Will it ever end? Felt sick one week, great the next, now? Coughing endlessly, feeling like crap. Still going to physical therapy, really tough. This whole metronome running, wow, not an easy feat. Been doing it on the treadmill, wow, 30 mins is a tough. The planters fasciitis is getting better but the tingling is really lingering regardless. I go to the specialists in two weeks. I hope it's nothing serious.
Started yoga last week. Love it. I have tried to get into last year, hated it. I realize now that it's the school/style. None of that ommm stuff. Just get right into it. Not easy but challenging, fun.
I hope that next week I can run a 5K. Two races wasted so I hope that this one I will be able to run it. I have five following. Debating if I should sign up for two more. Not sure.
Root canal today. Quick but dreading the antibiotics.
More later.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Born to be Injured
Here it is February 2012 and what kind of training have I been doing? Decided that it was time to address my foot discomfort. I managed through all the marathon training and marathon with little complaint. High tolerance for discomfort, I guess but also living in the world of denial, which can be a bad thing, of course. So on December 26, 2012 I confessed to my mothers podiatrist that my feet were in constant pain. That started the journey. I was trying to keep up my distance running after the marathon, I didn't want to lose the ability to run 13 miles with little thought of distance. Well, after going to get my feet x-rayed and back to the podiatrist, I found out that I have a heel spur on my left heel, arthritis in my left ankle and plantar's facsitiis that would take physical therapy to fix.
Six weeks in, still going to physical therapy. The PT dude says I don't run. The marathon finishing time, my form do not define a runner. I just go out to run but cannot claim that I am runner. I don't run. I was not pleased with the small revelation because it meant that no running outside until I change my form. So now I am trying to finish Born to Run, running with a metronome in my ear and lifting my leg to more than 90 degrees, working my calves and hamstrings more than ever. 5 minutes t 5.5 with the cadence of 160, 1 minute rest x 3. Seems so simple, not. It's not easy to go 15 minutes and end my relationship with the treadmill there. On to the elliptical or bike, no stair mill. That's just more difficult than I care to acknowledge. The sunny crisp weather is depressing me so I am taking Vitamin D before I cry eery weekend stuck in gym. So this week was 15 mins. at 6.0 to 165 twice. Oh piece of cake, NOT. Calves howling, harder now to keep the beat...one two one two...I couldn't make it 30 minutes. 27 at most. Depressing.
At work we are doing The Biggest Loser which I should not be at the top of the losing list, but I am one of the biggest losers while these 200+ women are at 5 pounds in 5 weeks. I am on weight watchers and at the weight of my 30s now, but if I keep losing I will be down to my weight in my 20s. Lifting weight more regularly, every other day, running every other day, cross training all other days, so the weight is melting off. When will I have the confidence to run outside? I don't think it will be any time soon. I now notice the cadence of the real runners outside and realize that I really am not a runner. I am a plodder who just runs in the most dangerous way, just out there. While it may be brave to most, it's dangerous. As I get through Born to Run, I realize now how reckless I have been and how lucky I am not being injured more seriously. I have a new attitude but will I have the confidence to go out there even tho I do plan to do the marathon one last time.
More later
Monday, January 2, 2012
2012 HNY
OMG LOL LMAO ROFLMAO BRB BTW TTYL and now HNY? WTF! An acronym for every expression due to the texting and the new fast and furious way we communicate now? FYIHUBT...can you figure that one out? I can't even remember what it means!
So I haven't journaled anything since October at the tail end of my training for the marathon. I think mostly I was disappointed, depressed, and just plain ole sick of running. Wow, they aren't wrong saying that the marathon blues hit you as soon as you cross that finish line. Just could careless about even the marathon itself. Overcrowded and one day after weeks of training, and no goals for the day after.
The marathon and the days prior. Let me reflect in a positive light. I was all nerves, couldn't sleep, felt like I was getting sick, skipped the flu shot. Tapering was hard but welcomed. I was tired. I have realized now that feeling exhausted is normal. I was averaging more miles than ever. Now I am struggling to up my mileage but just have no motivation. Back to the days prior. I joined a friend and her racewalking team on a drive following the "blue line." To Staten Island we headed to the start, then through Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, into the Bronx for a second and then back down. I got out before the finish but it was fun, and nice to have a few people to hang with and meet up with Sunday morning at the ferry.
Long story short, Sunday was the marathon. Overcrowded, lines and delays everywhere but start was exciting...gorgeous warm day. Brooklyn was exciting, the crowd support was amazing. Stopped in and visited with a friend for 15 minutes. BIG BOO BOO...I shouldn't have stopped when the momentum was good! But in my head I kept saying "enjoy the experience, just enjoy it" by mile 23 I didn't have that in my head....it was "just finish, a few more"..and finish I did, a disappointing 5:45:11 but I finished. I was tired, my legs had enough and my head was done but I finished. I felt okay, disappointed but I finished.
Now that it's two months behind me, I am still trying to run longer with not much luck but stamina is much better. I don't feel compelled to stop, keep going and it feels great. The marathon has gone up in fees this year. I have decided to run 4 out of 5 of the half marathons to qualify for the New York City half in 2013. I will do the NYC Marathon the last time for 2012 since I will be 50 and want to improve upon 2011's time. Time isn't everything, that's for sure but I know in my head that I didn't do my best, I didn't train efficiently enough, especially nutrition-wise. I put on some weight and I plan to take it off, do more strength training and continue the higher mileage so the marathon training won't take such a physical toll on my body. Fixing my feet for 2012 is a priority and perhaps I will find time to start yoga, once and for all.
Now that I have some definite goals in mind, I feel better about everything. I am going to be 50 this year so my goal is to enjoy running from now on and not to do strictly NYRR races, they are overpriced and so not worth the effort. Did their MidNight Run for the New Year again this year. $45 and they ran out of shirts. We got a shirt from a different race, which is bullshit...BS, if you ask me. No one is asking.
I am going to journal more to be accountable for my training or lack of...my weight loss, or packing of pounds. Off I go to the gym for the first time this year or maybe I will run to see my mother instead. Baby, it's cold outside!
So I haven't journaled anything since October at the tail end of my training for the marathon. I think mostly I was disappointed, depressed, and just plain ole sick of running. Wow, they aren't wrong saying that the marathon blues hit you as soon as you cross that finish line. Just could careless about even the marathon itself. Overcrowded and one day after weeks of training, and no goals for the day after.
The marathon and the days prior. Let me reflect in a positive light. I was all nerves, couldn't sleep, felt like I was getting sick, skipped the flu shot. Tapering was hard but welcomed. I was tired. I have realized now that feeling exhausted is normal. I was averaging more miles than ever. Now I am struggling to up my mileage but just have no motivation. Back to the days prior. I joined a friend and her racewalking team on a drive following the "blue line." To Staten Island we headed to the start, then through Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, into the Bronx for a second and then back down. I got out before the finish but it was fun, and nice to have a few people to hang with and meet up with Sunday morning at the ferry.
Long story short, Sunday was the marathon. Overcrowded, lines and delays everywhere but start was exciting...gorgeous warm day. Brooklyn was exciting, the crowd support was amazing. Stopped in and visited with a friend for 15 minutes. BIG BOO BOO...I shouldn't have stopped when the momentum was good! But in my head I kept saying "enjoy the experience, just enjoy it" by mile 23 I didn't have that in my head....it was "just finish, a few more"..and finish I did, a disappointing 5:45:11 but I finished. I was tired, my legs had enough and my head was done but I finished. I felt okay, disappointed but I finished.
Now that it's two months behind me, I am still trying to run longer with not much luck but stamina is much better. I don't feel compelled to stop, keep going and it feels great. The marathon has gone up in fees this year. I have decided to run 4 out of 5 of the half marathons to qualify for the New York City half in 2013. I will do the NYC Marathon the last time for 2012 since I will be 50 and want to improve upon 2011's time. Time isn't everything, that's for sure but I know in my head that I didn't do my best, I didn't train efficiently enough, especially nutrition-wise. I put on some weight and I plan to take it off, do more strength training and continue the higher mileage so the marathon training won't take such a physical toll on my body. Fixing my feet for 2012 is a priority and perhaps I will find time to start yoga, once and for all.
Now that I have some definite goals in mind, I feel better about everything. I am going to be 50 this year so my goal is to enjoy running from now on and not to do strictly NYRR races, they are overpriced and so not worth the effort. Did their MidNight Run for the New Year again this year. $45 and they ran out of shirts. We got a shirt from a different race, which is bullshit...BS, if you ask me. No one is asking.
I am going to journal more to be accountable for my training or lack of...my weight loss, or packing of pounds. Off I go to the gym for the first time this year or maybe I will run to see my mother instead. Baby, it's cold outside!
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