active recovery

i got up this morning and checked my training calendar to see what kind of mileage i have to look forward to and was amazed to find the word "active recovery" there. upon further inspection, i learned that since the long weekend runs are growing kinda crazy, i get more days off from running during the week. granted active recovery is telling me im supposed to do an alternate physical activity today, i am going to make an executive decision and rule that attending a baseball game counts.
i really did need a day off... when i was at the gym yesterday bouncing on the treadmill just fast enough that i dont fall off, i realized that i was still hella sore from sunday. what i dont understand is how my abs are sore. im pretty sure i would remember if i had done a few hundred crunches on top of running 15 miles. but its nothing that a nice ball-park hotdog can't fix.
speaking of the gym, the tangerine lady was back yesterday. this woman brings 2-3 tangerines and peels and eats them as she sits on the stationary bike watching TV. i saw her for the first time last week and she was there again yesterday. its just so weird and the smell really spreads and it takes a few minutes for ppl to realize where its coming from. i guess there are worse smells than tangerine... i just dont get why she has to eat in the main work-out room as everyone else is trying to sweat off their lunches.