Week 10 of 16
“Don’t call it a comeback…”
The week started out with a lot of
ellipticalling. 45 minutes on Monday, 30
on Tuesday and 60 on Wednesday. It was
brutal.
Overall I was feeling better. Still some awareness of the injured area but
no pain. Early in the week I talked to
Kathy about the possibility of running by the weekend. I was terrified. I am running out of time to train for Boston
and I didn’t want to start back to soon with the fear that I would flare back
up and set myself back another few weeks.
I knew if all went well running over the weekend, I still had a few
weeks to safely get myself back up to a long run of 16-18 miles before a
shortened taper to April 15th. Joe gave
me a push Thursday night saying, “What
are you waiting for? Just go do it. If it hurts, stop.” Sounds so easy right? Well it was enough to make me hop on the
treadmill at 7:30pm on Thursday night after I taught both my classes for a
slow, easy mile. Woo woo!
Friday morning I met with Kathy
for one more PT session. The funny thing
about my mile run the night before was that I felt no pain in my piriformis but
my left IT band was so tight and uncomfortable.
Kathy did some work on it and then more elliptical, a few minutes on the
Jacob’s ladder, some lifting and e-stim—this time on both my piriformis and IT
band. I’ve said it before and I’ll say
it again. I’m so lucky to work in an
organization with such great people and great resources. Kathy has been the best going above and
beyond. I’m so thankful for all her
help.
I went home Friday and took G for
a nice long walk before changing into running clothes for an easy 2 miles
outside. It was so nice to be
outside. It feels so much more natural
to me than running on the treadmill. I kept
it easy and had to hold myself back from running more.
“Long Run Saturday” brought me
back to the gym for 60 minutes on the elliptical followed by 4 miles on the
treadmill and a date with Norma.
I
should have been excited about running 4 miles but I kept thinking about all the
miles I missed. This week I was supposed
to run 18 miles and it was supposed to be the beginning of the hardest 4 week
block in training. I know I’ll run Boston. I know I will do fine. I’m not worried about time. I just want to enjoy the day. I don’t know why I was having such a hard time
focusing on the positive this week.
Other highlights:
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I made an appearance at Run Club this week! Zero miles for Jen but it was good to get out
and see everyone…
Upcoming events:
Monday 2.25.19
45’ elliptical
Burdenko H2O
Tuesday 2.26.19
30’ elliptical
Wednesday 2.27.19
60’ elliptical
Thursday 2.28.19
1 treadmill mile (9:32)
Power Water
Friday 3.1.19
10’ elliptical
38’ walk with G
2 miles (17:34)
Saturday 3.2.19
60’ elliptical
4 treadmill miles (34:20)
Sunday 3.3.19
Burdenko H2O
ICYMI
This week’s mileage:
7 miles
This week’s G
mileage: 0 miles
February Totals: 50
miles
March Totals: 6
miles
2019 Totals: 166
miles
Omgzzz I love that you still signed in at Run Club! Ha!
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