Today I dropped Gabriel off at school and parked to go for the usual run. I actually stretched my legs before I ran today, which is something I usually don't do. I am a researcher. I research almost everything before I make decisions. It's just something I do. (Could be my OCD). Everyone has been telling me that I need to stretch and that's why my shin has been hurting. So, I stretched. OMG....I'm not sure if it's the fact that I stood on my feet for 12 hours yesterday and then attempted to run or if it's the stretching, but my legs just couldn't do this run today. Everything started out great and I had a pretty good pace. I was actually doing better than usual. I slowed down for my first walk break and then ran again and repeated that for about a mile. Then, the pain started. It started in my feet and then traveled up both shins and calves. I found that after a few minutes, I was walking just as much as I was running, which is not my usual. I often read blogs of runners and they all say to "run through the pain." I tried. I really did. Once I got about a quarter mile further, I couldn't run for more that 30 seconds without pain. I thought that I could walk it off, but even walking was hurting and as I was approaching the halfway point, I realized that if I even made it there, I might not be able to make it back. Despite it all, I still jogged for a little bit as much as I could on the way back to the car. All in all, I traveled a total of 2.42 miles in 40 minutes. Definitely NOT my personal best. Needless to say, I was very disappointed in my run today.
The evil scale is still not moving! It is making me so mad. Last year, when I lost a ton of weight, I really wasn't eating very healthy, just less of the junk I already ate. Now, I am eating so much better. I am rarely hungry and I feel better about my food choices, but the scale is not reflecting this!!! I'm wondering if the difference is the running. I know I mentioned this a post or so ago, but before I was mixing up my cardio and alternating it with strength training and walking on the treadmill. With my legs hurting so bad and my work schedule this week not permitting me to run again until I meet up with Jenni again on Sunday, I am going to start back with Zumba in the evenings after the kids go to bed. Hopefully, I'll be able to begin tomorrow night. Today, I have plans on a soak in the tub with some Epsom salt. I'll try to stay off of my legs and possibly ice my shins at some point during the day.
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I just realized that I never mentioned the cupcakes that I baked on Friday. I definitely don't consider them the best cupcakes I've ever baked, but I'm happy to have finally made them and tried them out. I realized after I had frosted the cupcakes that I forgot a couple of things. The Sour Patch cupcakes were supposed to have a jelly filling inserted into them and the Pistachio cupcakes needed chopped pistachios around the edges of the frosting. I completely forgot about the jelly until I had already frosted them and I forgot to buy the pistachios all together! I think the Sour Patch cupcakes were good right after I made them, but the longer they sat with the sour sugar on the frosting, they didn't taste so good. The pistachio cupcakes didn't taste pistachio enough for me and I think that the pudding mix in the frosting threw off the texture. The final verdict: cupcake failure. At least I can scratch those two recipes off of my Pinterest board now!
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| Sorry this is sideways, I can't seem to rotate it. "Sour Patch Kid" Cupcake |
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| Pistachio Cupcakes with Pistachio Frosting |
The cupcakes still look good:)
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