Wednesday I took off the day from running. But I did get in some exercise. I rode my bike to work from the Jenks bridge. It's just under 11 miles, and I did it in just over 40 minutes, which is just under 16 mph. On the return trip I thought I would try to speed things up a bit. At 21st Street I went across to the west bank because I figured there would be less pedestrians to deal with. It was pretty smooth going until the hills heading up to the parking lot at Turkey Mountain. I was averaging almost 18 mph until I hit those hills. They were pretty tough, and I slowed to 7 mph, which dropped my average to about 17. But then at 71st Street I headed back to the east bank and hit almost 29 mph going down the hill. Once on the east bank, I headed south towards the Jenks bridge. Near the casino my calves started twitching a little, and then - with the bridge in sight - WHAM! My right calf just seized up. I don't think I have ever had a cramp that bad. I had trouble getting my feet out of the clips, but I did manage to stop without falling down. After about a five minute rest, and drinking considerable water, I proceeded very slowly the last 100 yards or so to the bridge and then across the bridge to the west bank, where I was parked. My average speed up to the place where I cramped was 18.1. Distance was about 12 miles.
So, I loaded the bike in the van and drove the rest of the way home. When I got out of the van, I couldn't walk. I barely made it to the front door - sort of hopping, sort of dragging my leg. I must have looked pathetic. I iced down the calf a while then sat in the whirlpool. Still after an hour or so, I was was barely walking. I was planning on going to church with my wife, but I couldn't make it. Instead I sat in the recliner and watched a couple of movies, "Dan In Real Life" and "Enchanted," with Becky and Katie.
Thursday I took my running gear to work but did not run at noon. I was feeling good enough to run with the group in the evening. Brian and I ran with Justin, a sophomore high school student that is training to do the Tulsa Run. We did about five easy miles.
Today I ran four miles or so at lunch. I saw Joe, and he and I are going to meet at 68th & Riverside to run on Saturday at 7 am. Anyone who sees this in time is welcome to join us. I'm thinking of doing ten or twelve miles. It was pretty hot at noon, so I took it rather slow. At Veteran's Park I stopped to do some pull ups and push ups. Before long I'll be ready to do some gymnastics! (NOT!) It looked like they were setting up stuff for tonight's race, the Kidney Klassic. I won't be running in it. I will be having a nice dinner, thinking of my friends who will be melting in the heat.
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