5/21/13

My hip is still painful, but not as much. Last night I went for a very slow 2.5 miles (12 min. miles) I don't feel any worse for the wear today. I did sit on ice for 20 min. last night and enjoyed a beer. I can't believe how badly this sprain feels!! Now I am just trying to regulate my running and dieting so I can see some pounds shed.  This has been my mantra for almost 2 years now...ugh.

1/2 marathon..2 days later

OMG. My body is sore!! The 1/2 went well. Not sure if I'm ready to call that "fun" but it was a huge accomplishment. I didn't stop at all to walk. I did stop for a quick sip of water when the stands were available, but that is it for any type of rest and I don't really consider 3 seconds a rest. I finished the run in exactly 2:16:49. Mile 10 started to hurt, by mile 11 my shoulders were hurting like hell and at mile 12 my glut medius strain was feeling the burn. I wanted to lay down and die, but I kept going. We drove back home that day and I think that is where things went very wrong, I was so stoved up in the car for 4 hrs. that by the time we were home I could barely walk from my right sided glut. I still have a an ache and limp today. I am hoping it all goes away by the next couple of days so I can get back out and run 3 miles. I am soooo looking forward to small runs again :)

1/2 marathon eve

I am very excited about my 1/2 marathon tomorrow! I started carbing up yesterday and took yesterday off from any type of exercise. Monday and Wednesday I ran 5ks. My hip started hurting a few days ago and yesterday my PT I work with looked at it and determined it's not actually my hip but I have a sprained glut medius so she stretched it out and gave ultrasounded it. It feels much better this morning. I was able to get out of bed without any pain :) My goals tomorrow are to not stop, at all, no matter what, other than when I take my water and I want to keep my pace under 11 min. mile. I am hoping for 10 to 10 1/2 min. miles the entire way through.

My weight is up 142.3 which is a pisser. Phase 1 will be back on w/ my diet starting Sunday which means I'm going to enjoy my carbs today because they will be a no no on Sunday. I will admit I am really looking forward to going back to my old routine and just getting to run 3 miles every night without those really long double digit miles. It takes so much time after work to get that in as well as family time, dinner ect ect.

I will be posting my results my Monday.  Here's to a great weekend!!

5/3/13

Weight 139.9

Last night I put in just over 10 miles around town. I am having a major problem shrugging my shoulders when I run and my shoulder could barely move by the time I was done. It is frustrating to say the least. On the up side, the run was great and my endurance was high. If not for the shoulder I could have kept running. My PT I work with gave me some exercises to do for the next week and hopefully it will calm down. For the next week I will just be running short runs and then in one week and one day I have my first big 1/2 marathon!! I am excited.

This weekend I am headed to Roseburg for a wine tour. I can't wait. Maybe all that wine will relax my shoulder muscle :)