Slow Poke

This was my first half and I felt really, really good!!  At every mile marker I would think, "another mile already".  Not that I was going all that fast or anything, I just felt good.  My dad ran the 5K and then came back and met me at about mile 8.5.  He runs faster than me so for the last 4 miles or so he pushed me.  Up until that point I was just running at a very comfortable pace and not pushing it at all.  I am glad he motivated me and it felt amazing to finish that much stronger.  I am very happy with my time.  All week I have been thinking if I finish in under 2:30, I will be happy, so I am very stoked with my time!! 

Glad to be running and glad to have my first 1/2 under my belt. 

I hadn't ran my 3 mile loop in awhile and it felt good to run it.  It is pretty hilly and quite the workout for being only 3 miles.  I pushed my daughter and she wanted to chat the whole time.  It is cute when she does that.  Sometimes on the hills she tells me, "go faster mommy", or she will look at my feet and say "oh, i thought you were walking".  Anyway, it was a good short run. 

 I feel great still after saturdays run.  I didn't get to sore, and that is crazy.  I did take a couple of walks yesterday just to make sure I didn't stiffen up, but still feel really, really good!!

Once again not much variation to my run.  Pushed my daughter and did the same route.  The second I walked in my door after the run the weather turned all sorts of nasty.  That was pretty cool, it would have sucked getting stuck in that. 

My knee is a little sore this morning, not a clue why.  Hopefully it just has something to do with the weather, otherwise, I am falling apart.

Anyway, happy to be running!!!

I went trail running with my friend in Zion National Park today.  I loved running on the dirt and my knee felt great.  We ran in some pretty sandy stuff for about 1.5 miles and then we hit some pavement.  The plan was to run back into Springdale to where we met, but I only made it about a half mile.  My knee started killing me!!!  It is a very awkward pain.  The next day I could barely walk and now in monday, it is still hurting.  It is weird and I don't get it.  I am going to take it easy (have no choice on that) and see what happens.  It is frustrating to have such a great 1/2 last weekend and then get hurt.  I don't like it, but I will live and try not to hurt it more.

I gave in and made a doctors appointment today for my knee.  Still can't walk right, still swollen and it has been 4 days.  I am a bit scared of permanent damage.  I have no clue what I could have done to it. 

I went to a preventative medicine doctor today that does what is called prolo therapy.  Very interesting.  He told me that I had torn a ligament by my knee and that by taking alleve and an anti-inflammatory medicine I had interupted my bodies natural healing process.  He says that your body goes through 3 stages of healing and each stage in necessary to heal properly.  If it doesn't go through all 3 you prone to re-injury.  

So, he put 4 shots directly into my ligament.  I believe the shot contained fish oil and some omega 6 (I know, ridiculous I don't know exactly what it was).  He says that this will restart my healing process, starting with the inflammatory stage which I had stopped by taking medicine.  With this I should heal properly and be able to run again in 2 weeks.  When he was explaining everything and said only 2 weeks healing time, I said "give me the shot." 

My knee is pretty big and was even bigger yesterday.  It is pretty stiff, but so far no more pain. We will see what happens.  So far, not necessarily a believer, but if I can run in only 2 weeks I will definately be a believer!!

Walking with my parents and pushing my daughter in the stroller.  The doc said walking is good at this stage of the recovery process.  My knee is feeling better, I can't wait to run!!!!!  Only a little over a week now.

I am finally walking normal today ( or closer anyway).  It has been a week since I have walked rigth so that is a good feeling.  At work on friday I talked to a couple of people that have done prolotherapy themselves and are quite postitive about it.  That was reasurring because thursday and friday were the worst days.  I am feeling better about it now and will keep updated.  I look forward to running again... 10 more days.

Went walking with my daughter.  It was slow but steady, just trying to keep the knee loose and hopefully help with recovery.

My knee was huting at work today but once I left work and got off of the concrete it felt better, so I bundled my daughter up and we went for a walk. I planned on going 3 but it got pretty cold and windy so we turned around before we had hit a mile.

As I was nearing the house my knee started hutring a bit again, but is definatly feeling better now.

The true test will be when I run on thursday, soon I will count the hours until I can run again!! I am jonesing!!!!

Another walk pushing my daughter. After I got home from wrok I ate dinner and my mom, daughter and I went for a walk. It started sprinkling on us a little bit. I have enjoyed the coolness of the weather this last week.

Knee is feeling 100% better. Hasn't hurt or been uncomfortable for a few days. I can hardly wait until thursday to try running. I am feeling quite blah and need to get back in shape. I feel like I have gained every pound I lost, back, and that is Very depressing.

It was another good walk this morning and warmer than it has been.  I actually had to take my sweat shirt off.  4 days until I get to run!!!!!!!!! 

Knee feels good!!  The true test is thursday.  I will start counting hours soon.  (or not).

Walking with my daughter.  Itching to run, BAD!!!  Pushing her in the jogging stroller, I just want to start running, and that is hard.  Soon, I can run though.  

We took my brothers dog and had a good brisk walk.  My knee is feeling very good.  No discomfort.  I am very pleased with that!! 

Good walk with my mom this morning and again, pushing my daughter in the jogging stroller.  I think I will give my knee an extra day or two and wait until saturday to run.  Not sure, but I will run this week and that makes me happy!!  Hopefully everything will be fine.  

Walking again.  I want to run so bad!!  Walking today, I am nervous about running, it's not that my knee hurt, it just doesn't seem right.  That is not good.  I have been quite moody since I haven't ran and I want to eat everything.  I HATE IT!!!!

Anyway, BLAH, and I will walk again tomorrow and then decide if I am going to run on saturday or not.  The doc said 2 weeks, it has been 2 weeks.  I think I hold off much longer I will explode.  (Not good, again!!!)

I walked  the first 2 miles, with my daughter in the jogging stroller.  I felt pretty good, so I ran.  My daughter kept saying "Yeah, mommy, see you can run again."  It was very encouraging.  I went about 3/4 mile and my knee felt awkward.   No pain, but I quit.  I don't want to hurt it again, so I will ease back in to running.  That is hard for me, but at least for now I can say I have run again, and know I will again.  I just want to be smart about it.  That is something very new to me, so we will see how that goes.