Slow Poke

I am so stoked!!!   I ran the middle 2 miles this morning, walking the first and last 1/2 mile!!!  So far, me knee feels pretty good.  No pain, I can walk fine and I am way excited about running.  That  makes me laugh that I am so excited about 2 miles, but it had been a month since running last and that was one of the longest months of my life!!

Happy to have ran again,  hopefully I can work back up.  I felt like I was making some good progress before the injury. 

Walking again.  My knee feels awkward still, not painfull, just weird.  I will probably try another couple of miles tomorrow, depending on what it feels like after work today.  I am very frustrated, I just want to run and not worry.  I know I can't and that is hard for me and getting harder every day. 

Walked the first and last 1/2 mile again.  Ran a very slow mile in the middle.  Knee again, not painful, just not right. 

I will most likely run again on friday, at least a mile, hopefully more.  We will see.

No discomfort since I got home, just a bit while running, especially on the downhill.

I walked the first and last 1/2 mile again, so obviously I ran 2.  Anna (my daughter) went with me in the jogging stroller again.  My knee felt much better today.  Even on the hills I felt better.  That is encouraging and makes me happy.

2 mile walk with Anna and my mom, pushing Anna in the stroller.  Weather was beautiful maybe a bit windy, but it felt good to be outside.

Again, I walked the first and last 1/2 mile, so 2 miles of running.  I am quite sore becuase I did a 10 mile hike through Zion yesterday, carrying a heavy pack.  My legs didn't hurt while I was running, but before and after they did.  I will probably be sore for a few days.

Hopefully later this week I will increase miles.  My knee feels fine after the hike and the run today!!  YEAH!!!!!

Today I wanted to run all 3, so I started running right as I left my house but had to quit and warm up with walking the first 1/2 mile.  My legs are still sore from the hike.  My quads are sore from all of the downhill and my calves are sore from the up hill.  Or whatever, all I know is I thought I was in shape and after that 4 or 5 weeks of no running, I definately am not!! 

Anyway, ran 2.5.  The farthest at a time since my injury and I will run all 3 sometime this week.  It is a tough 3, lots of hills.  Good running!!  My daughter is happy to be going faster in the stroller and we are both happy that my mood has been better, even with the little running I have been doing.

It was quite windy today, so I probably only ran about a mile.  I ran twice and both times had to quit because it was to hard to go up a hill, pushing Anna in the stroller and running into a headwind. 

Happy to be outside though and slowly but surely getting back into running.

I RAN ALL 3 MILES!!!!!!  Yeah!!!!!!  It kicked my butt, and the whole time I was thinking "I remember when I hated running this route cuz it was only 3 miles".  How quickly we get out of shape.  That is depressing, but I will be back in shape and running like I was, when I am ready.  No pain in the knee and my legs aren't sore from the hike anymore.

Anna is very happy to be running again, she would get bored in the stroller when we were just walking.  She is very supportive for a little one, it is very cute.

Happy to be running again!!!!!!!

I ran all 4 this morning in Springdale, UT.  It is absolutely beautiful there.  I need to remember when I run there though, to run towards the park so that I can run downhill after I turn around, or find something that is not out and back.  The 2nd half absolutely killed me, I had a headwind and it was pretty much uphill!!  I am happy to have gone a bit farther this time again, all I want is to be where I was when I got hurt and that is hard for me, I feel like it is so far away.  It will come, I know that.  I just need to remember it.

Anyway, ran 4, felt good as far as knee and legs aren't sore anymore either.

Happy to be running again!!!

Today was a good walk with my mom and pushing Anna in the stroller.  Same 3 as always.  There is no better way to start the day then outside with a good walk or run. 

Happy to be able to do it!!!

Pushed Anna in the stroller.  The 3 mile route I do is getting easier, YEAH!!!  It is pretty hilly and it is a good workout.  I can actually breathe now though when I run it, not good, but when I first started running again, I could barely breathe.  

My knee is great.  I am a true believer in pro-lo therapy, and happy I tried it.

Happy to be running!!

Same 3 as always.  Pushed Anna in the stroller.  It is getting warm, even with running at 7 am, it is warm.  Summer is definately here.

Gald to be running!!

Same 3 again, pushing Anna in the stroller.  We have been getting up and running at 7 and it has already been warm.  That is one good thing about only having time for 3, it doesn't take that long to run it. 

Eventually we may have to start getting up earlier.  Am I a bad mom if I wake my daughter up at 6:30 so I can run??  

Same 3 again, pushing Anna in the stroller.  I was thinking as I was running today that there is no way I will be ready for the marathon.  Especially because I am only running 3 a day still.  That is depressing.  I know if I really put my mind to it I can, so we will see how I do with that.  

Happy to run!! 

I ran 5 today without pushing my daughter.  It feels weird when I don't have her with me.  I felt ok, although I completely ran out of juice the last mile.  I walked about 20 or 30 steps somewhere about 4.5 but then I started going again.  The last mile or so is a steady up hill, I know they are good for me but I don't like them.  Before I got hurt they were so much easier and I suppose I just need to look to the future and quit saying "before I got hurt" cuz that most definately doesn't help anything. 

Anyway, I am glad to be running!!  My weight is back down to where it was when I got hurt so that is a good thing also!!  10 more lbs to go though!!

I ran this morning in SLC and am amazed at how elevation kicked my behind.  I have ran at higher elevations but not for a few years and wasn't expecting the difference.  Therefore, I made it 2.7 miles but I did run faster than I thought I had been running.  

I ran with my Garmin for the first time in months and I was running 8.9 and 9's.  That made me happy!  I thought for sure I was still running 10's.   

I got to run again without my daughter and the stroller.  That was cool.  I tried to push myself but didn't wear my Garmin so am not totally sure how fast (or slow) I was going.  I felt very good and that always makes for a good run.

 Happy to be running!!!

I ran with my dad this morning so he pushed the stroller.  It was funny to me when he felt the difference it makes pushing Anna.  She is 30 lbs and even on the flat ground, thats an extra 30 lbs.  We ran out to the LaVerkin stake center and back.  We ran 9's or right around there.  I enjoy running with him because he does push me to go faster.  Good to be running!!!

Again, I ran to the LaVerkin stake center and back.  Anna was with me so I got to push the stroller today.  I am feeling better when I run and that makes me happy.  I really want to log some higher miles and I feel like I am ready to.  Now I just need to find the time. 

Happy to be running!!!

Today we slept in until 7:30, that is always nice.  I pushed Anna again and we had a pretty good headwind the whole way out but the tail wind was great on the way back.  Usually in Hurricane if you have a headwind even when you turn around you still have it.  I decide to try some Powergel Blasts, I think that is what they are called anyway.  The plan was to take 2 before the run (about 10 minutes before) and then at the half way point take another 2, pretty much to test how my belly was going to handle them.  So I took 2 before I ran and burped the lemon taste the whole way so I didn't take the other 2.  Next time I run, I will try something else to see what works best for me. 

I was going to get up yesterday and try for a long run (8 or so), but I slept in.  That means I have to do that this weekend being as I signed up for the Bryce Canyon 1/2 yesterday. 

Happy to be running!!!  (No knee pain what-so-ever, just need to work on my stamina some more.  Pushing Anna is helping with that.)