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Lovely cool run with the girls

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Jackson Day Race

Things have been pretty hectic around the holidays. I visited my family in the Czech Republic. Weather was unfortunately non-Christmas like with temperatures well above freezing and all the snow melting in front of our eyes. I was bummed that I didn’t get to go cross-country skiing with my sister, since we make a perfect team. Since there was no snow, I at least got run some with her, which I really enjoyed. Since being back, I’ve been running pretty consistently, but alone on all my runs, but one. Today, I ran the Jackson Day race and to sum it up, it was a disaster. I had hoped to run it as a solid tempo run, but got cramps in my calves within the first two miles. I just felt awful both physically and mentally. There is nothing that I can do about it now, and as terrible as it was, I don’t regret getting out there on such a beautiful morning. I certainly won’t let this discourage me. This was definitely a reminder that I do need to get back to some maintenance at All-American Chiropractic. They keep me in one piece!

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It’s really happening

Getting my Indian visa approved makes my Nepal trip just that much more real. I was really stressed about getting my visa, particularly since I already purchased a ticket and since you can't ever assume anything. I submitted my application extra neatly and I guess in return, my visa was approved by the Indian Consulate in about 12 hours. I should point out that their website mentioned I should plan for minimum of 21 working days. What a relief! I can now start focusing on gathering all of the necessary things and finally start getting really excited. My running has been solid, but I have definitely been little achy this week. Last Friday was the first regular treatment with Dr. Dichiara at All American Chiro. I will be seeing him regularly twice a week until my trip to hopefully prevent any of the little aches from becoming actual injuries. Fingers crossed!

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Nonstop

This past week just flew by thanks to my hectic schedule. My hamstring has been still achy and so I decided to take advantage of my free “birthday session” with Dr. D. at All American Medical & Chiropractic. Dr. D. has helped me in the past; most significantly thanks to him I was able to finish my first and only half-marathon of my career. I need to really make it a point to include some preventative therapy into my routine in hopes that I stay injury-free. On Tuesday I flew into SF for my work meeting. I have been planning on running across the Golden Gate Bridge for a couple of months. When I finally got to the hotel, the last thing I felt like doing was going running. I am very proud to say that I decided that I couldn’t get anything in the way of me completing it. Weather was not as great as I had hoped for, but that’s to be expected in San Francisco. I started my run at the Embarcadero Bart station and ran along the Embarcadero towards the Golden Gate Bridge. I made it a point to stop at the Patagonia store just couple blocks from the Fisherman’s Wharf to once again check out some potential gear for my Nepal trip. I went on and the whole way, there was plenty to see and miles just went by quickly. Before I knew it I was at the bridge. Running across the bridge was actually lot less pleasant than I had hoped for. The combination of heavy car traffic right next to the pedestrian/bike section, very windy and cool weather and the fact that I don’t love heights resulted in a very brisk pace in my attempt to make it to the other side as quickly as possible. As planned, I then went on and continued my run to the picturesque town of Sausalito. After a quick stop for food I got on the ferry and rode back to SF. I was pleasantly tired and my legs have been definitely feeling sore since they don’t get to see much hill action in NOLA. After taking a red-eye back, I was in town for a day (my birthday, yay!) before taking off again. Off to my home, Czech Republic, that is!