glidergirl

AM:

• 7 miles on the elliptical (Garmin info here)

PM:

• "Power Pump" class for 1 hour tonight at the gym

I didn't have to work last night or today and I don't have class or clinical!  Read a running book while on the elliptical and now I'm going to follow the Boston Marathon. :) 

(PS it was so fun watching Boston this morning.  Those are some talented runners, I tell you what.) 

**For those of you who missed it, they are replaying it on NBC Universal at 1200am (ET)...definitely worth watching...Desiree Davila is AMAZING**

Hoping for a run tomorrow after my shoes arrive.  ;)  I always send the packages to James' work, so it will be a late evening run, check back then! 

AM:

• 5 miles elliptical while reading (makes the time go by a lot faster!)
• strength training

PM:

• 20 min barefoot walk outside
• 6.5 miles easy running

Here's the situation.  My feet and calves are pansies.  They can run 50 miles a week, but then change one little thing and they fall apart.  So...I'm gonna do something about it!!!!! I feel like I'm a parent who's son got beat up and now I'm teaching him martial arts so he can hold his own next time. :)  Meaning, I'm going to start running barefoot, at least a few miles a week.  Which is funny because I was a huge critic and swore I would never do it.  But I can't deny the arguments for it any longer.  They just make sense to me (as long as you do it right).  Before you freak out (I know...I know...I'm just coming off an achilles injury), just know that I'm starting out super slow (and reading everything I can about it so that I don't do something stupid). I actually haven't even wore my Vibrams yet.  I'm following the plan in this book.  I'm skipping the first step because I love to walk barefoot at home, so I don't think I need that step. Right now I'm working on making the bottoms of my feet tougher so they can start being without shoes more often by walking outside on the sidewalk for 20 minutes a day or every other day.  I won't even be running for probably a month or so.  After my 18 miler when my foot got injured, it has felt better every since to go barefoot or wear my flats or flip flops, so that's really what sealed the deal for me!  Well, that and the fact that I was injured AGAIN and had to take time off running yet again.  So here goes nothin!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/80481698

AM:

• 5 easy miles on the elliptical while studying for a final tomorrow...might as well move while studying ;)  splits here

PM:

• (decided to not run my planned 4 miles...foot still hurt from yesterday's run) 
• 1 mile barefoot walking home from school (about 1 mile of the 1.5 miles)

These tendons injuries drive me NUTS!!!!  I think things are fine after resting, I plan a run, they are a little tight during the run but they warm up and feel fine, things feel great after the run and then the next day what does lots of crunchy crepitus, swelling and pain the day after a 6 mile run equal?  No running once again for a few days. :(  I'm sure you're all getting tired of reading about this yet again! 

After talking extensively with my (future) PT, Teena, I have decided to take another week off to get completely healed.  I can't bike or do elliptical either (and even walking too much is out), so I'm going to try and do a lot of core work, strengthening, stretching...and resting.  My goal is to do at least something 1 or 2 times every day because I tend to not do much if I can't run...but I can't let myself off that easy this time around...gotta avoid the pity party. =0)  I think I have a handle on the factors causing my injuries (at least some of them), so hopefully I can get things under control...again.

AM

• strength training at the gym

PM

• (hope to do some pilates or yoga at home if my class gets done early enough today)