two days ago i accidentally did 100 calf raises (at the end of the 2 mile neighborhood run, i usually duck walk up two mailboxes and back, but i decided i wanted to jump higher, so i calf raised up the front stairs...ten per stair, alternating legs. turns out there are a lot more stairs than i bargained for). but my calves didn't feel tired at the time...i thought it was the side muscles in my shins that limited. and if i had really pushed it, i think i could've done more.

and then yesterday, i revisited old courses with ravi. we did his neighborhood plus dogwood...5 miles in 42.30. 8.30 pace, not bad. i think i was actually leading for the first 3.5 miles...didn't fall behind till we crossed the front of the high school. i'm pretty proud of that, but it would've been cool if i could've smoked him at the end like old times. meh, whatever. he's been training distance, i haven't.

i love running old courses. the last mile would've been a lot more difficult if it weren't our usual mile repeat course, cuz then i'm used to feeling crappy on it and pushing it. i'm surprised i didn't get us lost in dogwood. the guy who's yard you hafta cross thru did a lot more landscaping. i hardly recognized it. and now i remember why i used to run without a shirt. ga, you're a bitch, but you're my bitch. oh right, so the original point was: i can't straighten my legs today because of my calves. i think i'll take a day off. maybe do some arms? likely not.