Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

60 minute walk on the treadmill while watching Water Horse with the family :)  I am off to do some yoga and scraping :D

I had a dream that I didn't know how to run anymore.  It was HORRIBLE.  I ran a quarter mile on the treadmill just to make sure.   It felt like HEAVEN.

Oh, running on the treadmill in the dark watching a movie is sort of scary.  I was afraid that I'd get tossed ;D

Again, the blessed Michelle has saved the day. She ever so gently reminded me that I had not exercised yesterday, so I did, and this morning, I met her in Salem for a 2 hour bike ride extravaganza extraordinaire ;) It is 7:27 am and I am done with my exercise and all I need is a shower and a stretching session. I’d better head off to the showers while the troops are subdued in the kitchen drinking their Pero. I bought every hot drink I could find at the store yesterday. I am needing to feel the heat. I bought a really cool pink coffee mug at the breast cancer event on Saturday and needed some stuff to go in it!  It was totally awesome to get into the car after a 2 hour ride and have a hot thermos of sugar free apple cider ;)  Life is good!

The Pinky Swear New Year's Challenge:  Now 'till Nov 6th- 4 #'s, Nov 7th  to Thanksgiving 4#'s, AND the kicker, Thanksgivng to New Years 5 #'s.  That will put me at ~159 by New Year's.  Only 12 #'s from my lofty goal of 147.  Michelle does a great job at getting me to do what I am supposed to do.  I'd better get over and track my food for today.  1 light string cheese, one apple and 16 oz sugar free apple cider.

60 minute HARD bike ride from my house to Woodland Hills Drive.  I haven't gone this way since my injury because of the hard hill on the way back home.  I am really sick and tired of feeling SO melancholy!  It is really driving me up a wall.  I need to stretch and then we are headed to the temple tonight :)

 .8 miles on the treadmill at Brady's office and 1.33 at home on the road :)  My pace at Bradys was 5.6 ?? on his treadmill (10:40, I think) and my pace on the road was 9:47.  I wasn't trying to go fast, it just came out that way :)  It felt SO good to breath hard and work HARD.  I almost got a BEAUTIFUL side stitch.  I feel ALIVE again!  The air smelled SO good and the sun was hot on my skin, (super white skin, blinding drivers).  Oh shoot, I forgot about all of the bruises on my legs.  Tonight when I can't sleep, I will add all of the things I am working on from Brady.  I need to stretch and head out to Jon & Kelly's reception.  I am SO happy for them!!

** Dr instructions-  add miles by the 20% rule ;)  I am SO glad it is not the 10% rule :D  For the first two weeks, 2 miles with 2 days of rest in between.  Then add 20% a week onto three days until I am at 6 miles a day.  Then add in the other days by 20%.

OK- now for what is my problem.  My right foot does this weird little dance when I run.  I have to focus on getting my toes UP and turned in a bit.  He gave me some drills to do during my run to help strengthen my inner thighs and shin muscles.

I AM SO HAPPY!!!!

5:30 am on "Bike" with Michelle on "Shoe."  I see Brady this afternoon.  I have a titch of hope that he will let me start running again soon, like today :)  And NO, I didn't force Michelle into a longer run on purpose, I just talk WAY too much :)

I just looked back, and July 31st was the day the ITB went south :(  As for the injury, I feel fine.  There is still a deep ache in my right hip some times, mostly night or morning.  I am pretty sure it is the hip flexor, very deep, very hard to stretch well.  Even though it is my right side that is "injured,"  I have been scraping and working my left quad and itb as well.  I have bruises all over my legs.  I look horrible.  Good thing it's not swimming weather ;D

55 minutes yoga.  I figured a good session of yoga today, after running yesterday was a good idea.  I'll go for a bike ride after our trip to the copper mine this morning.

Funny stroy from the Doc visit yesterday.  Brady was having me run on the treadmill to correct my funny foot move.  Anyway, he was telling me to do all of these different things to get me to run straight.  Anyway, I wan concentrating so hard that my face was getting all tense and my hands were all torked.  I noticed my hands and thought they looked funny so I lifted my arms to show Brady, who was behind me, what they looked like.  Well, to me they looked all crippled and cramped.  Upright and from behind, I was shooting Brady the Bird in full glory.  We were laughing so hard I was afraid I was going fly off of the treadmill.

33 push-ups, 116 sit-ups, 30 minute bike ride warm up, 2 mile run (11:05 ave), 20 minutes stretching, 15 minute scraping, foam rolling, and a partridge in a pear tree.

**the last 1/4 mile was painful in the itb and up through the hip.  my average pace was 9:40 for the first mile and then slowed down for the second mile.  i am going to revamp my return to running.