Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

Heloooooo!  Last week ended up a lot lower in mileage than I had planned- but such is life :)  My calf if actually feeling much better this morning.  All the ice and massage (recommended by Josse -thanks) seemed to help mucho!  I am sure I averted a rupture and am going to do all I can to keep that from happening in the future. 

Goals for the week-

1- be very kind to my calf :)  No further injury- any prevention tips from the wise among us would be greatly appreciated ;)

2- stay strong on the "no soda" thing ;)

3- yoga Yoga yoga!

4- do the planned mileage, even if it is slow walking.

5- Stretch really well after my warm up before I begin to run (especially my sweet calves)

Last Week in Review

#1 REST and relax this week.  It is my cut back week and I am gonna live it up!!  I did really good with this one A+

#2 YOGA 2X's!!!! A real class!  No matter what!  Mini- every day.  I did this one too :)  B+  I only get the B+ because my calf still got injured - arg!!!

I walked this morning.  It is muggy and overcast with flying ants everywhere :(  I ran a very little bit, but it started to feel a little to stressed in the calf, so I stopped.  The walking felt fine, slow and mentaly irritating, but fine.  I saw Kim and Jennifer (I think- I hope, please forgive me if your name wasn't Jennifer :)  I wanted to run back down with them, but I knew that would just be stupid, so I sauntered onward.

I have a massage with Josse today, and I am hoping for some magic.  My calves just feel like overinflated balloons that are always on the verge of popping.  They don't ever seem to be able to relax at all anymore.  Majic massage with Josse!  It was go great to meet her kids and get my legs beaten (or scraped) into submission ;)  They are on the mend and I am THRILLED!!!!

I'm off to do some yoga before work!  Have a great day everyone!

Eeyore out! (how do you spell Eeyore- is that right?)

We walked with the kids tonight for fun :)  It was about 1 mile.  Hey- I rode the bike for a bit too.  I say "the bike" because ALL of our bikes tires are flat except the one I weasled away from my 11 year old, Kate.  Surprisingly enough, I can still ride a bike.  It was fun!

I woke up this morning with no soreness except right by my knee, top of my calf where Josse tried to see of I could jump straight up from a horizontal position ;)  I don't have any soreness from the massage at all :D  Now Josse, please don't take this as a challenge :)  It's the best I have felt after a massage, ever.  The scraping didn't seem to leave any lasting damage either ;)  I am going to bust out the ruler and scrape away!

My run today was not great.  I stretched and massaged my calves before I went and numerous times during the four miles.  When I ran, after about a half mile the cutting pain started right at the base of my calf again, so I walked.  I tried more running, after more stretching and massaging, but after a few strides- the cutting pain was back.  I don't want to be a wimp, if I should just run through the pain, but I really don't want a serious injury that will keep me from running in Hobble Creek.

I am planning on walking my miles until my calf resolves itself, or is this a bad idea.  Should I just swim or bike?  I ordered Mama Calm and hopefully it will be here soon :)

Any wisdom from the wise would be most appreciated.

Have a good day.  You know I never took Eeyore for a bully, but he is beating the crud out of my Tigger!

BTW- Sat, I could hardly walk, major limp and NO going down stairs.  Sunday and monday, no limp and going down stairs was ok.  Today- limping and stairs are not very good.

Alright, this was my first real bike ride in probably 25 YEARS!  It was very fun to go that fast! :D  It took me a while to figure out the two sets of gears (NO laughing).  I was afraid that I might die, but it really went well.  No mishaps at all.  Also, I had always thought that reading was a requirement for having a drivers license, but I guess not.  Even my 2 year old knows that a stop sign is RED and says STOP!  I guess there are a bunch of illiterate people out there ;)

A few questions- my fingers kept going numb on my right hand, any pointers and any seat suggestions?  My bum is NOT going to want to do that tomorrow ;)  Also, is biking primarily a quad exercise?

6.24 biking miles, 39:10, ave pace 6:17, best pace 3:17, laps- 7:39, 7:50, 5:23, 5:26, 5:44, 5:34, 6:39(.24)

Hey LOOK- my slpits look like those of a fast super hero runners on this blog!

Sasha said to count 12 min of hard riding as one mile.  This ride was a test of the emergency exercise system, it was only a test.

No limp this morning :) But... a mini limp all day :(  I am going to ride all of my miles this week and try running next monday.  That should give it plenty of time to heal. (I am hoping and praying)  Hey with all of this riding- I may end up in Cedar City.  I have to go pretty far to get in the miles, 29 running miles this week (about 60ish in bike miles)!  Tomorrow I will go to Spanish Fork :)

6.5 miles this evening.  Went on a repeat bike ride this evening with David.  I bought a new seat earlier today and had to test it out.  It felt MUCH better than the old pointy stabby one.  Tomorrow David is going with me again and we are going to go to Salem Pond and there abouts!  I like riding my bike.  I even did it with no hands.  The speed is a little freaky to me.  Oh, MAJOR head wind this evening.  Seriously, it virtually stopped us heading up the canyon.  I am guessing that this injury is good, in that it got me back on a bike again.

The limping is virtually gone this evening.  I am going to go soak in the creek for a bit with hubby and enjoy the wonderful evening!

Biking again today- 13:06 miles, 1:25:37, ave pace 6:33, best pace 3:36, laps- 12:19 (.37mi), 5:22, 6:20, 6:16, 7:00, 5:35, 7:07, 5:07, 6:32, 5:19, 5:39, 6:55, 8:24, 7:59(.69mi).

Alright- this biking thing is FUN!  DAvid went with me this morning and it was great!  I am sure I am not getting the same workout as I do with running, but it is WAY better than sitting around moping! Also, I must weigh in on the counting biking miles equally for running miles- this is bad.  Well for me, at least, they are no way comparable at all.  Mine calculate at about half the running miles to biking miles and that is probably too generous :(

We rode from our house (right by Peteetneet) to Salem Pond, then around the pond and to Spanish Fork (IFA) then back home via Arrow Head Trail.  I think for tomorrows ride we are going to go to Sonic in Spanish Fork for a smoothie :D  I need to remember to bring water!

My calf still hurts going down the stairs and I don't think I am limping today.  I can't tell right now because I have spaghetti legs from the bike ride ;)  I scraped them last night and boy did that feel good.  I don't have a "tool" so I used the edge of our tv remote ;)

I miss running :(  On the lighter side, I had absolutely no limp yesterday and no problems at all with going down the stairs :)  I did more scraping last night with the tv remote.  I kept turning on the tv by accident, which was irritating ;)

Time 1:04, Biking miles 10.15, Avr pace 6:19, best pace 3:20, Laps, 8:14, 7:13, 4:59, 5:55, 5:59, 7:04, 6:16, 6:02, 6:18, 5:08, 6:30 (.15)

64 min Yoga.  Restorative class.  It felt really good- especially Savasana ;)

biked 6.25 miles, 40 min.

Good luck everyone today!  I am off to change the world!  :D

Have a great day!  I can't wait to try a little jog on Monday.   I Have no pain at all today, not even a flinch :D  The Mama Calm came today- and BOY IS THAT NASTY!!!!  I will suffer through it if it will help my imbalances ;)

We are going to see the Police & Elvis Costello tonight !  Yeah!!!