First lets talk about time, or lack thereof. This week I finally have felt better (no cough, no mucus, no drip!) and I was determined to get back on schedule for training. However, life as usual isnt so easy. There are those other time demands that I need to realize that I have to work around.
Monday was a Monday as usual, and I was aiming to break in my new shoes for the first TNT East Marathon group run (will be posted later), and what happens? I get this excruciating pain on the inside of my foot after 5 min of running on the treadmill. I tried to run through it (maybe its just the new shoes) but the pain continued, so I had to stop. So I walked and tried to get a feel if the pain was decreasing, and after 5 min tried running again, and bam! Foot pain again. Damn. So I took my aching feet back home, and thought perhaps its just the shoes (Side note: These were the Asics Gel Evolution 6, the new model for 2011. I had previously ran wearing the Gel Evolution 4, and 5, which fit like a glove, with no pain). Also I had some pain flare up from my SI joint (an injury that occurred a year ago, apparently my SI (sacro-iliac) joint moves around and pinches my piriformis muscle, causing literally a sharp pain in my left buttock). Not good. I can wear a belt that holds my SI joint in place, so it is stable, guess I will be doing that this week.
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| This works wonders, and its made in Minneapolis! |
Tuesday I drilled baby drill! Well not looking for oil, but spent 30 min at the pool doing drills in the hopes that one day I will swim. My problem is relaxing in the water, I just tense up, and then instead of smoothly doing the strokes and repeat, its like thrash, thrash, sink, sink.....but I keep working on it.
Wednesday was a big day (if you are a nerd, that is). ITS JEOPARDY! I took the online Jeopardy test, 50 questions, 15 seconds to type your answer online. I had to wait almost 20 min in the queue (I watched Glee! with Maria while I counted down the minutes). I thought I did pretty well, of the 50 questions I didnt know the answer to at least 7 of them, one was "this author came up with the characters of Jean Valjean and Javert..." I couldnt think of Victor Hugo to save my life! I was like Les Miserables! but a blank as to the author, until it dinged and I was out of time did I remember. I'll keep you posted if I get called! (Maria thought I was the biggest nerd ever, but was impressed I knew the answers to the questions (: thanks honey!).
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| Your Mother Trabeck! |
Thursday again was the return of the Foot Pain when I did my 3 miles on the treadmill. I decided that I would go back to Run'n'Fun on Friday and ask about the shoes, and potentially maybe exchage for a different pair.
Hello FRIDAY! I did a workout on the eliptical and felt good, however I did wear my SI belt and it worked wonders for my pain in the ass. After work I stopped by Run'n'Fun and did exchange my shoes and got last years Gel-Evolution 5's (tried and true, and they felt wonderful on my feet) and since I got money back, I used it to get a pair of Brooks running mittens.
So challenges to work on:
1. Time, or really Time Management. I need to learn how to juggle kids, work, training more efficiently.
2. Doctor, heal thyself: Seriously, I literally have a pain in my ass, and I dont want it to get worse, so hopefully headed to the physical therapist next week (or chiropractor).
3. Getting Old: no answer to that really, but I am certainly feeling my age!
4. Nerd: no challenge there, I freely embrace my nerdyness.
Stay Tuned for my post on my first Team in Training Group run at Lake Phalen today.....tonight perhaps some more drills in the pool?
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