It seems like I’m always out of town. I’ve been to San Jose, CA almost every Friday-Sunday lately, and we just got back from a 10-day diving trip to La Paz, BCS. You can’t really run (or exert yourself other ways) when you’re diving multiple times each day because it increases the risks of DCI. I’m not complaining, of course. The diving was incredible and I highly recommend it to everyone, but it does force you to take time off of running and biking.

So today was my first day back and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I just sort of took it easy and tried to maintain my pace. I hit a few red lights, but I didn’t let them phase me. I wound up running almost the first 5 miles, which was pretty good for me. I noticed my cadence started falling apart at the end of mile 4 and my quick little steps turned into big tired clomps as I went through mile 5. I gave myself permission to walk home after that, but did manage to jog a little at the very end.

I wondered if there was still some residual nitrogen left in my muscles, but I think that was just me trying to come up with a good “reason” why I was so tired. I just need to get out there more often. Hopefully I will.