Running because I can!

I have just entertained and taken care of my wounded daughter. She is really doing great but is having a hard time taking it easy and leaving her bandage on her throat alone.  It is still very swollen in fact her throat where the surgery was is part of her chin right now.

I am sure my knee's have needed the rest as well. I am looking forward to running tomorrow and having it be a good one!   

What is the deaL?

I ran the first mile and felt great, same as it has been the right knee started to hurt and by 1.5 I stopped and walked for a minute as soon as I stopped the pain went away. I stretched for a minute and then tried again.  Only got worse.  I walked the last mile up hill as fast as I could.  42 minutes total.

It seems like just a couple of months ago I was saying I really did not like running very much, but I have kind of grown to love it and I am so frusterated.   After three days off I thought I would have a great running day.

I worked my abs really good and then my arms.  Then I got on the bike for 40 minutes.  

I should have felt good on my drive home just for the fact that I worked out again after three days, but felt more like crying. 

I am icing my knee right now. 

My knee hurt when I woke up today, so I iced it and stretched and did some house work. I was feeling like if I couldn't run I was not going to the gym. (Its the hard head in me, want to do things I can't do) I made an apointment for my kids and went anyways. I did 30 minutes, 1.5 miles on the arc trainer.

A few light leg weights and abs.

Then I did 16 minutes 1.50 miles on the elliptical.

My knee is feeling a little better but I did take some ibprophen.

I got up at 5:00am and went to the gym. I did the treadmill for 32 minutes. Mostly walking. I could feel the pain in my need but it was not unbearable so I did not push it to that point. 

I worked my arms and abs, then I did 30 minutes on the arc trainer at a level 5 it is 20-30 pds alternating. Then I changed the setting to strength training at a level 7 30-80 pds for 10 minutes.

Then I rode the bike for 22 minutes. 

My knee is a little stiff walking down the stairs, but better than yesterday.   

Woke up with ear infections. (Get them all the time) I put my drops in first thing.  I had a head ache and felt off balance all day, so I just cleaned my house.  

I feel much better today.   I could not get my kids in at the gym daycare so I ran/ walked on my treadmill at home.  I walked the first .25 then I ran the next 1mile then I walked and stretched then I ran again for.50 then I walked.   My knee felt much better today, more of a dull ache so I did not want to push it until I could not stand it like I have tried doing. When I was walking I did have it on an incline and exercised my arms with 5 pds weights at the same time. 

Then I rode my exercise bike for 40 minutes.    

I stood on the side of the road for 4 hours and directed runners for the marathon, then I came home and had 6 kids demanding my attention so I jumped on the tramp with them for about an hour.

Then I took my dog out I was just going to walk her because she hurt her paw but she wanted to run so we ran a half mile. I was expecting my sister any minute so i could not be gone long. And my poor dog was trying to lay down at the top of our hill.