Running Day 23

You guys.  I could be wrong but I may have had a bit of a runner's high tonight on the treadmill.  Exciting!  I was just running along and thought, "Yeah, I can keep going, nbd."  It felt pretty good.  I am finding that it does seem to help to stretch out a bit a few hours before my run.  There's actually quite a bit of research/controversy about whether or not stretching help with running, when one should do it, if one should do it, etc.  I lean toward the no-stretch immediately before running, and maybe afterward (lately I've been doing yoga after my runs so that usually takes care of my stretches).  The theory is that your muscles are like rubber bands and you want them to snap around really quickly when you run but if you stretch them out first, they won't snap as well.  This is not to say that you shouldn't warm up first - I generally walk for at least a couple of minutes before I start running.  Anyway, there you have it...not that you were necessarily curious in the first place....