Lulu's Challenge... rise from the ashes

Swam 2000m. Took Bubbles for her "Mommy" swim lesson. She is learning to float on her back, blow bubbles (shouldn't be a problem given her history), and put her face under water. We practiced kicking and introduced her to paddling. She did well. My plan is to teach her to swim under water and come up for air by flipping onto her back. I have no idea how to teach a child to swim. Heck, I just learned a couple years ago. Honey came to get her, then I swam.

500 warm up with drills. 3X300 with 45 sec rest. These were tough. I don't have a lot of stamina in the pool right now. 100 kicking on back. 3X100 sprints at 1:30 with 30 sec rest. I do love being the fastest one in the pool. I am not very fast right now so that tells you about all the other people in the pool. 200 cool down. 

Ran easy. Focused on only the moment most of the time. Listened to my breathing; trying to just be. Very relaxing run. Felt better on mile 5 than I did on 1-3.

4 miles. 2.5 mile warm up. 2X800. Was wondering if I was doing them fast enough. Yep. I almost threw up during the last part of the second one.

Pliometrics and strength in evening while Bubbles was at gymnastics.

3X50m lunges with medicine ball

3X50 exaggerated skipping

3X50 bounding

3X15 crunches with medicine ball

3X15 reverse crunches with medicine ball

3X20 superman/swimming

3X15 squats with medicine ball

3X10 tricep curl with medicine ball

treadmill.

2400m swim and SI joint injection right side.

Swam 500 warm up with drills. 3X400m swim. 200 kicking. 3X100 on 2:00. 200m cool down.

Had SI injected. They had me starve for >6 hours for sedation. I talked the doc out of sedating me. Apparently they sedate everyone.Doc now thinks I am tough. I stressed them out a bit with my 45 pulse. "is your pulse always low?" I was happy that within a few hours I was recovered from my swim. Also gave me hope that I am not as out-of-shape as I thought I was. A conversation with my father put a bit of a damper on that hope: my entire paternal side of the family has low heart rates. My Dad said, as long as it wasn't affecting my memory....

I have to have the left side injected Monday.

Wow! Yea! I can't believe it. This is the first run in a long time my SI joint did not hurt!! The lidocaine from yesterday has surely worn off and the steroid surely hasn't kicked in (doc and everything I read said 2-5 days)... but, it doesn't hurt! I felt like I could run 10 miles! I will in a month. I really think the lidocaine allowed the muscles in my behind to settle down. The SI belt was already helping and now this injection just put me on the sure road to pain-free running.

Oh, I had a medical professional suggest that perhaps my hip was telling me I should not be running. I responded "It hurts most when I am sleeping. In fact, the more I sleep, the more it hurts. Perhaps my hip is telling me I shouldn't be sleeping!" Ridiculous. Give me a break. My hip has always felt better during and after running.