Need more rest

I left work early yesterday and spent the rest of the day in bed dealing with the most ridiculous headache ever. Luckily, my mom is in town. She hooked me up with some percoset. I took half. It didn't get rid of my headache completely but it helped A LOT. Needless to say, the 3miler on the calendar yesterday didn't happen. I felt much better today, although I woke up with a slight headache. It's still here now but nothing ridiculous like yesterday. So I decided to run. I just was not with it though. My arms and hips were getting sore. And I rarely feel sore while running. I was going to bag the run after 3mi but then I felt that if I got that far, I certainly could do the remaining 1.5mi. And I did. But I'm sure glad tomorrow is a rest day. I hope this whole thing is over with by the weekend. I have a 7miler planned followed by my friend's birthday bbq on Saturday that I'll be attending with the other half. It should be fun. But until then, I'm going to rest up. My headache is starting to get worse :( Music: Confessions on a Dance Floor by Madonna I'm sure this is a decent album but I just wasn't in the mood for dance music today. I figured I'd try something I haven't listened to yet. So much for that. I was still in the mood for something soulful that I can sing to. I don't know. My choices in music are completely unrelated to my running these days. It's all about what I'm in the mood to hear. I don't think music helps my running at all anymore. When I don't want to be bothered with selecting an album or playlist, I just go without. Sometimes, that's just easier. It's one less thing to worry about. Activity Route: Park Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: Willingboro, NJ Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 08/20/08 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 01:41 PM Difficulty: 0 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 76 F temp; 35% humidity 76 F heat index; winds NW 5 Performance Distance: 4.50 miles Time: 0:45:03 Speed: 6.0 mph Pace: 10' 00 /mi Heart Rate: 136 bpm (Avg) Calories: 506 178 bpm (Peak) Notes Cool Down = .74mi I suspect the heart rate monitor is out of whack. The numbers are pretty low and the graph is all over the place. Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone 1 93 - 111 0h 04m 10% 0.47 mi 2 111 - 130 0h 11m 24% 1.10 mi 3 130 - 148 0h 13m 28% 1.27 mi 4 148 - 167 0h 11m 25% 1.16 mi 5 167 - 185 0h 04m 10% 0.47 mi (none) out of range 0h 02m 5% 0.26 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 10' 24 +0' 24 5.8 -0.2 123 -- ft 2 10' 00 +0' 00 6.0 +0.0 129 -- ft 3 9' 54 -0' 06 6.1 +0.1 137 -- ft 4 9' 55 -0' 05 6.0 +0.0 147 -- ft end 9' 34 -0' 34 6.3 +0.3 149 -- ft Versus average of 10' 00 min/mile

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