I forgot how good it feels

I am missing 2 weeks of running with the group. The first was last week. I ran 5 miles by myself in San Francisco. The weather was wonderful. It was about 57 degrees in the morning when I ran. It was great to get out of the heat and to know that the only thing I had to battle was my own physical abilities, nothing added to that.
The run in SF went OK. It took my watch about 1.5 miles to find a satellite and figure out where I was. I walked for a long time waiting and then decided to start and let it catch up with me. The plan was to run by the Pier and water. Well that didn't work so well because I turned the wrong way on Market Street. I figured ii out after awhile. It wasn't worth turning around and my watch still didn't know where I was so I kept going. A few blocks before Market started going straight up my watch kicked in. I turned around and headed towards the water. By time I got there my knee had started to hurt and I didn't care anymore. I did see the water but turned around and started back to the hotel. I ended up taking a wrong turn so I went about a half mile out of my way. Good thing the weather was nice.
Tuesday I went to the Torture Lady. My last ditch effort to figure out if the knee was really a problem. I'm sure I've mentioned the Torture Lady before. But if not she is the one that does the weird massage torture techniques on my to make my muscles act right and take my pain away. Anyway, she worked on my hamstrings and IT-band. She was using what she calls the poky tool. Thing thing is terrible. It hurts so much just when it touches you. It's unbearable when it digs deep in your thigh. I digress, the thing was she managed to stretch everything out so I can walk again and more importantly I can run again. The only side effect is I have all of these bruises on my legs where she poked me.
I ran 6 miles this morning. It was amazing. The first mile was kind of slow because I kept expecting to have problems. Guess what, the problems never came! I took it real slow and easy but it felt so good running without pain or issues.
Now for the disclaimer, my legs get very stiff after sitting for awhile so that initial few steps I do end up limping. But once things loosen up a little it great.
Here's to you Torture Lady!!!

Side note: The modeling picture is on the website if you want to take a look. (I had been asked to let people know when it's up).
http://www.austinboxingbabes.com/classes.php#bootcamp
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