Going With The Flow

AM - Body weight leg exercises at airport. 

PM - Shake out with Jake in Phoenix plus a little more. Then strengthening until I hit 30 minutes. 

AM - Jake's marathon fueling crew. His dad and I were able to see him 8 times throughout the race to give him bottles of Gatorade and cold wet sponges. I was so anxious and nervous for him throughout the race that I completely wore myself out. I managed to get sick yesterday with my 26 hours of traveling and little sleep so that contributed as well. I saw him one last time at 25.5 and then watch him break the 2nd place guy. Really awesome and a total relief to see that. So proud of him! 

Also huge congrats to everyone else out there racing today! Some PRs went down today :) 

AM - Walked around for several hours at the zoo and walking the dog. Looked really cool with trekking poles.

PM - 2 miles or so with 10 pick-ups.

AM - 30 minutes of stairmaster and rowing. Trying a couple new things out to see if they can be incorporated. 

AM - 30 minutes cycling.

PM - Afternoon stroll with the marathon extraordinaires...even their walking strides were far superior.

I thought this was interesting...I might have to start incorporating the Toddler Squat into my routine - My Favorite Mobility / Corrective Exercise - The Toddler Squat.

AM - 30 minutes of walking. I have a new theory for all my problems (femoral anterior glide syndrome)...one of these days I'm going to figure it out!

PM - 45 minutes of weight training then 30 minutes of walking with Jake. 

AM - Went to the gym with Jake. We did 20 minutes on the stairmaster then ran outside for 10 minutes or so. We weren't planning to run at all, but he was making me so nervous on the stairmaster that running actually seemed like a better idea. 

Annual Work Triathlon!

Unfortunately, I was unable to "race" this year due to my injuries, but I figured if I could make it through the entire 2 mile run, 1 mile elliptical, 4 mile recumbent bike then it would be a success. I was pleasantly surprised that I had minimal-to-no pain! Finished in 42 minutes - about 9 minutes over what I did last year but that's okay. I did the run in 14 minutes with 1.5 miles at 6:35 pace and it felt like a jog, so that makes me happy. 

I have found an exercise that I have been doing the last three days, and my gluteus medius pain has almost completely subsided. It's called quadruped rocking:

AM - 3.5 miles with Jake. Felt good!

 Ski day! I was able to skin about 1500ft without pain so we got in a couple good ski runs. Beautiful day to be outside! We are hoping to be able to do this on Sundays all spring season.

AM - Let Fritz beat me on the stairmaster this morning. 25 minutes of that + 5 minutes of the arm bike. I feel good - the skiing didn't affect me too badly, only a tight IT band this morning. 

Went to PT and did EMG on the glute medius, TFL, glute max, and hamstring. The hamstring is overworking in comparison with the glute max. And here is the graph comparing the left and right side glute medius and TFL - no real shocker for why my right glute medius and TFL hurt so much...they are working WAY harder than they should be. We double-checked the location of the sensors and everything...This is the prime example of compensation patterns. I'm so screwed up!! 

AM - 30 minutes of arm bike, stairmaster, and short run combination. Everything around my hip hurts today. I'm taking the rest of the week off from work for family ski vacation up at Park City! 

I'll probably be pretty sporatic about posting for the next while...after 8 months and no overall progress, this injury is really wearing on me. It's very difficult for me to read other people's blogs because I get so frustrated and jealous that I can't run. I hope that's understandable...I'm back to the point where I am in pain all day, and I am revisiting the potential that I have a labral tear or a sports hernia. Physical therapy for the last 4 months has only provided small spurts of relief before back to square one. I'm going to see an orthopedic surgeon next week in hopes that he can shed some light on the problems.