Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

SO SO sore ;)  Isn't that the GREATEST thing ever???  I tried to get out of church but Miles wouldn't let me :(  All day Saturday I was SO nauseated.  It was horrible.  I finally ate some salmon and felt better.  It got worse later and David grilled me more salmon and I felt better again :)  I guess that Salmon is MAGIC :D  I also think the Chocolate Cake that Kellie and Tyler brought over had some magic properties as well :D

Did all stairs backwards and went on a walk with David in the eveining :)

I walked the boys to the park and played there for a while.  The soreness was SO much better, nearly gone and I could take the stairs all regular like :)  I could get up and down from a seated position without sounding like a puppy that had just been kicked.  I needed NO help getting off of the toilet :)

I will live and I can't wait for what ever I decide to do next.....

OK- I am a total DORK!  I decided to RUN to the pool and then swim and then RUN home.  STUPID!!  First of all, by the time I got UP-HILL to the pool, I could hardly run, let alone SWIM!  Plus, have you ever tried running in a swimming suit?  Can you say WEDGIE!!!!  More like COSMIC WEDGIE!!!  Anyway, I swam and swam and swam!  I swam for a 1/2 hour.  I swam REAL LIVE regulation strokes!  I CAN SWIM!!! :D  So, now I am all psyched for the Tri this september.  I need a new swimming suit, but that is a story for another day.

Soreness report- everything felt fine on the run, a little rickety and tender, but not too bad.  My right hip/ITB is still quite sore and inflamed.  I am going to continue to stretch and roll it out.  The chiropractor who stretched me out after the marathon said that my right IT was so tight you could string it on a guitar and play a song.

Tomorrow I am not sure what I am going to do next.  I might just bike or maybe run or maybe swim or maybe all three.  I am insane afterall,  I'm a marathoner now :D

I am really trying hard to talk myself NOT into doing TOU.  There is the HUGE part of me who says, "You just need an 18 miler in July and a 20 miler in August and then just run TOU.  YOU ARE 90% there already."   Then there is the rational part of me... well the other, probably smarter rational part of me... who says, "You are very likley on the brink of injury.  Swim, bike and run easy for the rest of the summer.  Bike and run through the fall.  Run through the winter and CHILL!!!!"

The soreness is pretty much totally gone :)  My left leg is still really swollen and my right hip is uncomfortable.  My weight is coming down, but not like I would have expected.  I still must have a lot of micro injuries that are holding onto the water for repair ;)  I have not been eating nearly the fruit over the past few days, mainly just carbs and a little protein.  I am off to the store to get me some good grub.  I am sure I have been lacking in the h2o department too.  I have been really sluggish and I am sure that is due to the lack of fruit and veggies... oh and running a marathon.  I wanted to go swimming this morning at 6, but thought that the sleep was more important.  I am going to take it really easy today and see if I can get the leg swelling down a bit.  It is coming down, but VERY slowly.  As a side note, when ever I was pregnant, only my left leg would swell.  Weird eh?  It does not hurt, it's just swollen :(

The swelling is going down :)  I am getting closer to my pre-marathon weight.  I was 10#'s up on Monday and now just 3.8#'s up. My left quad is quite tender to the top and outside. I am going to keep rolling it. David and I will go swimming for an hour tomorrow morning. The ITB on the left is still sore but less tender :)  Next week I will run :)  I CANT WAIT!!  This week, I just feel deep down that no running is the best.  I have been extra tired too.

Now for the exciting news.  I just made home made granola bars.  They are SO good!  I googled a recipe that my friend had made.  They are called "Playground Granola bars."  I followed it almost exctly except I used coconut oil and I doubled it and added 1 C ground flax seed meal,  and an extra egg.  Oh, I didn't have any rasins so I added chocolate chips :)  They are so GOOD!!  I need to stay away from them :)  I am going to lighten them up next time.  I will use dried cherries, mini chocolate chips, applesause for 1/2 of the oil and splenda brown sugar.  Today I did use Lehi Roller Mills 6 grain cereal instead of oats and whole wheat flour instead of white.  Mmmmm.....

Does anyone know why karob chips may be better than regular chocolate?

David and I went swimming this morning for 45 minutes :)  I did great, by comparison two the last two times :)  I even did some butterfly.  I am going to work on it and get better this year.  I can't wait to get running next week.  I am concerned that I have a bit of an injury in my left quad.  The swelling is virtually gone.  6.6#'s down since monday.  By next week everything should be good.  I am going to call Dr Brady today and see if I can get in this afternoon or Monday after work.  I'd wait until monday, but it is getting worse each day and not better :(

Today I am going to make the lighter version of the granola bars.  I am off to my Melting Marion blog to blog the antics of my points disaster yesterday :(

Well, I for sure have strained my left quad :(  I am guessing the soreness was masking the injury.  My fatal error was running early in the week and not realizing that my poor quad was hurt :(  The poor fellow.  I have been icing it and staying off of it for the last 20 hours and I will do more of the same tomorrow.  If it is not feeling somewhat better by Monday I will go in.  No wonder my left leg was so swollen.  All of the rubbing and stretching right after the marathon just aggravated it.  I needed ice and rest and I was beating it up.  Also the Aleve and tylenol was also masking the injury :(  Live and learn.  Once it is no longer painful to the touch and causing me to limp, I can swim and bike.

Here are my goals for the rest of the summer :)

Sub 29 5k

Sub 60 10k

September tri

Within the year

2:0_ 1/2 marathon

next marathon sub 5

The reason for the Tri is to give my body a nice rebuiding/healing 8 weeks without losing fitness and while having a fun goal.  I have to set "fun" goals, as I tend to really freak out and stress, over stress really, and the "fun" aspect takes my mind off of the "freaky" parts and helps me to relax.  I am working on a training schedule in excel.  I will bike 2 days a week with Joycelyn (13+miles) and swim 3 days (1 hour).  I will run 6 days, 1 long, one 5 miler w/ a 5k tempo, 3 easy/low mile days, and one day I have not figured out.  I may do a run down the canyon one day a week.