The Long Run

Another day of non-running cardio and weights. I tested out my legs on the treadmill but it did not take long before I knew that I was not ready to run.  It hurt from the start, not quite a stabbing pain but somewhat pronounced.  I made a few different attempts while on the treadmill, starting out from a walk and trying to progress to a slow jog (5 mph). 

The rest of the cardio felt really good, I felt stronger than last week.

So, after two weeks of no running I made an appointment with the doctor for this Thursday.

In any event I'll just keep taking it easy and doing what I can until I'm better.  On the bright side this could be the time that I finally learn how to become a better swimmer!

I decided to up things a little bit this morning.  I was not going to try running again but would do some non-running cardio.   For some reason I did get on the treadmill and walked a bit, but could not turn up the speed very much so was only on it for a few minutes.

I got on the bike for 15 minutes, that felt pretty good.

I then got on the arc trainer and did 21 minutes there.  I can use my arms a lot on that machine so it works out well.

Then I went home, got ready and then went to work.

Later in the afternoon I'm not sure if I was hurting or not.  There wasn't really any pain but there was something.  So, I'll take tomorrow off completely.

As promised I did not exercise today.  As hard as that is, it is probably better since my doctor's appointment is soon and I might as well wait to here what she recommends.

No running or cardio this morning. I figured I would wait for the Dr.'s appointment.

So I just got back from the appointment and so far so good. X-ray looked good and doctor's assessment based on moving my leg around in variable positions looked good. She does not think it is a stress fracture. My hips do look tilted so I'll start PT next week. I have an MRI scheduled for tonight.

One thing that I really like about this doctor is that you get the feeling that her goal is to get you back running. No running at all would be prescribed only if absolutely necessary.

It was kind of neat that both the doctor and the nurse saw me win at the 5K, I don't remember seeing them there but I'm not good at recognizing people when they are not wearing what you usually see them wearing. 

On Monday I'll have a follow up appointment to go over the MRI results.

Mainly cardio cross training this morning.  I did 10 minutes on the bike and then 30 minutes on the arc trainer.  I was feeling pretty good after the arc trainer so decided to give the treadmill one small try.   Since the Dr. said yesterday that it was probably not a stress fracture, and since she also said to just use pain as a guide - if it hurts don't do it, I figured it would be ok to try.

I started out really slow (4.2) and slowly increased the speed until I eventually made it up to 6.4.  I don't think there is any pain and now a couple of hours has  passed and I think I'm still ok.

Hopefully I'll get the green light on Monday for more and then the physical therapy should help things along to get me back to normal. 

Mostly cross training and another attempt at running.  Did 30 minutes on the arc trainer, 10 minutes on the bike and then got onto the treadmill.  I was hoping to do 3 miles.  If it didn't hurt I would go to 3 and call it a success, otherwise I would stop earlier.  It felt about the same as yesterday.  I thought about going to 2 miles, but the pain was just enough that I decided it wasn't worth it since I don't know 100% what is causing it.  Hopefully I'll find out on Monday.

Overall, it was nearly an hour of pretty good cardio.