Recovery Run

So today was pretty much as bad as yesterday in terms of stiffness. The office I work out of this week I'm up on the 3rd floor. I have this thing where I absolutely refuse to take the elevator. Not out of any fear or anything I just think its silly to take the elevator when you can get a little bit of extra exercise in and wake your brain up a bit! Especially if you work in front of a computer most of the day!

But that means I have to trek up and down 44 steps...yes I counted! And on an average day I go up and down the stairs 5 times a day. I figure I burn an extra 40-50 cal and that negates the cream I put in my coffee :) But today was down right ridiculous...going upstairs was manageable although I would have to shout at other employees to "go around." But trying to go down was impossible. I actually had to turn sideways and go down like that! I must have looked like a freak :) 

But I was determined (read stubborn) to stick to my regular routine. So that meant at 10am I went down and did my weights routine. Most of that is upper body but I do 2mins of plank and 2 sets of 20 push-ups and those were tough on the thighs as well. 

We were trail running today through this little loop by our work and it was probably easier on the legs than the road would have been so that was in my favor. We took it really easy and once I got into the swing of things it wasnt too bad. There was no way I could push it and my form was definitely a bit off, but I got my 10k done and felt better for it. 

I might have to take a forced rest day tomorrow as I think I'm on the road for most of the day for work...boo. While my legs could probably use it, I'm not a big fan of rest days, especially when I have an important 10k coming up and I just rested yesterday! We'll see how the day goes...