"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I did 63 minutes on the elliptical, warmed up for 20 minutes then I did the trail race which is 30 minutes with resistance up to 7 but the resistance is between 2 and 7 for 90% of the workout as to be simulating hills... After that I cooled down for 13 minutes and then I finished up with some upper body weight training and then some push-ups. My PT says I should try running every other day to see if I do better, so that will be the plan which means I get to run tomorrow so I'll be looking forward to that. Now its off to take my two kids, Abby and Ethan,  up to decorate their Mothers grave in draper and I'm sure it will be sad.

See ya tomorrow.

Day off. Leg was sore from the PT.

My leg was feeling pretty good so I ran out towards Payson via Canal road and as I returned back to the house I was feeling pretty good so I went out to the Stake Center and then back to the house. The plan was to do only 3 but I felt pretty good so I tacked on another mile, my average pace was 8:30 with my total time at 36:45 after the run I stretched and then I jumped on the elliptical for a 10 minute warmup and then I ran the contenders course with resistance up to 5 for 20 minutes, RPM was at a 90 effort. I felt like a runner today I juts wish I could do it every day, oh well baby steps.

See you tomorrow.

I ran down to the track with Ethan cuz he wanted to do some 400 repeats so we jogged down to the school. My leg was killing me!!! I'm seriously thinking of hanging things up for awhile, this has been a really frustrating injury and I am at the end of my rope! After we got to the school I had Ethan do 3x400 with a 400 rest in between each repeat and oh how longed to join him, it sucks being injured! His repeats went like this, 1:21(1:50rest), 1:29(2:00 rest), 130(2:00 rest). Those last two were prettty even but the first one was a little fast but its good cuz he needs to be able to feel the pace to try and keep them more even. We jogged home which is 1.80 both ways for a total of 3.60 but Ethan had a little more becuase of the repeats, 5.35. After we got home I jumped on the elliptical for 25 minutes with now resistance, RPM was 90 and above. No pain while on the elliptical. Very, Very, Frustrating!!!! I'm jumping off the nearest cliff!;)

My son Ethan wanted to do 7 miles this morning so I had him head out to mini Gu corner and I followed slowly behind him, I wasn't sure how far I was going to go it all depended on my leg and how it was feeling... My leg seemed a lot better on this run so I just went with it and took it mile by mile,  my goal was to try and see if I could get in  8 miles and I was able to do it. My quads kind of were tired at the end but it was a good thing to have them hurting more than my calf was so I was pleasantly surprised. I mean don't get me wrong my leg is now where close to being healed but today was a positive sign no doubt. I will have a better idea tomorrow and Monday to see how it recovers, my average pace was 8:23 with my total time at 1:08:02 I had a sub 8 minute mile towards the end (7:58), I let my pace get away from me , I was good feeling good. Its so nice to be able to run longer for a change. Ethan did really well, he averaged just under a 8 minute mile I just wanted him to keep it easy and not over do it. He did not like running in the heat so I taught him a good lesson, wake up earlier before it gets hot;) I am really proud of him and he is going to knock his first 10K out of the water, I really think he can run it under 40 minutes.

See ya Monday