other parts of my left leg being strained since I'm adjusting my stride. At times I was just trying to put more kick in my step because, as I'm going at a much slower speed, I feel like dragging ass and weigh a million pounds. I don't feel like I'm making it worse, but I'm definitely not making it better. I think I'll just cross train tomorrow, but keep up this 45-minute bike and then short run routine going while I get back to normal. My goal is to do 10 miles next weekend so I can gauge how everything will go the following weekend at Disney.
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