Denouement

Walked 3.25, then ran 1 mile, then walked 2.5.

Total walking 5.53, 13:12 ave pace

Total running 1 mile, 10:20.  It was not the most glorious reintroduction to road running I could have imagined.  I felt so heavy!  The extra weight is so much more noticable when running than when walking.  By the end my upper ham and SI joint were painful with each strike, though it was low level pain (about a 2 at most).  I tried to enjoy running outside, but it was a bit depressing to feel so out of shape and to not be able to go sub 10 (of course I could have, but it was not supposed to be a hard mile, and unfortunately that's where I am).

Sept 9 is my next rheum appt.  If I felt great today I would have run a mile a day this week, but I think my next mile will be on Wed on the treadmill instead, to try to mitigate a bit of the pounding.

Lots of stretching and (some, not lots of) abs. 

No pain yesterday while just walking around. 

Since had some pain yesterday, decided to not run again until tomorrow.

Started my walk with some pain on the lower outside of hamstring, which persisted but didn't get worse (1-2).

I saw Pat (stopped and chatted) and TylerS in my first mile.  After a mile walking warm up, I did some hill intervals, race walking style.  There's a .25 hill stretch, where I pushed for three portions of that .25, then easy on the way down, but I kept my overall pace under 13mm the whole time.  Did this up and down 6 times, for three miles there, then one mile back to the car (also sub 13).  This was my first walk with back to back sub 13, and it was for four miles.  Ave pace 12:49  I can almost walk as fast as I can run :D

I wonder how much more life people could get out of their legs if they never did St. G?  5 years maybe? Pat and I discussed this.  

Afternoon: 31 min elliptical, 6 min easy (level 1 then 2, then three), then 1 minute @ level 5, 1 min @ level 3, twelve times, then two min cool down

Evening: walked 1 mile then stretching and planks, outside bottom hamstring still bugging me.  I have an appt with Orrock Fri afternoon. 

Celebrated JJ going to his first day of kindergarten by sleeping in!  Not only that, but Paul wanted to go to bed early since he had to wake up early, so I was in bed by 9:20 and woke up at 7:20--heaven!

I walked around the WH park, but when I got into the foresty area there was my neighbors wolfdog guarding the path, and he didn't move when I said hi, so I turned myself around, walked home and called the neighbor.  She brought him in and I was able to resume my walk. Walked 3.30 outside, including a hearty stretching stop (you know you are stretching when you are wimpering).  Then hopped on treadmill, walked another mile, then started RUNNING (ok jogging).  Ran one mile in 9:53, felt much better than my road mile on Monday, but there was just a tinge of tenderness in my right SI area.  One mile seems so long to me!  It is weird how half a year ago I would do half marathon easy runs without thinking it was long, but now one mile seems long.  

I am under 140 again!  And I'm going to stay there!  Only about 15 more pounds until I don't feel like I am carrying around saddlebags.

I think I will drive in my Onion Days application today, to save myself the online fee and so I can get a sugar free iceee, a treat that won't come back to haunt me.

Evening, abs, stretching and roller on my lower right ham, still hurty. 

AM:  Power walked 5.8, 13:00 ave pace, outer low hamstring still achy.  Stretched after first mile.

PM: 30 min elliptical workout that just about did me in: 2 min at each of these levels in this order: 2,3,5,7,4,6,8,3,5,7,4,6,8,3,2.  It was really tough, but I got that great, post workout buzz:  

I AM QUEEN OF THE WORLD!!! (ok that may be taking it too far, but I feel good :) ). 

AM: Met MacK early so had time for some serious walking.  We walked 2 then ran 1, felt better than Wed or Mon, but still some slight niggle at top hamstring and some slight burning/sore feeling at SI.  Then MacK and I split.  I didn't have my gps watch so I used course tool to see how far I had gone after the fact.  My stomach was SOOO hollow by the end of my run.

On my scale, with Paul present, I was saying no whammies, no whammies, and I was sub 140 (140 or above would be a whammy), and my best weight since my peak, so I am going into the weekend happy!   

PM: PT, pain in lower ham is just that, not IT band.  Did standard stuff, and for exercise: 3 min walk, 3 min tramp run, 1 min walk/run x5, 1 min walk, stretching in and out of cage.  Pace on treadmill 6-6.6 mph.   

Walked the 5 mile loop around the SF riverbottoms, the had some gatorade, then did 3 more miles.  I saw MacK and Josse after I finished my walk.  I thought another two girls were Merri and Josse, and I said hi like they were, but then it wasn't them, so that was embarrassing, but then I got to see them anyway.  

Overall 8.1, 1:41:48, or 12:34 ave pace