I'm not crazy...I'm just bored!!

nothing. nope. nada. zip. zero. zilch. 

I had good intentions, but I think I have some SI joint impingment and it is pressing on my sciatic and sends burning, shooting, crippling pain down both of my legs at random times and I basically have to sit down on the ground to make it stop. Like a charlie horse time 1000X 

Since I figured out what it was yesterday night, I've been doing stretches etc to make it better today and they have been helping. Against my better judgement, I'm going to try and run tomorrow...

Well, I ditched the running group, because in the 5 minutes I was up trying to get ready I had 2 crippling attacks. So, meh....I didn't want to be far from home, in the cold and unable to run or walk because of pain. Turned out it was for the best to skip, because Melanie ended up in the ER with her husband and it was just Chad and Mike. They would've hated my slow pace. 

I went to the gym and ran 4 miles before boxing class started, because Adam made me late enough that I couldn't jump into weights. BUT, it was best that way. It took a couple miles and stretching between them and I was able to run the last 2 without stopping at a 7.0 mph or faster. 

I then did boxing and then lifting on my own. 

After lift I ran another 3 miles for a total of 7 miles in 61:00, not too shabby for starting with a 10:20 pace. 

I finished with some good yoga and stretching. It really helped keep my sciatica from seizing up after I finished. 

I was able to get into my massage therapist this evening and she helped work out my SI as well as pirimorfis and hamstrings. I think it will help a ton. It already has. We shall see what the morning brings.

I did 4 full 3 minute rounds 2 with Whitney and 2 with Cyle. I got a good rattling from Cyle, but mastered Whitney. Not a single punch landed :) Hopefully I'll be ready by February 27th. 

Then I did speed work on the TM. I had done a half mile warm-up before sparring, but then I did another half mile before speed work. My first mile was 9:23...then at 10:00 I started my speed. 3 minutes starting at 8MPH and finishing at 9MPH, then 2 minutes at 7.0 to recover. Then I did the 3 minutes faster, 8.5 for the first minute and 9.0 for the last two.  2 minutes recovery and then I did 8.8MPH, 9.0 and 9.5 - 2 minute recovery then the last set I did at 9.0, 9.3, 9.5 and 10.0 for the last 20 seconds. I haven't run that fast in a long time. I like to be slow and lazy....I finished up my miles to 4.1, because I knew what my first mile was and I wanted to know what my 5K time was with the speed work. I finished the 4.1 miles in 31:23, which made my math super easy. 7:05AP with my rest minutes at 7MPH felt like a nice accomplishment. Especially with my crazy back issues (sciatica) that I've been dealing with these past few days. Sometimes I swear I can't even walk normal, so running with some speed was welcome....although slightly painful. 

I then spent 30 minutes doing my own yoga routine to stretch my SI joints, piriformis, hamstrings and spine. I also rolled my lower back and hamstrings. The massage helped a lot, but I still get plenty of zings of pain and tightness.

I was supposed to run Shaggy Mountain this morning. But, when I got up to get ready so that I could head out a little early and get my back warmed up before the speedies caught me, I saw that Melanie had to bail due to puking kids. Sigh. Chad and Dave run SO fast, I didn't want to run alone the whole time. They would speed super fast until they caught up to me and then I'd be going to slow at that point for them to feel like they weren't running in mud. So, then they'd leave me and I'd be alone and they'd be waiting forever for me at each re-group point. I figured I would simply alleviate them of any issues and bail myself. Sigh. I had actually gone to bed early and was looking forward to the run. I just really hate running alone and constantly being behind. 

I made my kids a wonderful breakfast and got them all off to school.

I took Adam to the gym and did my heavy lifting class (all arms today) and then I ran a mile to loosen up the back...which is why I only have one mile. Then I did the full hour of boxing class. Afterward I did my yoga, rolling and stretching routine to keep the back loose. It IS getting better, but man alive I wish it would just stop. 

no running. I did power lifting with Cyle and then boxing class and yoga/stretching. My back always feels a lot better when I stretch.

Then, I headed down to St George with Lauren and another pacer. We got down there late, but got packets and registration. 

Pacing the St George half marathon. I was pacing the 1:50 with Shawna Dibb. I wasn't completely confident in my skills at hitting this pace, especially with my back. I took some excederin and my back loosened up enough that the first few miles weren't horrible.  We settled into an 8:15 quite well and remained about 25-30 seconds ahead of pace despite the hills and crazy course. Mile 7 hill went well and the downhill invigorated me and I was ready to hit the pace accurately. However, around mile 10ish, my hips/back started aching and I was worried about my back holding up. Luckily at mile 11 two of the people who had been with us from the beginning dropped back and were having a hard time keeping pace. So I dropped back with them to encourage them and get them into the finish. It was certainly worth it and a welcome pace for my back as well. I truly wasn't complaining! Finished just at 1:51 and it was nice to watch those two finish strong! 

Lauren ran the 5K just over 29 minutes and was 5th in her AG (15-19).  We took off rather quickly and showered and loaded up to head back home.

at 6:30 I met Cyle and Whitney and I sparred a few rounds. I'm feeling a lot better about my boxing skills and with 6 more weeks I think I should ceratinly be able to hold my own against another amatuer.