Mandy's meanderings!

After serious issues with my calf last week, my chiropractor suggested laying off using it too much for a few days.  He said I pulled the muscle behind my calf and had me do some ultrasound therapy on it.  I think it really helped.  I've been rolling it and stretching it a lot too.  Today I decided to give it a go, and it worked for the most part.  Toward the end I started feeling the calf again, so I shaved off a little of the run and just walked the rest of the time.  Did a .25 warm-up, jogged 1 mile, took a potty break, jogged 1.25 miles, then walked .5 miles.  Total time was 31:31.

I really hope that whatever I did to piss off my left leg goes away.  My quads started hurting yesterday for no reason at all.  My chiropractor suggested I start doing some intense massage therapy on my back/upper hip muscles.  I think I might take his advice this week.

The headaches don't seem to want to go away.  The tension in my head, neck, and shoulders is getting ridiculous.  I WANT MY IBUPROFEN!!!!  I'm starting to think maybe it's how I'm stretching my neck and shoulders, so I'm attempting a whole new level of stretching this week.  No matter where I am, I'm trying to stretch and work my neck and shoulders.  If this doesn't help, I don't know what will-the heating pad and naps aren't really working for me, and tylenol makes it worse.

On a nicer note, my run today was alright.  My right calf is feeling kind of tight-another reason to revamp the stretching.  Did .25 mile warm-up, jogged 1.35 miles, walked .4 miles, jogged 1.25 miles, then did a .5 mile cool down.  Total time was 39:36.

I think the stretching is making a difference.  I didn't have a massive headache in the afternoon for the first time in almost 6 weeks yesterday!  Yippee!!!!!  My calves are feeling mostly back to normal too.  The run went really well today.  I upped the speed a little bit and I think my body liked it better than the jogging-my breathing felt more natural and I went farther than I have in a while.  

Did a .25 mile warm-up, jogged 3 miles at 6.2 mph, then did a .5 mile cool down.  Total time was 38:26.

Took the kids on a walk-guestimate was 1.25 miles.

Day two of no headaches!  I really hope this new stretching thing works. Another good run today.  Did .25 mile warm-up, jogged 3 miles at 6.2 mph, then did a .5 mile cool down.  Total time was 38:03.