Thursday, March 5, 2015

Orange is the New Black

I was a fortunate recipient of a Chrome Book recently. It is treating me very well.  I can do some job searching, article reading, blogging, and TV watching all on this handy little device.  It's amazing...and it was amazingly cheap. 

Phill and I have been watching Breaking Bad periodically and sometimes to the point of binge watching.  I'm so excited to keep watching, as the story has finally developed into something pretty complicated and intense. 

Over the weekend and to distract myself, I began to watch Orange is the New Black while icing my foot in the hotel's trash bin.  I've watched about 8 episodes since then.  I am enjoying the show - it's funny and I'm looking forward to the story and character development.  I am wondering where Piper will go after her stint in prison - 15 months is not a very long time, so I'm wondering how there are 3 seasons.  But, hey, sentences get extended and there are other characters on the show. 

Well, enough of my TV series babble - my run yesterday went pretty well.  I can definitely tell that I ran hard on a Sunday, but legs are feeling strong.  Phill and I ran for 40 minutes, totalling 4.86 miles.  We started at around 9:30 pace and progressively got faster until mile 4.  Between mile 3 and 4, we progressed from 8:00 pace to 6:55 pace. 6:55 pace lasted for 3 minutes, and the last 30 seconds of that got a little tough so I focused on my breathign and arm control. After mile 4, we just jogged until we reached 40 minutes.  

This morning, my back was really sore but it's feeling better now.  I probably just slept funny.  The rest of my body feels alright, but I do have some minor shin soreness so I will have to watch that and make sure I continue to religiously roll and ice. 

Today and tomorrow - just 20 minutes of easy running. And some core work.

Enjoy the rest of your week, readers.

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