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I (not that any of you noticed) haven’t felt much like blogging for the past few days. I’ve been a little down- to say the least.

Which is interesting, as I think about it… just now, as I’m typing this… that there are at least 5 bloggers that I avidly read that have felt similarly “down” at some point in the last couple of weeks… weird.

Anyway, I’ll back up to Saturday. Jess and I dragged our husbands to Medieval Times! We all actually had a super great time!

After reading the knight descriptions on the Medieval Times website, we carefully selected the Black and White knight, and decked ourselves out accordingly. Lucky for us, there was room in that section, and so we were totally sporting his colors for the big tournament! (hehe.)

Please excuse the lousy quality of these pics, as I only had my phone to take shots with that night.

I ordered the vegetarian plate which, actually, TOTALLY ROCKED. We were all blown away by the food. Now, that isn’t to say that it was the best food ever… it was just significantly better than we suspected! (roasted veggie skewer, tomato soup, garlic bread, hummus w/ pita chips, portobello cap stuffed with rice, black bean, and cranberry pilaf…YUM!)

Anyway, we had a great time.
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Sunday…
I woke up sunday with an ache in my chest, but didn’t think too much of it. I went for a 3 mile run, and while my chest did ache, I didn’t care much, and did a good job. I did continue to ache for the rest of the night though.

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Monday
Yesterday, the ache was still there… so shortly after arriving at work, I decided it was probably best, as the pain was slightly to the left, and had persisted for over 24 hours.

The doctor did run an EKG, but ultimately determined that in all likelihood, I have costochondritis, which is – for all intents and purposes- benign. But it does suck.

What also sucks, is that she has to rule out other heart related conditions, even though she is pretty sure that this is what I have… (not that I’m bothered by that!) Which means that she wants me to “take it easy” until my tests, in 2 weeks.

… *crickets chirping*

um…. my freaking LAST RUN of the c25k program is this week, and my big 5k is SATURDAY! The 5k that I’ve been working, sweating, and training for, is Saturday!!

I explained it to her, and she said it would be fine for me to run once more before Saturday, and that running Saturday would be okay, but that for the week after the race, I need to take it easy until my tests are done.

This isn’t an excuse to be sedentary, I’m still able to do yoga whenever I’d like, but my run training (or any other highly taxing cardio) should eas up until she knows for sure. (T-Minus 12 days and counting!)

I guess this is as good a time as any, because I’m finishing the c25k plan tomorrow (Wednesday) when I do my last 30ish minute run… and because after Saturday, I’ll have completed that goal. I guess there isn’t any great problem with taking a week off, before starting my 10k training plan. However, I’m thinking I’ll ask her if I can come in a bit earlier, so that I can get my clean bill and get back on the road.

I can’t believe I’m CRAVING running. That is a trip.

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Anyway, fast forward to Today and I’m just freakin’ blue. I’m sad that I’m in a groove and have to take a small detour. It is just annoying. Also, I’m really regretting signing up for the biggest loser competition at work, because for me… weight loss, health, and fitness is a slow PROCESS, and I don’t like feeling pressure to weigh less, when I know that the scale is the least reliable way to measure fitness.

So, I’m feeling blue, and while I’m not totally certain, I can only assume that it is to be attributed to the constant EFFFFFFFING pain in my chest for the last 3 days, and with the just blah mood, as well as that fitness stuff.

Anyway, I’m stoked about my last run tomorrow, and my race Saturday, so I’ll try to pick up my spirits and keep you posted on those updates.