Strong (and tired) - Physically fit?

[fitfool]

I've only gone running once in the 3.5 weeks since the marathon. At first I basked in the sore muscles and creaky joints and didn't mind not running. After about a week I started looking at the schedule of local races for the next 2-3 months. After 2 weeks I ran a quick 4-mile run but found my ankle and knees still protested. So I figured I'd rest some more and run over Thanksgiving. Nope...just lazed about and cooked, ate, read, and slept.

Now I'm itching to go for a run but am reluctant to run in the cold and dark. So tonight I decided to run the stairs in my apartment building. Up to the 4th floor. tap tap tap tap back down. Up-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-Turn!-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9...winding around and around until I felt kinda dizzy. But I did it. 20 times up and down.

Felt so good to get back in my body that I gave myself a mini-physical-fitness test. So for all you military people, would I pass? Or do I need to try again? I'm a 30-year-old female.

2 minutes push-ups	36 (regular kind, not modified)
2 minutes sit-ups	59 (if toes were hooked under the couch) 40 (with toes not anchored under anything)
2-mile run	18:00 (estimated by taking the times of the first 2 miles in my marathon training runs)

It was nice to feel strong but now I'm tuckered out and will go to sleep at a decent hour.

Comments

[never-the-less.livejournal.com]

running in the cold is not bad at all -- you just need the propoer clothes! last year i ran outside down to 12 degrees -- you just have to watch for ice. the cold air feels good in the lungs, if you ask me.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I'm such a wimp about the cold but I hate treadmills even more. I've run down to 7 degrees but I really hate being cold. I just need to get my schedule back over so I'm waking up early enough to run before work. Running in the dark is tough though. I wear reflective gear but my main concern is getting hit by a car. There's a 2.5-mile loop that's mostly lit by streetlamps but the rest of my routes take me through unlit areas that are so dark that dodging potholes and fallen branches would be hard. *sigh*