My Body is Screaming Today

Pain is temporary.  It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. -- Lance Armstrong

Oh, my body is definitely screaming at me today.  Well, not really my whole body.  Just my hip and my calf muscles.  And they tend to shut up after I move around a bit.  So they really only scream when I start moving around again after sitting down or first waking up ... whenever I first start using them again.

I'm sure most of it was caused by yesterday's 5 miler, but I'm also sure wearing heels last night for my son's Young Marines Ball didn't help much either.  But what are ya gonna do?  Had to have the right shoes for the kickin' little dress that walking/running allowed me to wear.

Ahhhh, but it's hard to remember that when I'm walking around like a 100 year old little old lady.  But what I do have to remember is how it will subside.  As my muscles and joints get more and more used to putting forth that kind of effort, they will scream less.  I guess it's a lot like having kids, huh?  Just have to show them who's boss.  And for me, that's the mind and the will, not the muscles.