| Location: Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong Member Since: Jul 02, 2007 Gender: Female Goal Type: Olympic Trials Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Unaided:
5K - 17:11 (track Pre-kids and at BYU) (1998)
10K - 35:48 (track Pre-kids and at BYU) (1998)
10K - 35:34 (road - Shek Mun 10k 12/12)
1/2 Marathon 1:19:44 (UNICEF HM 11/12)
Marathon 2:47:08 (ING Hartford Connecticut 10/10)
Aided:
St. George Marathon 2:50:40 (10/08)
1/2 marathon - Hobble Creek 1:17:14 (8/08)
10K - Deseret News 10K - 35:02 (7/08)
Short-Term Running Goals: PR 1/2 marathon AGAIN
Long-Term Running Goals: Break 2:46 in Boston! Personal:
I used to run for BYU, but only after trying out three times and finally walking on, so I was never a star. However, it was wonderful to run with great people and under Coach Shane. When you run with fast people, you can't help to improve! I graduated BYU in 1998, and didn't run a race until 2002, after having my second child. My hiatus and other crazy life commitments have made my competitive running suffer, but the last couple of years I have tried to get back into it the best I can. I have been married since 1996, to Paul Lowry, who is a runner himself. I have three boys (my three rascals), ages 12, 10, and 8. After a great 2008 season, I was injured and eventually diagnosed and cross-diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a type of arthritis disease, which precludes running for all but the most stubborn. So I am on medications, trying to stay healthy, and seeing my PT often. And running! Now beating the streets in Hong Kong. |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 976.52 | 74.65 | 27.95 | 8.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1088.07 |
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 289.53 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 783.00 | Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 160.24 | Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 324.36 | Mizuno Precision (yellow) Miles: 10.50 | Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 363.28 | Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 56.95 | Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 40.00 | Mizuno WaveRider (blue) Miles: 47.50 | Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 27.00 | Saucony Type A2 Racers (red Baby) Miles: 2.25 |
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Night Sleep Time: 1238.25 | Nap Time: 25.75 | Total Sleep Time: 1264.00 | Weight: 133.71 | |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.27 |
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Met Ali and KellieS at 10:30, and ran 8 miles. Had some pancakes and turkey sausage in my gut and was lucky to not have it come up. Fun way to start the new year! My legs felt heavy but not soreness in the hammies when I started like yesterday. Our visitors (four adults and 7 kids) just left the house so now I will get a nap? ave pace 8:01
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 8.27 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 10.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.12 |
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Best way to get a sleep in? Don't set your alarm! I was supposed to wake up at 4:35, but I didn't set my alarm aparently after choosing my wake up time last night, because MacK texted me to see where the heck I was, and that woke me up. I am sure I was only half coherent. It takes a true friend to text you at 5:19 and ask why you're not out on the road :) We saw Marion on the road doing way geeky calf stretches. As I passed her I thought, "Those are my favorite calf stretches", then I said hello (total etiquette extra credit since I had a running partner with me). Then we realize we know each other. It was great because I have wanted to introduce MacK and Marion. Two very important blog ladies in my life finally meet! So I didn't get in the 11 miles I needed today to get to 80 miles for the week, but I guess that is ok since tomorrow is 15 days from my marathon, and I was going to do 20, but now maybe I'll just do 18. We'll see. 15 days from my marathon! That means I have to start eating better. ave pace 8:21 weight 121
I went skiing with my family, the first time with all the kids. JJ (4 yrs) did great for his first time skiing. He and Mickie (6) were in ski school all day except I went down one bunny hill with them after picking them up in the afternoon. Ben did morning lessons, when Paul and I skiied sans kids, then joined us in the afternoon, which only slowed down the runs slightly, since Paul is already skiing like an old man. We had a great time. Weather was great (overcast and warm). I am not sure skiing all day will be good for my tempo tomorrow, but too late to cry about that.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 9.12 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.25 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.05 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.05 |
| Had a great group planned for today: MacK, Ali, SteveK, and TylerS, but 11 inches of snow fell overnight, which is too much for my car to wade through, so yet another Saturday run messed with by mother nature. I was originally thinking to do a 12 mile tempo, but after thinking about being 2 weeks out from my marathon, I decided to cut it to 9 miles. Mother nature turns it into a solo run on the treadmill. I warmed up 4 miles, then started the tempo, with a plan to start at tinman pace (8.9 mph or 6:44) then increase after three miles to marathon pace, then increase again the last three miles. Well, that turned out to be ambitious. I settled for maintaining tinman. So I did 6 miles at tinman (break at 5.25 for potty) then dropped the pace for the last three miles, eventually ending up at 9.4 or 9.5, I don't remember which. Each time I increased pace it was hard to keep up for .5 mile, then it got better, then it would start over as I increased again. I am not sure what makes me such a wuss on the treadmill, but this is a good tempo effort, and 18 miles on the treadmill this morning makes running 26.2 in balmy AZ sound REALLY fun. So I am getting excited! I also put the race in the course tool yesterday to see what my splits could look like. So a 2:45 marathon is about 6:18 pace, but a couple of the middle miles could be as slow as 6:30 or so with me being on target for 2:45, because there is a grade increase, and its a little chunky. Still, there's never a mile with even a 1% grade increase, so its pretty flat. I figure ideal 1/2 marathon splits for 2:45 would be 1:23, 1:22. I think I will be between 2:45 (very good day) and 2:50 (decent day). There is an 11 sec/mile difference between the two times, so I need to not panic if some of my splits are 2:50 instead of 2:45 splits. I do want the first half to feel easier than the first 1/2 of St G, where I felt like I went out too fast for the conditions and for how I felt. So ideal splits for 2:50 according to the course tool is 1:25:23, 1:24:37. So I hope I feel chipper and ready to go in two weeks. weight 117 (all the sweating associated w/treadmill-I even drank 14 oz over the course of the run and lost that much - wow)
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 18.05 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.94 |
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Bad quality sleep. Yuck!
Way cold, 3F. Met MacK and did 7 miles, then one more on my own. Glad I am starting to decrease miles. 13 miles in that cold would have done me over. ave pace 8:26 weight 121
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 7.94 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
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I am retiring these shoes. They felt non-helpful. I met Mary Ann S. in SF midday for mile repeats. I thought to do 5 if we ended up 5:55ish and fewer if faster. 2.68 warm up FSI (for Sasha's information) I wheeled a mile before we met to make sure watches weren't off. My watch matched the mile marker within feet.
Anyone as obsessive about my running as me (ok, I guess noone would be) can compare this workout to my Sept 23rd same workout before St. G. 1 - 5:41, (miles 1 and 3 are new downhill of about 53 feet if I remember right, so 2 and 4 are net uphill the same amount) slowed down last couple of yards to not be sub 5:40, I guess that was kind of stupid 2 - 5:48 3 - 5:41 4 - 5:43 So averaged about 4 sec faster per mile than in September. Nice to see improvement. I felt like I was holding back, but perhaps I felt that way in September since I was tapering then as well.
Mary Ann came in approx 10 sec behind me each time, she'd start out with me, even pushing pace, then would struggle with breathing a bit. It was so great to have Mary Ann join me. We had some fun conversation. She's serious about her running, and that's right up my alley. I can dig it. weight 120
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Mizuno Precision (yellow) Miles: 10.50 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 18.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 10.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.10 |
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Ran with MacK then a tad on my own to get to 10. Not as cold (26F). weight 120. I am going to start tracking my miles driven as a shoe so that I have records for my tax return of what I drove for 2009 without having to reconstruct. My driving miles are my #1 expense. Abs and ham strengthening in the evening. Ouch.
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 10.10 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Ran 7.5 with Ali midday. No strides, just mediumish pace. I was hoping for shorts weather but it was only 30F or so, so spandex once again!
7:30 ave pace
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 7.50 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 10.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.07 |
| Bad roads driving to the ladies, bad roads running. Quite icy, combo ice skating/running combo. Ave pace 8:37 weight 121 (after endurox) some ankle weakness will watch, lots of stretching
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 10.07 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Man, I can't find one of my windbreaker shell on my mittens, and it was cold this morning (9F in riverbottoms). Combine the two and I just about lost a couple of digits. Met up with the SF group, started off with MacK and Ali, then Travis met up with us, MacK wanted to start the tempo early, which as a consequence made the whole tempo uphill - what a treat. The plan was 4 mile tempo at marathon pace effort. It was hard to keep pace, partially probably because of the temperatures, partly because of the headwind for 3.3 of the miles. 1 - 6:51, hmmm, MacK with me for .7, Travis stays with
2 - 6:29, better, bottom lip freezing 3 - 6:32, headwind stregthening, but not as bad as sometimes 4 - 6:36, includes worst uphill section at the end. Travis was with me the whole time and pushed pace. I tried to keep it at marathon effort, which gave me poor splits, but did I mention it was 9F? We turned around and picked up MacK, who wasn't far behind.
I tried some Cytomax during the run, which is the drink the marathon provides. It tasted like Crystal Light, and had only 1/2 the calories of Gatorade. My stomach accepted it just fine. Finished 13 miles in a whiny mood (sorry MacK and Travis) because my fingers were really freezing). I could hardly untie my shoe to get my car key when I was done. I kept having to pick at the double knot with my frozen stubs. Finally success and I am the car. Endurox, then I took a way long hot shower and now am in sweats with a hoody. weight 122
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 13.00 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.16 |
| Taper baby. ave pace 8:07 weight 121 right ankle is still a little weak. Will go to Dr. Bradys today for last workover before the race.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 7.16 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.34 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.34 |
| Ran workout from Jack Daniel's Running Formula schedule, 5 days out from marathon. 4x1200 @ threshold (for me 6:04), 2 min easy between 1 - 5:58 pace 2 - 6:04 pace, 3 - 6:00 pace 4 - 5:58 pace ave pace for run (including warm up/down and between sets) 7:07
all on Salem canal road, back and forth. I've been doing all kinds of visualizations, if I am feeling fresh and great, if I have sluggish periods, if I need to back off, if I feel like I felt at mile 24 in St G at mile 24 in PF Chang --like death 0 fight on, fight for every ten seconds I can. The air should be thick, my legs felt good today, so they should feel fresh for the race. Now just time to relax, sleep, eat right and relax (i know I said it twice, its for emphasis :) ). weight 121
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 7.34 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.14 |
| Not enough sleep, getting stressy sleep now. Easy 5 with the ladies. ave pace 8:25 |
Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 5.14 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.27 |
| With 4 strides. Upper right glute, or very lower right back, by the upper bones of the pelvis starting to hurt.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 3.27 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Planned day of rest because of taper. Same pain area as yesterday only very painful as day goes on, hard to walk without a limp. I call Josse from the airport to ask about stretches. Two good stretch sessions.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 68.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Ran from the finish line 1.5 miles then back. My bum hurt when I woke up, but the run and lots of stretching after made it feel much better, almost all gone, after. Which was good because I didn't want to go to elite bib pick up with a limp. I had an elite bib, but when I went to pick up my bib, I realized how dramatically I was a second class elite runner. Third class would be more accurate. The elite athletes were staying at the Marriott Butte Resort, and had their meals provided and brought to them for the whole trip, and they were shuttled around (to see course, for press conference, to and from race). I was invited but not required to attend the "technical meeting" at 4pm and the dinner afterward, so I went. I was also able to drive to the resort the morning of the race and drive on the elite shuttles to the start of the race and back to the resort after, so I did get a bit of a taste of the sweet life. I met some runners, but alot of them already knew each other so it was a bit like being an ugly girl (a slow elite runner) on her first day of attending a new high school. The ones I dared introduce myself to ended up being very nice and kind to me.
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 3.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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PF Chang Rock N Roll Marathon - AZ (26.2 Miles) 02:55:53, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 4 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.50 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.70 |
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Found out yesterday that the money is 6 deep instead of 10 deep like the year before, so I know I don't have much of a shot at it, but there is also money for americans 3 deep so there's a chance for that. I get to the resort at 5:35 because they said that we were leaving at 5:45 in shuttles to go to the start line. I chat with some people and ate some oatmeal and drank Cytomax and water. My legs were feeling good, but I felt as we shuttled that I was still waiting for the adrenaline of the race to get me. I eventually felt it as we lined up and did strides in front of a huge crowd. My goal was to average 6:20 for the first 1/2 of the race, which is net uphill, then perhaps go under that if I felt wonderful, which would get me to 2:45. I also knew I wasn't feeling too great that I could back off 10 seconds a mile without trouble and still PR (pr is 2:50:40). I knew from the course tool that heading for a 2:50, I could still get a couple of miles 6:40ish due to grade differences, so that I wouldn't freak out at splits. Phase I of race - Michelle has it together
1 - 6:12, a little bit of an exuberant start. I have two ladies ahead of me who were planning on going 6:20 pace, so I wanted to stay in touch 2 - 6:22 3 - 6:20 two ladies still just ahead 4- 6:23 I come up to two ladies and say hi 5 - 6:23 6 - 6:13 A lady passes me and I want to keep touch, but she's going pretty fast, so I have to run my own race 7 - 6:22 8 - 6:28 starting uphill, slight grade
9 - 6:29, slight uphill 10 - 6:26, 1:03:38 for first 10 miles, 18 seconds off 6:20, gps stopps working so catch splits by hitting split button, also each mile marker has timer so can calculate splits as I run Phase 2 - wheels start to wobble
11 - 6:36, starting to wait for 1/2 marathon, not a good sign 12 - 6:21, slight downhill 13 - 6:30, 1:23:51, so heading for 2:48, I guess I am ok with that 14 - 6:50, includes first bathroom break, so likely 6:25-30 without 15 - 6:31, slight uphill, I felt like this was a gutsy mile, considering the race, I was still trying to make something out of the race
16 - 6:52 17 - 6:41, bad sign - me calculating what pace I would have to run to make PR, realize its out of reach, because my legs are burning, and I realize its either quitting time or a long death march to the finish for a non-glorious time Phase 3 - The long death march (second title: Feel the burn) - I hope I'd learn something from the torturous conclusion even though I knew I wouldn't meet any of my goals.
18 - 6:48 every time I try to surge I am in pain, especially my quads
19 - 6:44, seven miles to go, at around 18.5 I am slowing and I calculate what 7 minute pace for the rest of the run will give me, answer 2:54 20 - 6:59, getting passed left and right, can I really have another 10k of this misery, race is in slo mo 21 - 7:32, includes a potty stop 22 - 7:15, I congratulate and encourage those passing me, might as well, since my breathing is fine, its just my legs are on fire 23 - 7:19, with every futile attempt at a surge I either, let out an involuntary cry or gasp from the pain, or I curse under my breathe, or try to talk myself into maintaining the pace 24 - 7:03, I tell a guy as he passes me, "Feel the burn!" 25 - 7:20, I try to pass some people, I pass a couple, I get passed by others 26 - 7:15, where is Alli? I just want to stop and cry in her arms (mind you I've never even met Alli, just know her from the blog and feel like we're remote friends and that she'd understand). .2 - 1:26, not much of a kick, but did speed up when I realized I was close to breaking 2:56, 2:55:53 is the final verdict When I finish the race, I am a mixture of very disappointed, so relieved it is over, and proud of myself for fighting. So I am needless to say very disappointed. I think I have already come up with some lessons learned. You'll see they're all related to each other:
1) I was in shape for a good half but not a good marathon. If I was a good coach to myself, I would have realized this and switched to the half. 2) I started building up lactic acid way too early in the race. I need to focus on lactic threshold workouts for successful marathon racing.
3) Training for a January marathon is too difficult and dicy in Utah. I had a couple of long hard runs planned that didn't happen because of the weather or because I couldn't find company so I wussed out and didn't do them on my own. 4) I need to be tougher and just plan on running all my hard workouts alone. If I can get company, then I'll just consider it a bonus. 5) I need a coach. I have three years to reach my potential so I don't have time to fumble my way through it. Some of you have watched my training this year and I would especially appreciate your feedback on other insights you have about what other lessons we could learn from this training cycle. I'm just glad there wasn't a shot at qualifying so I could learn these lessons on a practice race. Post race notes - I ate lunch with Bonnie. She drove up from Tucson to have lunch with me, which was so sweet. She was tracking me from the website, with 5k updates sent to her phone, so thankfully there was no need to explain the results or the unravelling, she was an eyewitness. She helped me work through the race and was the perfect combination of compassion and insight. I appreciate her friendship and support. The thought of food disgusted me until my bacon burger and fries were in front of me, then they were really good! So was the trader joe's chocolate bar she gave me! I walked for 20 minutes in the airport, making circles in my small terminal, per Bonnie's instructions to help work it out. My legs are killing!
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Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 26.70 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 68.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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What's up? Walked three miles on the treadmill while reading chiclet. Took forever.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Snowshoed up the switchbacks, for about 40 minutes up, 25 minutes down. Incredibly beautiful. Not great snowshoing form, though. Not fun to kick myself in the ankle for the fifth time in the same place. Definitely novice. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Dreamt I was the vice president to Barrack Obama, shadowed him all day then hung out with Michelle and their kids at night. Fun. Too much snow, so ran 6 miles on the treadmill. This is my first run since the marathon. I haven't felt sore for several days, but running has recalled some soreness. I guess I just feel a little beat up still. Ran one mile, then stretched, ran 5 more, then good stretching session at the end. Nice to be back in the saddle, I am sad that my first run back had to be on the treadmill. I truly hate it. Pace was 8:00 after 1.25 miles of easier, felt fast enough for me. weight: 122 (first time weighing in in 1.5 weeks, I'm glad the news isn't worse, it would have been higher, I am sure, but the treadmill makes me sweat)
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.08 |
| Slept like a brick because I was so tired from not getting enough sleep the night before. Another 6 inches of snow overnight, I drive through it to meet up with MacK, though I was late, from crawling down the mountain. The roads were slick for running, which should be no surprise. The effort felt harder than 8:33 pace, but that's what the ave pace was. It was nice to run outside and with MacK. Legs still feel sore. Stretching after. Some mild pain/bugging in left knee, not really while running, but I sometimes feel it when on stairs. weight 122
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 8.08 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 11.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.15 |
| Ran with MacK and Ali. Legs still heavy. Ave pace 8:34 weight 124 :(
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 6.15 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 10.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.02 |
| Finally felt somewhat back to normal. Met Carl and MacK in SF. Having a fast guy join puts some pressure on to run a decent pace, and my legs actually felt ok with it. I am sore now afterward, but felt fine while running. ave pace 7:37 weight 123 Those of you concerned about me running too much, relax :) I'm just doing 6 miles tomorrow. Cake walk.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 10.02 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.42 |
| Something wrong with this picture? Could it be running less than three miles, or is it the 8.5 hours of sleep? Both, actually. I thought I set my alarm and I didn't. Dang. Woke myself up at 6am feeling quite rested, then scrambled onto the treadmill to run as much as I could before I had to get ready for work. Started slow and ramped up to 7:30. Still only made it to 2.42 before 6:30. Hopefully this at least got my metabolism going. weight 122
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 2.42 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 15.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.29 |
| Met the SF running group. Ran some with Ali, Travis, Chad, Hal, and Doug. Had to do a .5 mile pick up fast after a potty break. ave pace 7:53
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 15.29 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 10.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.79 |
| Ran with Ali and MacK. Felt kind of like a zombie. Needed a little more sleep the night before. First running day of Feb but it felt just like Jan. 15F, and my fingers were frozen by the end. Ave pace 8:09 weight 121-122ish (good Kelli's party didn't totally do me in)
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 10.79 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 10.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.85 |
| Met with MacK, ran with her for just over 7.5, then continued on, scared a couple of ladies running as I came up on them, and one ended up being a friend from my church. About 3 degrees warmer today. 17F at the coldest as I drove home, my house was 22F. Ave pace 7:57 weight 122
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 10.85 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| The early morning workouts begin! Woke at 4:07. Ran with MacK. Paced her through a 4 mile tempo. Her stomach started to hurt and at 2 miles she expressed a wish to stop but she was strong and made it to four miles. Ave pace 7:45 weight 122
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.01 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| Met MacK and ran toward SF. Her foot was hurting her, so she convinced me to leave her with 1.5 to go, and that she would walk, so I ran fast to the car, but I think she kept running and was only a minute behind and I missed her because I went around the first block the wrong way. You should have seen me barreling down that neighborhood street, though, trying to get to her as fast as possible without accidentally running her over. I never found her, but her car was gone when I circled back. I am still looking for definitive evidence that she is alive (the text she sent could have been sent by her murderer, and though less likely, her blog post could have been too--it was longer than usual. . .). ave pace 7:55 weight 121
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 10.50 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Treadmill is going to be more a part of my life for tax season, it saves me time. Woke up at 4:07, ran 4, then bathroom and stretch, then ran three more. worked down to 8mph after warming up weight 122
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Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 15.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.07 |
| Met MacK and TylerS and a new guy on the blog RichC at 5:30, then we met up with Ali and the SF group at 6am. We pulled away from Ali and MacK at around 6-7 miles as Ali and MacK made some funny jabs at me, seeing how long I could still hear them. Thanks ladies! I love you too, and spandex looks great on you too! Went up Harry's and that's where I felt a little winded. It was nice to do my longer run at a fast easy pace. It will be hard to get in any quality with my reduced sleeping time. Still, I am excited to do some faster stuff next week. Sleep level's been tolerable, but its a bit of a grind to get 6 hours day after day. Only 10 weeks until the end. Nice! ave pace 7:38
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 15.07 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Bad sleep. Often happens after a night of good sleep. Ran 4 on the treadmill. My right glute is in pain again, started acting up last night. Don't have time to go to doctor, but will if it doesn't go away. weight 125 (dang)
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 4.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 12.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.22 |
| Ran with MacK. Weather was actually good to start, we decided to do 12 and it started to snow at around 3 miles so we knew we needed to head out 6 so we would have to run back six. Stomach empty at the start of the run, but had enough energy. MacK made me laugh just as I stepped on a piece of ice and I went down, but in a funny way. I was lucky a limb didn't fall off today the way I was sliding around. Nothing like treadmill running to make me appreciate road running with a friend. ave pace 7:57 weight 123
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 12.22 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.75 | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Betcha thought I didn't run today! Got up at 4am, hit the treadmill. This was my first "speed" workout since the marathon. Sort of a reintroduction to speed. "Hello, I am fast running." "Hi, fast running, it's nice to meet you. You feel uncomfortable." After a 2 mile warm up, started at 6:44, then to 6:40 after .75, then in the last 1.75 miles I upped the pace gradually until I was at 6:17 for the last .5 mile. It was hard, and especially monotonous on the treadmill, but I told myself I needed to set a precedent of not giving up and just slogging through the miles. Work is busy, but I am not buried or hopelessly stressed =)
weight 122
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Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 12.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.05 |
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Slept in until 4:07am! Met MacK and ran easy. ave pace 8:15
weight 123 -- peanut brittle indiscretions, and it doesn't even have any chocolate in it.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 12.05 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.75 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| On the treadmill, boring but faster. 7:30 pace after warming up for 1/2 mile. weight 123
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 6.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 11.11 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.11 |
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Met MacK and TylerS in SF. Ran 2 miles warm up. During the warm up I noticed I was having a hard time breathing. I think its the typical sleep deprivation, caffiene effects I experienced last year. Also right glute hurt. Stretched, then started a 4 mile tempo, starting at Osborne's, then around the golf course. So first mile is uphill, then next mile is downhill with some uphill at the end, then gradual .5-1% downgrade for last two. Splits from last time I did this in December were (6:47,6:13, 6:05, 5:54) 1 - 6:24, MacK hung with us for about half a mile, but continued to push at her pace 2 - 6:14 3 - 6:10 4 - 6:06, 6:14 ave pace Tyler ended up 2-4 seconds ahead, and I am sure he could have done even better if I could have been up there with him. Felt like death after the tempo. Glute hurt and felt like a zombie, but felt better after a mile slow.
ave pace overall 7:34
Ice bath (because of glute)
weight 121
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 15.11 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.75 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 |
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Dang it! Bum hurt pretty bad yesterday. Took a walk and stretched in the afternoon, which didn't seem to help it. Iced it and stretched in evening. This morning it felt good for about 5 minutes, then could feel it a bit as I walked to the treadmill. I walked for a bit to warm up, hurty, then started a slow jog, hurty, when I started gasping, clenching teeth, I thought of MacK and her jump start she would do before she knew she had a stress fracture, and I turned the stupid machine off. The good news is I didn't have to run on the treadmill. The bad news is I didn't get to run on the treadmill, well not for long. |
Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 0.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 124.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.70 |
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Warning - PG level expletives. Holy mother of crap! Second day in a row of too much pain to run. I ran about .6 out with MacK, stopped and stretched. The pain was as bad as yesterday, but I enjoyed being with her and didn't want to stop. On the way back I was at first jogging but was laughing too much which made my bum hurt so I had to start walking because I wasn't going to stop telling my funny story. So we walked the rest of the way. I am going to beg for a dctr appointment today, camp out until Dr. Brady can see me. I hate how everyone but me got the day off yesterday. That just delays my treatment by one day. Crap crap double crappity crap. Update - went to Dr. Brady. First was the rubdown and hot stone treatment with Megan, then she put the stem patches on me for 15 min, and that felt so good. It felt like worms crawling around between the four patches, placed about 6 inches apart in a square. Sounds gross from that description but it felt so good. Then Dr. Brady, questions about how it felt, ultrasound, massage therapy, chiro adjustments, stretching, and the grand finale, electro acupuncture, and he even favored me with an extra long needle coming in from the side, which he had to push in with several strokes, it was long. Eek. The diagnosis is inflammation/irritation of the joint where my tailbone and my pelvic bone meet, its called the SI joint or something. He said one of the bones meeting at that joint is the same bone Josse's been talking about with her injury, the sacrum? Anyway, he says no running until my next treatment (Thursday), but that he could tell I didn't let it go long, and my muscles and joints reacted well to the stretching and stuff, much better than his bad cases with this problem IB 3x in the next day and icing 3x/day until the next treatment. Now, where are my pills. Oh gosh, how will I cope with not running for another couple of days?
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 0.70 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Let the slack and indolence begin. Guess that means I get to go to work early. |
Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 125.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| GRRRRRRR. (that's me growling at my scale). No major indiscretions eating wise. Had a 44 oz drink that was 2/3 coke, 1/3 diet coke, and had hot chocolate for dessert. That was it for badness. SI joint still sore, even as I wake up this morning and walk around the house. I would think even pool running would increase soreness right now. Have Dr. appt this afternoon.
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 127.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| The humiliation is now complete. I've got a chinese herbal patch on my bum. Went to Dr. Brady's yesterday afternoon. Because I didn't feel better than I did the first time I came in and told him so he told me I still shouldn't be running, Saturday at the earliest. He gave me all the same treatment as last time + chinese herbal patch. He said my body was cooperating with the adjustments and stretching better, and that I was rolling on the table (constantly going from belly, to side to back, then to belly again, etc) with less discomfort (I guess I let my discomfort show - I'm a real baby), so that's about it for the good news. Feel the muscles atrophe from inactivity.
No sharp pain yet this morning. Just a dull soreness.
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Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 125.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sleeping in on a Saturday is a rare treat. My SI joint pain has been gradually getting better, just some lingering soreness. Dr. Brady said I could run this afternoon, since afternoon runs allow your body to be more warmed up, if I was feeling better. I am improving and feeling better, but I have to weigh the benefits of a dopey 4-6 mile run, with the drawbacks of most likely making it more sore. Since tomorrow is Sunday and the sanctioned day off, by skipping my dopey run this afternoon I get two more days of rest for my injury, and I think that will do me more good in the end than burning off 500-600 calories. The decision is surprisingly easy to make. Now were are my big girl jeans? I want to comfortable today. . .
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 126.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.37 |
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Walked .25, then started running, soreness started while walking, worse pain while running, not sharp, but it makes my right leg tighten, right down to the front of my calf. Have another dr appt today. Bone scan? I would expect any minor injury to go away for sure with this much rest. So I am definitely in major injury territory.
Update - went to Dr. Brady's, all the usual, except he worked my right calf and ham, where I am getting tight when running. We talked quite a bit about my symptoms and he still thinks my symptoms do not indicate stress fracture. I have another appt Friday. I will likely try to run Thursday or Friday, with nothing in between. I have no ability to cross train. No membership, no time. Driving to Springville to pool run for an hour would take two hours, and I'm just so pressed for time that sounds unpalletable. Perhaps I'll do it, though.
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 127.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Convinced myself into pool running. Sure enough, took 2 hours of my day to "run" 4.5 worth of miles (55 minutes). It felt good, though. Got oh so boring pretty quickly. The lanes are 1/2 shallow, 1/2 deep, so I'd turn around at half way to stay deep. I did 10x approx 45 sec, on/off, then did 4 or 5 x 1:30 on, 45 sec off (it was about 45 sec for a length), then 3x 3:00 on, 45 sec offAt one point there were three swimmers in my lane with me, and a couple seemed like they were trying to play chicken with me. I'm really not trying to be a tird, but it's so much easier for a swimmer to manuveur around me than for me to move around them, so I just called their bluff every time. Only very mild soreness in my SI area. I actually am feeling much better. I just need to feel good while running. |
Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 125.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| time to check in. Wednesday, pain on the outside of where patches were, in both glutes, yesterday body just felt like it was falling apart, mostly probably because of stress and 13+ hours of work. Today, I have pain in my right bum, sometimes in the traditional place by that joint, sometimes on my "sitting" bone, where I sit. Didn't want to get up when sitting to read scriptures with the kids, not a good thing. I have a dr appt tomorrow afternoon, and I want to run before, but I am not sure I will have time and the safest time to try is right before the dr in the afternoon. Dr. Brady said if not improved by tomorrow will consider steroids, so I want to test it to see how it feels. Dang, and I am stressed. Worked so hard yesterday, but could not fall asleep, up until 12:45, but did no work after 10pm, so could have gotten in 2.5 more hours of work, and really should have. Oh well. Going skiing at Deer Valley and then high end seafood buffet in the evening. Too bad I'll have to ski like a grandma because of an injured bum. Life sucks then you die. Ok that's melodramatic, but this is my blog and you're reading it so that makes you the biggest loser :) Can you tell my husband is out of town? I have to express myself to the blog. My apologies.
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Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| Fri morning, occasional sharp pains both by my SI joint and lower (sitting bone). Attempted to run before Dr. Brady appt at 2:15. Last appt he was debating whether to give me steroids so I needed to give him more data. It was so lovely to run at all, and to run in the sun, and for it to be decently warm (39F). I could feel soreness, but it wasn't jaw clenching and it didn't cause my whole right leg to tighten up, so I was very happy overall. I ran on the river trail toward a potty, but they are still closed for the season, and since I drink alot at work I had to go, so I ran to the Pachev home. They graciously let me use their bathroom, and Sasha and Ben were toeing the line for a run together, so i joined them for just under a mile as I ran back to the Drs. Dr. Brady said he'll give me another week before ordering a bone scan (if I don't improve, slight chance of stress fracture). I am tender on my sitting bone, so he and Megan tag teamed me and worked me over pretty good. I felt really good the rest of the day. Drove up to SLC to have a night/day away from the kids. We went to the Market Street grill and shared an appetizer and dessert. The dessert was a to die for cake, that was almost flourless, tasted like a chocolate candy bar with a hint of carmel. So good.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 2.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 126.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sleep in in a hotel room, then Paul brought in lots of breakfast to me in bed. Then we went up to Deer Valley and hit the slopes. I thought I would ski conservatively, but it is so hard to do that. I just love going fast. I am not a very skilled skiier (did a couple of blacks, only one with moguls, did some moguls on a double blue a couple of times, but so not graceful and not fun--you can't go fast). I am all about the thrill factor. So I barrelled down the hills against my better judgment, did a couple of small jumps and landed in very bad form (not on my face but almost). Paul went down the mountain at 3:25 (the lift we were on closed at 3:45) because the mountain was getting icy, but I did three more runs before that lift closed. Yeah, I'm lucky I didn't kiss a tree. No pain while running. My legs were burning by the end, but not the same type of impact as running so I don't think it hurt my injury. Got several phone calls from family while on the slopes and three texts from bloggers. Thanks for the happy bday wishes! I'm too old for birthdays to be exciting unless you do something fun--skiing definitely makes the sting of turning 32 less. Seafood buffet after skiing. Man, there was some seriously rich, good food. I had fruit, fancy cheeses, snow crab, dungeness crab, lobster crembrulee (which was SOOO good), two types of soup, some type of fish that I've never had before which melted in my mouth and now I can't remember what its called (starts with an "s"), seared ahi tuna, prime rib, duck, mashed yams, some type of seafood stew, baby back ribs, and I sampled probably 8 types of dessert. Definitely ate enough for a couple of days. It was decadent.
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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Met MacK, she ran, I rode. Rode the Pachev bike for 5.7 miles, it went flat gradually, even though I put in a new tire with slime in it. Then I walked 1.5 miles to my car. So I left it at MacK's house for her husband to fix :) Dr appt. Things are improving, my mood was happy until he put me in a geeky harness and made me run on the treadmill, staring at myself in the stupid form harness. Then he told me to buy one and USE it. Dang. He also said only treadmill running this week, starting no earlier than Thursday. Except the thing is I am planning on running outside on Saturday. it will be my first act of defiance. Four miles outside Saturday! (maybe three)
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 10.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Three on the treadmill. A staff accountant called me at 1.5, so I had to get off the treadmill, catch my breath, and answer his questions, then hopped back on. Ran with the harness the first mile, after walking .25 warm up (in harness). That thing is irritating. And I think its hard to run on a treadmill coming off an injury because you have nothing else to focus on except, "am I injured still?" "does this hurt?" "Am I really healed?" Endless psychosis and no answers. My injury did have some soreness the first mile or so, and my right leg was tightening, but not enough to stop, but after I hopped back on the treadmill it felt much better. Before the run I thought I would be able to blog, "Legs felt great!" But they didn't. Slowly worked into 8:13 pace, so nothing exciting or impressive there. |
Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Legs feeling good, just a tiny bit of soreness on sitting bone. |
Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 130.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.75 |
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Planned on running 4 then a bike ride. Ericka and Josse joined in SF. We ran with the SF group. Josse and Ericka turned around at 1.5 miles, but I wanted 4 and they had to replace Erika's flat tire, so I kept running with Merri, then with MacK and Merri. Then I was on my own and wandered through a neighborhood, stopped at a laundromat for their toilet, then met up with Josse and Ericka. Ericka's tire was being a pill and they broke a tool trying to replace it, so she hung out in the car while Josse and I biked, which is so dull and I am so sorry Ericka! I was riding the Pachev's 10 year old mountain bike and Josse's got her expensive, nice road bike, so you know who was struggling during the ride. Crotch way sore. Several times I asked Josse, "Is my back tire flat? It feels flat." And she's like, "It's fine" Later: "Is my back tire flat now?" "It's still fine." I am such a wuss. Legs were way tired by the end. I can tell I am getting out of shape. I am turning into a marshmallow. Hopefully things are turning around again. I don't have pace for any of it. I mapped both on the course tool and my run was 4.75 (oops), and the bike ride was 15 miles, I'll count 3 bike miles = 1 running mile, though I think I should get a 2:1 ratio for that bike (I appreciate the Pachev's letting me borrow it, and its way better than what I have which is a big fat nothing, but it is not the most efficient machine). Afternoon - rode another three miles or so with my son (he rode about 2, I kept going ahead and circling back for him). The hills in WH are killer (example, we had to walk up a 15% grade Loafer Road segment). We vowed to do it again next week and get better at conquering the hills. I'll count as a mile. Nice to get my metabolism up a little in the afternoon. Some stretching this evening, but felt a sharp pain in my problem glute (radiated down leg). That wasn't good. After that stretching hurt so I stopped. Bogus. Going to watch a Cary Grant movie I don't think I have seen yet (His Girl Friday). He is so dreamy. I bet it will turn out that I have seen it, but we'll see.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 127.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Got cleared to run today by Dr. Brady! Gradual increase and using the form harness one mile a day are the dues. So I will be out tomorrow (ok, maybe I'll be in, since there's so much snow). Had about 8 needles in me today, good times. |
Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 128.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Treadmill since there was a blanket of snow outside. My glute and calf were sore (and calf bruised, probably from acupuncture) from being worked on yesterday, but they held up. Walked .25 with harness on, then ran one mile with it, then .25 without it, then stopped and stretched. At that point I could feel soreness in glute and in calf, mostly tightness in calf, but not extreme, kind of medium. Stretching helped alot. Got back on the treadmill and ran 3.75 more, for my first 5 mile run in weeks. It seems so long when you are out of shape! I hate the treadmill, but am glad I have it for snowy mornings, and even more glad that I am able to run, even if on the treadmill.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.75 | Weight: 126.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.31 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.31 |
| Bike ride from hades 9.94 mile bike ride in 45 minutes. Very hilly. Stopped just once as I went up Elk Ridge drive at the steepest part. I will do better next time. It was so hilly, on the uphill parts I was breathing in a ragged, about to pass out manner, so I am counting part of this hard, but staying true to the 3:1 ratio. Nasty, nasty though, much harder than any 3.31 mile run I have ever done. Fastest mile was 2:39 (fastest pace 2:09), slowest was 5:54, geez I could run it at that pace, same effort too. More than one gear on the bike would have helped :)
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.75 | Weight: 126.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.10 |
| 1pm run. Sunshine, shorts, 7:53 pace! Sweet. Felt good throughout the run. Kept pace easy by singing to my music. I sounded so good! I forgot the harness, so I focused on the form tips Dr. Brady gave me throughout the run, but especially the first mile. Stretched after 1.25, but even before stretching legs felt fine. Only some mild soreness at SI joint and sitting bone. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 5.10 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 10.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 125.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
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Rode bikes with Ben, attacked the hills better, went longer than last time, but Ben got uncooperative and sad by the end. I need to make sure i don't push him too hard.
Legs felt great at work, the best they've felt for a long time.
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Night Sleep Time: 5.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.25 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.20 |
| Ran 1 mile with harness, met up with Doug and Jill at about .8 miles, embarrassed to have that thing on, but took it off as soon as my watch beeped one mile. My legs felt not so great from the start. Had mild soreness at SI joint for the first 5 miles, which gradually increased. Stopped to stretch at 1.7 miles and that's where Josse joined me. At about 5.5 miles, a more major pain shot down my leg and then my SI joint, whole right leg didn't feel right. We got to our cars a 6.15 miles. I wanted to run 7 but that wasn't wise, so I stretched some, and we hopped on our bikes. Problem was, it was cold. My hands were painfully cold by 2 miles into the bike ride, and I asked if we could turn just after 4.5. Problem was, it was even colder going the other direction. I curled my fingers into my gloves, and tried not to think about frostbite. Josse humored me and let me talk taxes for a bit. She humors me in general, I appreciate her! I was in pain driving home, fingertips so, so cold. I found I wasn't breathing because of the pain so I started taking deep breaths. Well that led to what seemed like a panic attack (hyperventillating, senses dulling), which I have only had once before. No pain in the chest though. Got home somewhat dazed and confused, but I took a hot bath and am now feeling better/normal (for me :) normal's relative). Ave pace for run 8:47. Did that include some rest? Not sure. |
Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 6.15 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.25 | Weight: 125.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Walked a mile with Benji. Busy day. |
Night Sleep Time: 4.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.75 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.51 |
| Does sleep during FHE count as a nap? Biked 6.61 in 28:41, then stretched, and ran with McK for 5.31. Legs felt pretty good. The plan was to bike first to warm the legs up and hopefully have a better run than Saturday. Hit the back of my right calf pretty hard while biking, and my whole right side is my problem side right now, but thankfully it was in the first half of the bike ride. I felt like I couldn't run fast, like my legs didn't want to transition to running, but no serious soreness like Saturday. Right side felt somewhat tight, though, from upper hamstring down, no real SI soreness or pain. Wore harness for the first mile. Ave pace for run 8:25
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 5.31 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.75 | Weight: 127.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Dr Brady visit. He says my injury is schizo and I agree. Well, I ran 1 mile with harness outside, waited 20 minutes, (ran kids to piano and picked up JJ) then ran two on the treadmill. Mile outside felt great, after .5 on the treadmill I started feeling sore, and it gradually increased, never got as bad as Saturday, but was not comfortable. I am planning on running tomorrow mid morning. I don't thing its a good idea to run at 4am when the condition of my legs is so tenuous, so I am trying to arrange for runs later in the day. I hope I feel better tomorrow. |
Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 3.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 128.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.05 |
| waiting until there was sunshine, and Paul watched JJ. Right before I started some work I was completing gave me a neck cramp, probably from tightening up from stress. But it felt fine. Biked 3.08 to warm up, then a good stretching session, then ran 5.02 miles (first mile in harness). I practiced keeping my right leg engaged, a full participant in the running process. I think alot of my pain is from my right leg being lazy and/or stiff (bracing itself for potential pain), so I tried to imagine gripping the road with my foot as I strike and push off. I felt some tightness in my mid hamstring, but it was minor. So happy my legs felt good! Ave pace for biking 3:52 Ave pace for running 8:02
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 6.05 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 126.00 |
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FRB St. Patricks Day 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:20:42, Place overall: 2 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| Went to one of Mary Ann's races. Brought the kiddies and a sitter and ran with Mickie as he raced and won the 200m! And JJ came in third after one of Sue's kids. Sweet! Mickie won $4 which he was so excited about. I thought this would be a fun family activity, and I could do a tempo (marathon pace, about 7:00 for me right now? but really not sure of fitness) if my legs felt good, or just jog it if they didn't. They felt good, and Sue took off at the start. I settled into third place, 6:30ish pace. Caught the UVU chick before the mile marker and started running with Ben Cozier. We ran together until about mile 2 marker, then I pulled away some. Didn't want Sue to win because I was slowing. She stayed strong throughout the race, I started to close the gap, but my effort was probably 10k - 1/2 marathon pace and I didn't want to push it any more. I did yell at her to kick it in when we were about 150m from the finish (wanted her to earn the win :) ). My legs felt good. I would say really good, but there still was some slight soreness, but nothing sharp or painful, certainly not like last week. Hesitated to mark this as a race report, but it was a race and I was registered, so here it is. Splits: 6:31 6:49 6:33 5:54 pace for .15. The bad thing was that this felt harder than it should have. Oh well. Make peace with where you are. (no driving miles since took kids and made it a family rec activity)
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 5.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 126.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Ran with Sasha and Carolyn, and MaryAnn, and Jeff, and a Matt I don't know. I got to work at 5am, then realized I had no shoes (but had a running outfit). Knowing you can't do something makes you want it even more, so I borrowed Sarah's shoes for the run. She's an 8.5, I am an 8. I probably shouldn't have done it. Legs felt fine the first have, kind of sore second, but nothing sharp. |
2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 11.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.12 |
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Ever feel like you are writing your own obit? Well, so met with MacK after a 4 mile bike ride warm up. Legs felt fine the first half, last half my bum got more and more sore. I got to 4.75 miles with MacK but she could tell I was sore, so when I tried to tag on the .25 she said to go back to my car and she is right. So I ran 4.77.
For a couple of weeks I have been doing 5 milers, but I feel by the end of the run like if I run more than 5 my legs are going to fall apart. So my question is: WHAT THE FREAK GOOD IS A FIVE MILE RUN TO A MARATHONER? It's no good at all, except perhaps for a very minor fitness atrophy rate reduction, and I'm not gaining more weight. The status quo cannot stand. I have a Friday doc appt and will insist on a bone scan. I will likely be out of commission for awhile. If I just had a diagnosis it would help, but Dr. Brady originally said
it was an SI joint issue, then said it was acting more like a pinched
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I have goals. This doesn't fit into the plan. I feel like the hulk ready to morph. PM: The Hulk's been tamed by a gruelling (ok gruelling for me) afternoon bike ride. 15.07 miles in 1:01:59, ave pace 4:07, I finally figured out how to ride this bike a little faster, by holding the side handle bars-genius! I got an appointment with Dr B for tomorrow, so that will be nice. I just need to remember to not take it out on him. I get way moody and somewhat unstable when I can't run and have no prospect of running.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 127.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.50 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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So I went to the orem rec center to do CROSSTRAINING. 19 minutes on bike (warmed up then kept HR above 150) 26 minutes elliptical (HR in upper 160 most of the time) then changed and hopped in the pool. 40 minutes pool running. By this time I was tired and thirsty but forgot to get a drink. Did intervals after I got bored (took like 2 or 3 minutes to get bored), 1 length (well these are all half lengths, but it is an olympic size pool) hard, 1 easy, 2 hard, 1 easy, 3 hard, 1 easy, 2 hard, 1 easy, 1 hard, 1 easy, 2 hard, 1 easy 1 hard, then ran out of time. Went to Dr. Brady, he agrees to bone scan to rule out stress fracture. Scheduled for tomorrow, will have results by my Mon appt with him. Have a Tues appt with another dr, Dr. McLane, I think, and she'll prescribe me some steroids if she follows Dr. B's recommendation. I'll be on Aleve until then. No running. No more ab workouts, at least the kind I have been doing, because they require stability on the ball, which aparently I don't have. We'll see how it goes.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 20.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Went to Josse Gym (Josse's house) to bum off her nice elliptical machine, since it was too snowy to bike outside and I am off running. Ode to the bone scan machine: I want to feel all the chemicals inside, I want to feel. I want a stress fracture just to know that I'm alive, to know I'm alive. (italicized words modified, Ensign style).
(Name that band, winner gets the exclusive rights to Michelle's "We're cooler than everyone else" club). Got a bone scan today. Full body, and pelvic areas two ways. I could see the image as it scanned on a screen but couldn't interpret it. Must take some schooling or something. Bet who ever interprets it makes more than a Wal-mart checker :) (or a CPA for that matter).
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 10.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 129.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Squat today.
Did get my results of my bone scan: "There are no areas of abnormal uptake of the neuclide that would suggest metastatic or inflammatory disease (actually the last word was d________e, the word was blurry but that's my guess)." Translation: I get to run tomorrow! Ha, ha, that was funny. But it does mean no stress fracture, right? So steroids here I come! Lyrics for today: "Show me what I'm looking for. Show me what I'm looking for." (no cheating)
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 126.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.85 |
| biked the Salem to Genola there and back, with a detour in a Salem neighborhood going up a side street to chat with Andy G. 26.54 miles. I really think on Sasha's 15 year old mountain bike with one gear I should get 2/1 credit for bike miles to run miles conversion, but my miles don't mean much right now anyway. It took about 2 hours (2:08 with breaks). I've always wanted to see Genola, but its a small town and there wasn't that much to see. I rode through downtown Santaquin and saw a mom and pop restaurant I'd like to try out. I'm stretching for anything interesting to write about. I guess I best shut up. Lyrics from my ipod, from a band which was only together for a few years, late 70's to early 80's, one of my favorite all time bands for their lyrics: "Learn to love me, assemble the ways, now, today, tomorrow and always. My only weakness is a list of crimes, my only weakness is . . . well, never mind, never mind." Anyone know it?
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 127.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Lehi legacy center pool. 90 minutes of pool running. Hard workout. easy minutes in parentheses 12 warm up, then 1 (1) 2 (1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 4 (3) 2 (1) 1 (1) 2 (1) 1 then 5 easy, exhausted. Knew I wanted to be in the pool for 90 minutes but wanted hard minutes to truly be hard. Did 1 hard, 1 easy x 10 after that because I couldn't muster much more. Then cool down. Could see the runners on the track and thought it was cruel to place them in view. Found out that pool running can make you want to upchuck. But I held it in. Nice hard workout. Unfortunately my SI joint is just a tad sore from it. Theoretically crosstraining shouldn't hurt it, but it was also a little sore after my 2 hour bike ride. Apparently it wants rest rest, not alternate training. I'll chew on it, and perhaps keep crosstraining to 60 minutes? Atrophy!!!
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 40.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pain in the butt! SI joint in pain this morning. 11am dr appt with a new doctor with IHC sports medicine clinic, dr McLain. She had a fellow work on me, but she spent a good 45 minutes with me too. Didn't get out of there until 1:30. Got xrays, which show pulling on my bone on low pelvic bone, where my hams been hurting, and a bone chip on the bottom of my siatic joint. They also said my right hip was high, out of alignment, (they both checked it) so they pulled on that sucker ("Relax" YANK!). Then the glorious steroid injection into the joint, but not before I got to change into some huge disposable shorts. Very unflattering. The shot stung and hurt, but I breathed through it, telling myself nothings as bad as giving birth, and there's a purpose to the pain. Really I am just a wuss on the table trying to not hyperventilate. She also gave me an oral steroid 12 day step down pack prescription and a muscle relaxant. The shot also had a temporary numbing agent, which helps us know if treating that area is treating the area in pain, and my SI joint felt hurty (as Ruthie says it) after their adjustment, and like gold after the shot, so at least we have the right area. So I've got meds and an order for no running or crosstraining for a week. She said standing up on the bike while pedalling (have to do going uphill) is likely the cause of this flare up. I'm happy I went to her. I am hopeful I am on the path to recovery. I am also starting my detox now, one can of soda today, one tomorrow, then off completely. I need sleep to heal, and need to consume better stuff. I guess I can use caffeine as a crutch no more. (I still get a coke after major races as a treat). More sleep should help me heal.
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Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 | Weight: 129.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Day 9 of no running, Day 2 of complete vegging. I can feel my SI! I am not sure if its the shot or the adjustment, but they say the steroids will start to work their magic in a handful of days, so I guess I just sit tight. I had one can of soda and gave away the rest at work. I have no soda tomorrow. I reserve the right to nap. Anyone out there who can run and who decided not to today deserves a big Michelle scowl ;)
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Skiied with the family at Alta for Benji's birthday (he turns 9 tomorrow). Skied like a granny. There was insane amounts of powder. My SI joint is still a little sore even though I spent most of my time caboosing behind Benji. It's been getting better each day, but throughout each day it gets more sore as the day wears on. |
Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Could not stay asleep! Woke up at 3am. Got out of bed at 3:40 and got ready for work. Went to a sports PT today. Steve Orrock is a marathoner and a sports PT, and owns a sports therapy center. Unfortunately he wasn't there this morning. Karen, who worked on me, said the pain is not in the SI, but lower, closer to the tailbone, ligaments down there. She had me do lots of different reaches, and said my weakness is in crossward motion, and had me do exercises where I am crossing my body, three types which I need to do three times a day. She and her helper also did heat, asym, massage, ultrasound, and icing to finish up. I am just as sore as yesterday. Not really seeing progress.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 130.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Does walking count as cross training? I had a follow up with Dr. McLane, felt better yesterday than I have for a couple of weeks, but this morning on the xray table I was in pain while rolling hips around, the table was really hard. So then she wanted to have me replicate on the doctors table and I kept rolling around different ways and couldn't replicate the pain. Soreness but no PAIN. I felt like a moron, really. We discussed where I hurt and what the PT said, and Dr. McLane doesn't think its that lower ligament, but my perioformis or whatever the name is muscle in my deep glute, and that perhaps my sciatic is running right through it, and there's scar tissue causing the sciatic to get tweaked. But I got to witness her and her fellow doctor discuss my symptoms and they seemed highly uncertain and perplexed. They are recommending graston, very deep, deep massage, stretching and cleared me to crosstrain. She said soreness is not a problem with crosstraining, neither is me getting pain at other times in the day, but if I get the sharp pain or leg tightness while crosstraining or running to stop. She seemed to even clear me for running but I am not falling for that. I used to think that doctors were conservative and told us to not run at a drop of a hat. Now I am wary when they say go ahead and run. Anyway, I've been doing PT exercises 3x per day, plank ab position holds to ease my abs out of the atrophy spiral. I'll add other ab plank variations that don't put pressure on one side of my body. I am spending almost as much time between these things and doctors appointments (I have two PT and one dr appt this week). I walked another mile with the kids later in the evening.
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 130.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| Pool ran, nice and easy for 30 minutes. I figure not good for more than 2.5. HR at the end was 88, proof I didn't go too hard. I figured I'd hit the pool and make myself take it easy and just let my legs get used to moving again. I did have to remind myself to take it easy, but was successful. Butt felt fine. I did my PT exercises and some stretching after in the weight area (this is all at the Lehi Legacy center). There were about 5-6 guys in there and they didn't know quite what to make of me (she invades our turf to stretch and do some lame-o exercises????). Doing one exercise on the ground felt fine during the exercise, but hurt when trying to get up. Being on a hard surface and rolling around is the only thing that hurts my SI right now. Better get back to work.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 15.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.25 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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PT appt in the morning. Met Steve Orrock. He didn't agree with Dr. McLane's latest theory of the sciatic running through the piriformis because when I stretched the piri it didn't generate the pain. He was able to (very craftily!) replicate the pain radiating down my leg, and at that point started to think it has a sciatic component. He dug hard into my bum and my upper ham, so I felt like I was getting my money's worth. He had me do some type of stress test on the bike: 5 min easy spin with little resistance, then increase resistance to slight uphill feel, then increase the resistance every minute five times, at 11 minutes go up of my seat at that high resistance and bike for 5 more minutes, then 2 min easy spin w little resistance to cool down. Got my heart rate up to 178 at the end (he didn't tell me to, but I measured during the 2 minute easy cool down). I am not sure what he was testing, except perhaps how out of shape I was. It was nice to have athletic trainers standing around while I breathe hard and work up a sweat. Then he had me walk on the treadmill to look at my gait, then had me run (not nearly long enough :)) and took camera of me. It was my first time seeing myself run on video in a long time, and it was downright shocking to see the degree to which I heel strike. I can see the whole bottom of my foot from the front view, even the heel, when I strike. It was downright ugly. Sometimes you have to see it to believe it. So walked/ran .8 there, then had to walk my car to/from the shop later in the day. My PT appt took 2 hours, and I still got in 13.55 hours of work which means I got home after 11pm last night. I was exhausted, but my bum was only slightly sore, no acute pain, which tends to come on if I work myself into the ground. I am supposed to do my PT exercises three times a day, but only did them twice. Once on a piece of grass behind a church after picking up my car in my work clothes, and once again in my work clothes at 11:15pm.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Steve Orrock told me to bike 60 minutes today, this was after my bike test yesterday. So, that seems like too much of a jump in cross training and I debated as I biked stationary if I should really do 60 or do less, but in the end I did 60. I started out pushing it a bit much, but after checking my heart rate manually (which I did about 5 times and it always was within 5 of the machine) and coming in at 150 16 minutes into the workout, I knew I shouldn't have too high of a heartrate and 60 minutes on the bike, one had to give, so I kept it under 140 for the rest of the bike workout. Dull as heck, but at least I had music and the lame-o competitive joy of knowing everyone in the cardio workout left before I did. I get competitive even in scenarios like that. I had some woman on the bike next to me for the first half and it showed distance traveled for the two of us and I was catching up to her before she stopped. Pretty lame of me but it's so dull on equipment. Since it was raining and Paul wasn't home I hired a girl in my ward to swim with the kids at the Lehi aquatic center while I worked out, then I did my PT exercises and stretched, then changed into my bathing suit and joined them in the pool. It is nice to hit the pool after working out. It's been 3 hours since I finished the workout and my bum still feels good. No sharp pain (put a pad under my bum for the PT exercise this time), and only some very slight soreness/or tightness.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 30.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 129.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Did a killer workout at the PTs and suffered the consequences. 5 minutes spin no resistance. 5 minutes no resistance, alternate 30 sec easy, 30 sec crazy fast 5 minutes of some other drill I don't remember
5 minutes of mild uphill resistance, alternating 30 sec easay, 30 sec out of saddle (PT says don't go crazy on this set because the next is tough) 5 minutes of mild uphill resistance: 15 sec moderate pace, 15 sec fast, 15 sec really fast, 15 sec crazy fast. Well, I guess he shouldn't use the word crazy fast with me, this was so tough, my legs were buckling after 2 minutes, he had me stop and recover after three sets, then do two more. I think this is where i got my really colorful bruises (hitting my knees on the bike on the crazy fast part, nice big purple bruises, almost breaking the skin with the blunt force trauma). 5 minutes of gradual incline, starting with mild uphill and slowly cranking resistance every 15 sec, this one wasn't bad until the last 1.5 minutes. 3 minutes easy spin square tramp: 6 minutes of running in place on a trap, 30 sec easy, 30 sec "sprint" I was dead already but I gave it an effort total gym squats, even, then each leg 30 stretching in some machine all the pt stuff (estem, ultrasound, massage, help stretching) My body felt fine until 3pm, pain started slowly on sitting bone, moved to my SI area, magnified until by evening I just wanted to sit/lay, PT exercise on the ground (rocking knee killed). I was so upset with myself for not explaining better to the PT my desire to build slowly and conservatively. We've since had a couple of chats and hopefully we'll be smarter in the future. I do have to say, it felt so exhillerating to push my body, though. I miss working out, esp hard workouts.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Steve had me come in for 30 minutes e-stim, astym, massage to help work out the pain from yesterday. If yesterday's pain got up to 8, I'd say todays got up to 3.
Was planning on pool running 60 min easy, but that was the plan before pain flared up yesterday. So I did a big nothing.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| PT appt: 8 min e-stim, ultrasound, massage, then small workout: 5 min spin no resistance 6 min on the trap, alternating 30 sec easy, 30 sec 70-75% 30 lunges on total gym, straight, then one leg higher than other, 30 lunge touches 3 ways on each side. more e-stim, massage, taping hamstring to prevent full extension. Pain reemerged today, not as severe as Monday but perhaps that is just because I am on a course of IB. if Monday was 8, today got up to 6 or so. Enough to prevent range of motion, make me reluctant to pick stuff off the ground, uncomfortable doing the knee rocks on the bed but not highly painful so I did them. I started doing some more 30 lunge touches 3 ways, but felt strange with the pain so I stopped.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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Tax season is over and I am down in St. G.
Spoke to Steve this morning, and instead of totally laying off, he is having me swim with little to no kicking with my legs, to get in an aerobic workout.
We are staying at the Green Vally Spa and Resort, in a very nice junior suite for two nights, which I won from getting 2nd in the St G marathon. It's about $280 a night, so we are moving to a Holiday Inn after the two free nights to save money. Too bad because our beds are like fluffy clouds.
My rear is feeling much better, some soreness in the SI and the sitting bone, lower. I did about 20-25 minutes in the pool. Looked like a total idiot, since the back half of my body was constantly sinking and trying to pull me under. I must not be all fat or I'd float :) I did about 14 or 16 laps, but slow going without kicking. I made it across the pool 3 separate times freestyle, but I am so bad at breathing I was constantly sucking in water, so I did most in the backstroke. I tried the breaststroke, but try that without kicking--its not for an amateur like me. Tomorrow I'll wear my pool running belt, which will make me equally idiotic looking, but perhaps I will be able to do it for longer. I also did hamstring stretchs and lunges, and knee rocks. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 130.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.58 |
| Vacations are awesome. Woke up at 7:30, hit the pool, swam 31 minutes this time (I count 12 min = mile). Wore my pool running belt which helped me so I didn't feel like my bottom half was dragging me to the bottom of the pool. We went offroading in the Pine Valley mountains (out of Leeds) trying to get to Oak Grove campground for a trail head. Well, turns out that road takes us up the mountain. There was snow ahead, then patches of snow and the road turned slightly muddy, then it turned so muddy when we were just .5 mile from the trailhead that we knew we needed to turn around or risk getting stuck (we have awd on our minivan which makes us more adventurous but we have our limits). So we ended up driving through a new development area in the Washington area, and drove to the end of the developments since I could see a trail in the brush, and we started hiking. It was a somewhat lame-o hike, probably 2-2.5 miles, but we had an ok time.
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Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.33 |
| Swam 40 minutes this morning. Had a witness in the hot tub reading his morning paper. Hiked the three pools trail in Snow Canyon, no snow in snow canyon thankfully. It was 76 when we finished our hike, and we felt so hot. The trail was only 3.5 miles, but it felt so much longer since over half is in deep sand. I emptied my shoes three times. I wore running shoes, and if I ever can run again, I bet this hike took 50 miles off the life of my shoes. Right hamstring tight and sore through hike, not bad but noticable.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.67 |
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50 minutes swimming with just arms in Lehi Legacy lap pool. First time doing this in front of a swimming crowd, so that was a joy. One length was typically 43 sec, and 43 strokes, and about 1.5 minutes back and forth which includes turn around time. Right forearm started to hurt last 20 minutes but did better I think when I straightened my arm. I liked when the old man was next to me and I could go faster than him. I didn't like when a younger man started using that same lane and was smoking me. I realized I need goggles if I am going to do this long term. Stomach started to turn at around 40 minutes, perhaps due to the water I swallowed when trying to swim freestyle (only did three lengths, and those weren't even in a row, I am horrible at it). Weight sucks. Perhaps now that I am out of tax season I can do a morning and evening workout to try to keep weight down. PM: PT appt: e-stim/heat on ham and SI area
ultrasound on ham and SI area massage - ham and SI area walk on treadmill 5 min 30 total gym squats three ways (even, left leg up, right leg up)
6:30 on tramp, 30 sec easy, 30 sec hard stretching in stretching cage three way ham lunge touch 1 min walk/ 1 min run on treadmill x5, then 3 minutes more walk (speed walking 4mph, running 7mph, focus on running on balls of feet, as Steve says, like Tinkerbell) Massage on ham Ice Soreness in SI area at a 2 before, still a 2 as I go to bed. Not pain, just can feel that there's still something there. Diagnosis from Steve Orrock: tendonotrophy (long term tendonitis) where ham meets sitting bone, so ham and other related muscles tighten up and pull downward on the sacrum or other pelvic bone? and makes my SI joint not have full range of motion or stability. Says ham is primary issue causing SI issue. Makes sense.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 2.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 133.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.92 |
| 51 minutes of swimming with arms only. Got to the pool late so people had to double up in lanes at 6am because of water aerobics, and at that point it felt like I was swimming in a wave pool, from the waves generated by my lane mate and the guy next to me, who I would accidentally touch occasionally. I need to learn how to swim on one side of a lane without invading the next lane's space!!! Pulse only 78 at the end, but better than the 72 heart rate at the end of two other swim workouts. Then did 8 minutes on the elliptical. Pain was about at a 2 this morning (before), but more like a 1 after and right now (4:40) so that's great news. Also doing exercises and stretches at home. |
Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 132.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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40 min swimming, 10 laps at separate times of freestyle is a record of 250 m for me in one day, still really bad at it. Counts as 3.42 miles. PT: e-stim, ultrasound, massage, stretching of ham 3 ways three times on each leg, total gym squats three ways x30, ham lunges 3 ways x15 on each leg, tramp 6.5 min, 30 sec easy, 30 sec hard (count as .54), then another massage, then treadmill 17 minutes, 1 min walking then 1 minute running. 8 minutes running altogether at 7mph = .95 miles of running, .62 walking, then another massage and icing PM: 25 min walk, about 1.5 miles
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 4.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
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So sick of waking up early (about 4:15) to swim, so I slept in and was going to walk with MacK if my pain went down (I was about at a 4 or 5 last night, it gradually came on starting around 4pm). Unfortunately this morning my pain is anywhere between 2 and 5. I was standing at my computer and had my legs crossed, uncrossed them and was rewarded with a nice shot of pain. I had success on Monday with 5 min on/5 min off running/walking, but Wed I do it for 8 each and get rewarded with some nice pain. Perhaps the walk in the afternoon didn't help? The other difference as I look back is I forgot to warm up with 5 minutes of walking before the tramp and walk/run cycle, stupid mistake. MacK arranged a babysitter so we could walk and I had to cancel. And I have to hit the pool instead because its the only safe thing to do. I am so discouraged.
PM: 51 minutes of swimming with arms and hamstring lunges and stretching. Pain in evening in the 5-6 range, walking with a limp sometimes. I am so sorry if this seems whiny but I am at my wits end and I don't know what to do. BTW, I wouldn't advise combining crying and swimming, its kind of dangerous.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Went to PT, Steve wasn't there so I wasn't able to discuss with him overall strategy. Pain before visit, about a 2, sometimes spiking to 4, after 1, by evening back to 4ish. Visit: e-stim, ultrasound, massage, stretching, total gym, 5 min walking, hamstring lunges, 6:30 on tramp, 30 sec hard/easy, though I didn't take my hard that hard, then massage, icing iced throughout the afternoon/evening. I tested our sprinkler system, only 5 minisprayer broken from the extreme snow, and one traditional sprayer needs to be fixed. I am amazed that something I built that involves wires is still working two springs later. I dug one hole for a tree. Will shop for non-blue spruce pine trees on Sat. We need to move some big landscaping rocks before expanding our sprinkler system, which needs to happen within the next couple of days, but I don't think my injury will like that.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Upper weights and plank exercises. Planted a pine tree. Pain up to a 5 by the end of the day.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 135.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Started in pain (4) gradually went down then back up to about a 6 at night. No activity to speak of, other than life. Couldn't sleep, laying is more uncomfortable than it has been. Gave up and took and aleve and an ambien, wish I had an hour and a half earlier, though.
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Night Sleep Time: 9.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Woke up with worst morning pain ever. For several minutes pain was about 5. It seems to be warming up though, about a 2 for the moment. I plan on begging to get into Dr. McLane today and doing an MRI, at a cost of about 400-600. Bye bye greenbacks.
Pain upon waking up 5, pain with every step and a limp. Gradually
went down (a 4 within 5-10 minutes, a 2-3 by 9:15, a 1-3 through 4pm,
now increasing and is in the 4-5 range (its 5pm right now)
Called
Dr. McLane to beg for appt and she and her sports associates are at a
conference until Thursday. So I made an appt for Thursday. Turns out
to be ok timing. PT: Had a good chat w/ Steve re injury
status, and he said to give it 48 hours before going down MRI route.
He checked my SI and says my SI is moving fine but pelvic bone isn't. e-stim, ultrasound on bum, massage on bum and ham, then Steve massage
exercises
- walking on treadmill, pain w/every step, walking toes varies pain,
drops it slightly, Rocking exercise for pelvic joint, various total gym
stuff, then some manipulation, stretching type stuff, and icing, more
discussion w/Steve re training. He says I can still cross train if I
don't go crazy and don't go beyond what he says to do (like the 25
minute walk after last Wed's workout) and warm up properly (like I
didn't Wed). Pain not bad enough to come again tomorrow, so will go in
Wed. Last night contemplating need for pain meds vs desire to not
get addicted to them. I guess I'd rather use Ambien, but I currently
can't sleep well on my own, a combination of pain and frustration with
the pain. Currently taking Aleve. More Lyrics anyone? "Why should I imagine that I'd have something to say?" |
Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 132.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
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Pain when woke up around a 4.
2.26 walked with MacK,
16:13, 16:12, 16:47 pace for .26, 16:16 ave pace. Dull pain with each
step. Walked on toes a bit after I left MacK (last .25). Did pelvic
stretch, before walk and with .15 to go. Pain 2 after walk, then
walked around our yard placing vinca (planted 32 yesterday) where I
want to plant them, which caused me more pain, so it's now around 3.
Will swim later. Joy! PM: 1pm Swimming at Lehi Legacy Center: 30 min. 10 min of backstroke & fins, no kicking, then 50 meters on each side of a drill where one arm is in front of me and small sideways kicks, then 100m rest, then 50 meters on each side of a one armed crawl. Then more backstroke. Got my strokes down to 37 on one lap, though I may have kicked a little, I tried not to. More pelvic stretches, could feel injured spot while swimming the last five minutes, not pain just present. Pain 1-3 from 8am-3pm, what is weird is the pain is more like lower back tightness as the constant and some SI pain interspersed. I need one of those back massagers so I asked for one for Mothers Day. Back tightness has increased gradually, but more like a consistent 3 at 6:30 and much better than yesterday. Yesterday Bonnie called me and I said I was rocking out to Bush really loud, and she was like, "Why, were you saying goodbye to him?" Ha ha.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 131.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.33 |
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In bed last night pain was more traditional, still plenty of SI pain if I try to lay on that side, roll around, or even some while laying flat. I am learning to sleep on my left side :( First few min of walking around, pain about a 2-3, getting better for last two days. 41 min of swim, including same technical stuff as yesterday, pluse 50 yds of freestyle--I am so bad at it. It's good to do some to spike up my hr, mostly from not knowing how to breathe properly, but I'll take what I can get. HR at the end 81. Going to PT this morning. PT: e-stim (lower back/SI), ultrasound on lower back perhaps SI area too, massage (lower back, SI, and upper ham, stretched ham three ways in gym, then Steve did massage on lower back, SI and upper pelvic joint, hamstring, then we went over the pelvic stretch, then icing. No arebic exercises there and none for this afternoon. My SI hurt after the massage, perhaps from the pelvic stretch. I told Steve (he said on Monday to wait 48 hours) I had an appointment w/Dr McLane for tomorrow and was wondering if an MRI is advisable and told him I'd like one. He basically didn't say one way or another, but I don't think he thinks its necessary but is letting me have my way about it, but he said he wants to talk to Dr McLane before I meet with her tomorrow. So, we'll see what she says. No pain while walking around (well maybe a one), but sat on floor w/JJ for a game and it hurt bad in certain positions. I don't think me and the floor get along. I plan on planing 64 today and 64 tomorrow, then I won't have to do more until Paul moves some bulders (so perhaps I'm good for a couple of years :D ). For the ground cover challenged here's a picture of vinca major (periwinkle): http://freshdirt.sunset.com/images/2008/04/10/periwinkle_vinca_major_invasion_b_2.jpg
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 40.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 132.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Pain at a 1-2 at waking up and after morning exercise, spikes to a 4-5 right after I do my pelvic stretches, but then calms down, hovered around 3, a 5 after MRI and ended up around a 6-7.
swam 40 minutes, same as yesterday plus 100 m freestyle, 50 at a time and almost drowning on the last lap of freestyle. Met my moron quota for the day then 20 min ellyptical at level 1. Had a very fit woman on a treadmill in front of me and I had to endure watching her perfect body doing an interval workout. It was torture. No sweat, just jealousy oozing out of me. HR was 110-120 on ellyptical. Dr. McLane appt today. Its been 3 months of injury now. I am tired of it but resigned. Haven't cried since Sunday. More good news, my cream of wheat didn't explode in the microwave this morning -- a feat for me. Anyone else put hot chocolate powder in their cream of wheat instead of other sugar? Lyrics, "Oh, save your life, cause you only got one. . ." (marion did I already do this one?) Dr. McLane ordered an MRI, and I got it done late afternoon. Two actually, my back and my pelvic through mid-thigh. Man, MRI's are still so loud. And what is the most painful for my injury? Laying on a hard surface, exactly what I got to do for a full hour. I listened to Snow Patrol. Too bad the MRI was too loud to hear the lyrics on some of the songs I wasn't familiar with. The MRI will be read by the radiologist tomorrow, and he will be calling Dr. McLane. I'll have the MRI results sent to Steve Orrock too, so we'll get plenty of analysis out of those suckers. Good news: the two together cost me $433, so not bad for two. Period started, last one was 12/9, so a 4.66 months in between.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 40.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 131.00 |
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No crying streak broken last night when I had to make the call whether to workout this morning or not. I decided not to, I was in some serious pain (perhaps a 7 by bedtime), and the good news is I am still upset about not working out. My legs may be getting flabby, but I am still thinking like an athlete :)
Pain 3-4 in morning, about a 3 now, superpainful at PT when trying to lift leg, rotate, etc on the tables.
PT: longer e-stim because I have been hurting, then ultrasound, then megalong massage by intern (hey I wasn't going to stop her), then hamstring stretch, ankle press exercise, and pelvic exercise (I asked Steve the name of this sucker but it was hopelessly too long for me to remember). Then Steve started to work on me, and brought the MRI report to me. At first blush it looked like a stress fracture, but in their details it seems to indicate something short of that (exerpt: There is an increased signal involving the bones on both sides of hte right sacroiliac jiont, more prominently on the sacrum side of hte joint than on the iliac side of hte joint. NO increased signal is noted within the joint itself. While there is a subtle low signal linear density crosssing the right aspect of the sacrum at th emargin of this increased T2 signal, a similar and symmetric structures seen on the left sisde so I do not believe this represents an acute stress fracture. . .These findings a re suggestive of stress reaction.) Total mumbo jumbo to me. Steve's having me rest, and on Monday we'll consult with Dr. McLane, since she asked the radiologist to call her while he was reading it, she will have some insight. So do I have a stress fracture, or perhaps something just short of one???? Steve said assuming its a stress fracture, that I need 7-10 days in a row with no pain, then I can start incorporating cross training. So it might take 5 days to get to consistent no pain, but we'll see. Holy freaking pain! Pain shot up to 8ish by late evening, pain with every step, every movement, pain while riding as passenger home from date. I held Paul's arm for support as I walked, close to buying crutches. I will not curse about this, I will not curse about this.
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Night Sleep Time: 8.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.25 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Pain around a 3 at waking up, 2-5 through 1pm. Pain gradually increased to just below yesterday. Walking around like a ninety year old.
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Pain very much the same. Lots of back tightness too from bracing for pain (had that yesterday too).
PM: back started to tighten greatly late afternoon and pain was about a 5, so I took a muscle relaxant at 5pm, which actually helped quite a lot. My pain was more mellow last night, pain of 2-3 with straight walking, and twists, getting out of car, etc still hurt up to 5-6, but not nearly as bad as the last two nights (thank heaven).
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Confirmed stress reaction, just short of a stress fracture (no fracture line yet).
I got to see my MRI pictures, very interesting to see yourself in slices.
Crutches for three weeks to keep weight off, should decrease healing time. Bone stimulator should come in the next couple of days. TENS machine so I can get electric stimulation to my heart's desire (also does IFC). Muscle relaxants, a pain reliever (non addicting she says) in case I need it. I am getting sick of reading, but I guess I can work at my desk. I can walk in the pool if it doesn't hurt, may start swimming arms only with my scuba mask and breathing thing, once I go crazy. Oh man, Benji got some type of break in his leg. Apparently a piece chipped off in Feb when he got his initial injury, but we thought it was just a sprain. Today was his second time reinjuring it, and it turns out he is on crutches! I thought he'd be my designated mopper and gopher, but I just had a chat with rascal #2 about being a big boy and helping us all out while we are waylaid. Two people on crutches in my house in one day! Its like a bad sitcom.
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| Pain about a 1-2 early morning, 0-1 during the day. Pain in back started around 11am, took a muscle relaxant around noon, will take another around 7pm (I can feel the lower back soreness coming back). Pain in SI still around a 1, but I tripped on my chair (clumsy with crutches) and felt a stab of pain in SI. Did reach over exercise with weight on my good leg today with no ill effect. I've been told by Dr. McLane and Steve I can walk in the pool or swim with just arms, but I am going to wait for another day at least. I don't want any more false starts. During my nap I dreamt Adam Lambert got kicked off American Idol, must have been post-traumatic stress from last week. He is soooo good and rather fine when he wears his eyeliner :)
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Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 1.25 | Total Sleep Time: 9.75 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Pain in bed still when rotating, or if I trip in my crutches like a clutz, and a 1 otherwise. Pain up to a 2 by evening, forgot to use crutches twice when getting up from couch, and leg felt fine both times.
Steve O sent me three articles about sacral stress fractures and they were like reading diary. These injuries are so rare that misdiagnosis and false starts with treatment are inevitable. If only it could have been diagnosed in Feb, but it wasn't because of faulty medical care, rather a lack of medical clairevoyance, and I'll have to forgive my various caregivers and most of all myself for that shortcoming :) The articles suggest I could be on land running in 4-8 weeks, so I will likely be doing the 8 week plan. Even though I have a "stress reaction" by diagnosis, I am going to treat it like a stress fracture, because it very well could be and just wasn't picked up strong enough (too many layers of fat to image through ;) ). Found out in articles amenorrhea was a potential cause of bone density loss. I just thought it was one of the many perks of being a serious runner :) My last two were 4.67 months apart, so perhaps this is a risk for me. I need to figure out calcium supplements and how to test for bone density/bone loss.
One week of no activity, then slow increase of cross training sounds like the plan. I haven't done any cross training since Thursday, but I had extreme pain through last Saturday, and even Sunday wasn't that good, so should I wait until next Monday to start crosstraining? My start will be walking in the pool and swimming with my arms. All needs to be pain free. So I could try it Friday and just see if its pain free. Used new home e-stim unit, 2.5 hours on SI, 1 hr on back. It's not as sturdy as the models at Dr. Bradys, or Steve O's offices, so I hope I don't wear the sucker out.
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 132.00 |
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I can't stand sleeping on my right side any more! Laying flat on my back causes a dull pain, and I can feel the SI when I shift legs in bed, or sleep on stomach too, but that's how I ended up. I'll know I've won the battle with this thing when I can roll around in bed to my hearts content. I feel like such a slug. I have fallen out of love with food, feel semi-nauseous alot and undeserving of eating, since I so sedentary. Eating none the less. There's the female athlete triad that contributes to bone injuries: 1) disordered eating, 2) amenorrhea and 3) osteoporosis. I have #2, perhaps #3 but not #1. I don't always eat as well as I should, but I eat plenty (as demonstrated by my 10# weight gain so far) and try to eat right. No pain getting in or out of the car (I was keeping legs parallel like a granny, but still progress). My back got tired by the end of the day, but no steady tightening/pain like days past, so that is progress. 1.5 hr of e-stim on SI 1.5 hr of e-stim on lower back .5 hr of e-stim on SI I read that e-stim can actually help the bone rebuild. Has anyone else heard that?
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 130.00 |
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When I woke up I got on my left side (I think I've been saying my right side this whole time, but its my left I am on to relieve the right side) and I lifted my right leg, which traditionally caused pain, but no pain. Laid on my back for 1 hour last night and felt no pain, some pressure on my bone but when I paid attention, that pressure is also on the left, just the weight of my body! I gingerly rolled to the left and there was no pain! I don't dare roll to the right, that is where I am very likely to feel pain. I guess I'll test that side in a few days if I feel like there's more healing progress.
Feeling happy with my progress! Here's to another crutchy day.
Update - work was so hard! I had to go up and down the stairs many times, never though my desk job had so much moving around. Went to the elem school's fair in the evening, so more crutching around. No real pain but can feel my SI just a tad. Big knot in my upper right back.
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 132.00 |
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| I dared to roll over to my right side for the first time in over a week this morning and there was no pain.
Lounged around the house. Went out in the evening and it wiped me out. Its a 35 min drive to Provo. Paul got us into Chili's without waiting by saying something about his wife being in crutches (I was in the car waiting to see if the wait time was too long for us). By mid movie my tailbone was sore, probably too much sitting throughout the day. Had 60 minutes in the car on the way home, wiped out by the time we got home. No pain above just feeling like the right felt differently than the left. And tired and back sore.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| I love mother's day!
I am making Paul make a turkey, you should have seen his face as he took the giblets and turkey neck out of its cavity. He is so afraid of semonila and it just grossed him out. He made a cake and frosting from scratch. He's so domestic!!! I got a big symphony bar and between the 5 of us (mostly me, but I shared) its gone! My back massager I got as a gift is missing some pieces, so I need to take it back :( Next year I am getting my own MRI machine :P It'll be way useful for early detection of stress fractures. I am still thinking to go to the pool Monday for walking in the pool and swimming with just my arms, but will keep it short. I have no pain, but some slight soreness if I rotate on a bed, trip with my crutches (sorry this still happens) and otherwise can just feel a slight difference between the two sides, but perhaps thats just the muscle atrophy. (muscle atrophy being my favorite phrase right now). My right side (unused side) is also slightly discolored (pink, sometimes purple) but I can get it the same color after flexing and relaxing the calve for a few minutes.
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.50 | Total Sleep Time: 9.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| To the Legacy Center! I swam 10 minutes with my snorkle mask and breath-tube in so I could freestyle the whole time. Had to take brief breaks to drain nose section which wasn't staying water tight. HR 108 at the end, not bad. No pain or SI discomfort, I did not kick them. then 10 minutes walking in the pool. It felt foreign to walk with both feet. Felt slight discomfort in the pool at one step, and just kind of weird on the rest. I felt like I could have done more swimming with no negative effects. The 10 minutes of walking felt like plenty. Not really a work out but felt like some dormant muscles were waking up.
I left my snorkle gear and my running belt by the side of the pool on accident--dang it! I hope they are there tomorrow. I felt into the door with my right hip as I exited the dressing rooms, and that caused a pain in my SI of 2-3 which did not linger. PT: e-stim on back, back ultrasound and massage, then Steve came in and did some light gluteal massage, back massage and some hamstring massage and rotational exercises. He wants me to do some rotational exercises that aren't weight bearing. I'll go in again Friday.
I am feeling good so far today. My back is sore from being at work and on crutches, but no apparent negative effects from the workout. I haven't taken a muscle relaxant yet, but I think I will right now.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 40.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.25 |
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I called last night and they had my snorkle mask, but the worker must have set it aside because they couldn't find it this morning and the worker this morning said she saw it last night too. She said it was probably in the main office, which was locked. So I'll call again tonight.
They had wire basket full of running belts just like mine, so I
convinced them to give me one my size, since they found my snorkle
equipment but probably put the belt away, thinking it was the pools. I
was honest but persuasive :) I had to swim the old fashioned way, turning my head to the side to breathe, just wearing my normal goggles, but I did the freestyle for the most length ever today: 400m. It was almost straight through, though I would hang by the side and take a couple of breaths at each turn. I did them nice and slow so as to not drown, I completed that in about 12 minutes. Then I did 100m backstroke to get to 15 minutes of swimming. My HR was 90 after the freestyle. I then walked in the pool for 10 min. I woke up this morning at 3:38 after having a dream that Marion had walked into our home the middle of the night into our bedroom and woke me up and started talking to me, but Paul was trying to sleep and I was trying to get her to be quiet so that he wouldn't be disturbed. Talk about invading our bedroom :) I couldn't get back to sleep after that. I had pain which I thought was in my SI at first and was very distressed, but then figured out it was lower back pain. I can deal with that. I was very tired driving to the pool. I hope I can take a nap today. I sure roll around at night, I am noticing. When I had pain when I moved, I was motivated to get on my left side and stay put. I slept every which way last night, even on my right side (with no SI pain- first time in weeks). PM: Went to dr regarding supplements/bone density test. She said I need to be on calcium, magnesium, potasium, vitamin D and Glucosamine/chondroitin. She said that our body absorbs 90% of calcium from milk, and 30% from supplements, so I need to continue to focus on getting my nutrients from my diet. She ordered a DexaScan, and I thought it was awesome I was able to go right over and get one. After I got it I wasn't so sure. The table was metal with a pad on top of it, and laying on it caused my good old SI pain to flare up. It hurt while on that table (I had to move around into a handful of different positions). Afterward I got off the table I felt like normal (that was 2pm), until 6:45 when my SI pain crept back, in the 2-5 range (two while doing nothing, 5 being the sharp pains when I move the wrong way). I had pain when moving in bed last night. I can't be positive it was just the table. My pain tends to come also when there is an accumulation of excess use, so perhaps the walking in the pool the last two days also contributed. I will do nothing until the pain is gone, then I'll walk in the pool again and see if it is the cause of the flare up. Coughed before going to bed and I felt a pop in my SI area. I was turned toward Paul and I was shocked and panicked. But pain felt no different before or after. I can feel every sneeze and cough in that area. Weird.
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2009 Driving Miles Miles: 40.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.25 | Total Sleep Time: 5.25 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Pain in the morning about a 1-2, not as good as during the last week, but not as bad as last night.
Pain increased in evening, very much the same as Tuesday night :(
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 1.50 | Total Sleep Time: 10.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Well the good news is I am getting lots of sleep. Pain 1-2 in the morning, lower during the day than yesterday, and some pain during nap, but shooting pain less intense and frequent than last night.
So there is improvement today, not enough to satisfy, but enough to keep hysteria at bay :)
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Pain got a little worse in the evening today than yesterday, a dull soreness in the SI area at a solid 2 by the end of the day, another pop in the SI when I sneezed, slight soreness when I lay on back, some pain when rotating in bed. PT: e-stim and heat, ultrasound, massage on lower back, lightly on RT SI area, then Steve worked on my back, ham and my left hip (IT band) since it gets sore when I am on my feet too long. Then my e-stim and ice. Good news, I got a bone stimulator today and used it for the first time. Day 12 crutches Day 1 bone stimulator
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Day 13 crutches Day 2 stimulator Felt just a tad better than yesterday. No pain when walking, some feeling/pain when I change clothes, bend down, lay on my back, twist, etc. SNL was so awesome today, I laughed so hard it made my SI hurt. Oh well. And Green Day is awesome! I was excited for my friends running Ogden, but sad when it ended poorly for Allie. I also had a hard time seeing people compete and to not be able to, though I reminded myself that I didn't have this race on my race schedule anyway.
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| Very much the same. I am getting sick of explaining my injury to all my acquaintenances. I know they mean well, but explaining it over and over is like pouring salt in my wounds. On a positive note I think I am coming to grips with losing all fitness and with perhaps never being as good as I was in 2008. It was a great ride. I hope to be able to return, but I need to find peace with the path God has placed in front of me and worship the running idol no more. I've got to keep it all in perspective. It would be nice to get my health back so I can be a functional mother, but even that is not up to me. I have something to learn yet from this and I resolve to learn it ;)
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| PT appt this morning. e stim, very lower back ;), then ultrasound, massage, Steve maasage and discussion, then more bum e stim and icing. Plan is to walk10 min really easy in the pool on Wed and swim with my arms. Then take Thursday off, then Friday do 10 min spin with no resistance if I don't get a negative reaction to Wednesday. I saw KellieS at the grocery store when shopping with my family and I was in a wheel chair (the jazzy was in use). My first reaction was mortification, being caught in a wheel chair at the grocery store. But then we had a really nice chat. Thats the difference real friends make. They help you feel at ease and accept you however ridiculous you are. It was like a ray of sunshine and it made me realize how starved I am for interaction beyond my tight circle of home-work-doctor. Thanks for not laughing at me Kellie :)
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Temple this afternoon, wow they have a whole row of handicap spaces and I can't use them. It is hard crutching up that hill, and hard to put on the brakes going down the hill. So I did get my workout today :) Feeling spiritually in the zone. Rediscovered K-LOVE (I always stop listening when there's pledge drive, I do this with NPR too). Too much repetition, but definitely positive and uplifting.
Went to KellieS and TylerS' home for tevoing of American Idol (I invited myself over and they graciously agreed). I drive up and there's a bright blue handicap sign on the front door, a hilarious touch. It was fun to hang out with them and dispute who should be the next AI, edgy boy or sweet meek boy (I vote edgy). Then we had a nice chat. They tried to fatten me up through various snacks but I was strong :) Pain was really nonexistant today. Lower back soreness right from morning straight through the day. Funny how when my SI pain goes lower back pain emerges. I could feel some slightish dull pain by late night (about a 1). I am very encouraged!!!!
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.25 |
| About 14 minutes of swimming with arms, scuba mask, and running belt around waist. I look choice, especially when you add in the crutches while getting in the pool. The good thing is people hardly ever ask to share the lane with me. I look too odd. 500m total freestyle, first 400m in 10:07. I was taking it pretty easy, but got heartrate up to 108 by the end. This is the longest I have used the scuba gear while swimming. My mouth got so dry from breathing into that pipe, noticable after 10 min. Then 10 min of walking in the pool with water about 4" shy of shoulders. My weak leg is weak. Go figure. No pain. Right side just feels different everywhere, but noticably in the bum, not pain, just a feeling that its different.
Will do nothing tomorrow, see how body reacts to this, then will try to repeat Fri. Steve wanted me to spin with no resistance Fri but I bowed out. Even without resistance I think the rotations are risky for my joint. I'll give in and do it next week. He is the PT after all. I didn't even know what an SI joint was until Feb 2009.
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| Felt pretty good, tired and allergies. pain/discomfort would occasionally come to SI area, 0-2, but mostly 0. Did rotational exercises with no ill effect.
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600yds swimming, first 400 in 9:28, and total in 14:30 hr 111 at the end. 10 min walking in pool--just feels wierd to do it. I have some feeling in SI/bum/back area. Its hard to know if its my joint/muscles getting used to movement again or if this even low level of activity is too much for it. Have PT appt this morning. PT says if I feel good throughout today that tomorrow I should walk holding up some of my weight on the arm rests on a treadmill for 5 minutes. I feel like I am in Cinderella: Wicked stepsisters: What you said Cinderella could go to the ball?? Wicke stepmother: I said "IF". (wicked cackle). Well, I started having persistent if mild pain in the evening, up to a persistent 1-2 by bedtime, shifting in bed brought spikes pain up to 4 in pain and some tears too. The bad thing is if I can't handle 10 minutes of walking in the water then what indication do I have that I am healing or that I'll ever get off these crutches?
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Woke up with pain at a 3, then walking around its a 0-1, with pain of 2-3 if I bend, twist, or other such movements. I am trying to keep my chin up and be grateful this trial is of a temporary and temporal nature. I am reading Uncle Tom's Cabin. For how much I love to read, there's so many influential books I haven't read. Pain just a tad better than yesterday.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 8.50 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 | Weight: 134.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pain 0-2 during the day, with spikes during nap, in bed at night spikes up to 5 (five is when grunting and involuntary moaning from pain happens).
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I had the worst night of sleep in a while (I didn't take ambien). I
tried sleeping on my right side, since my IT bank on my left side hurts
from always sleeping on it. It doesn't hurt being on that side, but it
HURTS to change position. I dreamt I ran a marathon very slowly, and
Sasha and that red head dude in MikeMC's picture (can't remember his
name) both saw me when they were in mile 22 and I was like at mile 13
and they were trying to cheer me up ("you're doing great! total time is
only 2:19 so far!"). I kept taking detours. Day 33 withouth running Day 22 on crutches
Day 20 on Day 10 on bone stimulator Pain about the same as when I got on the crutches - highly irritating. I have an appt with Dr. McLane. My questions for her will be: 1) Can I be healing if I feel the same as when I got on crutches? 2) Can we see the health of the cartilage in the MRI images?
3) Are we missing something? 4) Can I sleep on my right side? 5) Should I be in a full body cast? 6) Should I get off crutches even if my pain is gone? 7) What can I do to stop atrophy (mention involuntary stretches of legs)? 8) Could my hamstring be causing issues (mention increase in hamstring symptoms with no activity)? 9) Should I stay away from mild massage in my glutteal area? 10) If this is just a stress reaction, shouldn't it be healed already?
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Last night was better. Some pain but not as bad. Pain in ham higher than SI (4 vs 3). Some pain getting out of bed and dressed (1-2).
No pain midday.
Walked 5 minutes on treadmill barefoot at 2:30pm, holding some of my weight with my arms, though that started to hurt my hands. Worked up to 2.2 pace. Gait highly uneven. Some soreness in ham during but none in SI area, neither during nor up to now. Also no pain getting in and out of bed (except in hamstring). Answers from Dr. McLane below:
1) Can I be healing if I feel the same as when I got on crutches? Yes, they probably weren't ask helpful as we hoped but since my spikes in pain are decreasing with each inflammation cycle there is hope that I have healed some in the last three weeks.
2) Can we see the health of the cartilage in the MRI images? Not usually, she gave me a reference to a neurological surgeon, who will give me a consult, hopefully in a month, if I still am not mending.
3) Are we missing something? There may be an unevenness in my legs, which haven't been clinically found. She had me go to radiology and see if they can find a leg difference in imaging. My right orthotic had a bigger heel than my left based off dynamic and static images of the pressure my feet put on a pad back in the spring of 08, then I started using the orthotics in June 08, and my hamstring and SI injuries ensued (but so did my highest training ever). I should get the results tomorrow.
4) Can I sleep on my right side? Yes, so long there's no pain I can sleep any which way.
5) Should I be in a full body cast? She laughed, though I don't see what's so funny. I reiterated that I was ready for a full body cast if it would guarantee healing. She said instead I need to go four weeks without any crosstraining. So that's what I'll do. Let the sloth and indolence continue.
6) Should I get off crutches even if my pain isn't gone? Yes, do the 5 minutes walking test to see what pain follows, then she was fine getting off the crutches cold turkey, but that sounds dangerous to me. Since I am so conservative :) I will allow myself to go to toilet at night without crutches if I don't get a lot of pain tonight, then I'll allow myself to do short walking spells tomorrow without them. Thursday night we have guests for dinner, so I'll do my longest stint without them during the dinner hour.
7) What can I do to stop atrophy (mention involuntary stretches of legs)? n/a will start using legs again, at least to walk around.
8) Could my hamstring be causing issues (mention increase in hamstring symptoms with no activity)? definitely, have Steve Orrock focus on trying to calm the ham down once and for all
9) Should I stay away from mild massage in my glutteal area? no, soft tissue work and even stretches should be fine, it shouldn't cause issues with healing.
10) If this is just a stress reaction, shouldn't it be healed already?I kind of knew the answer to this one already, because it's in an area of my body that is always being used (getting in and out of bed and the car, on and off the toilet). Thus my argument for the full body cast. So hopefully I'll be off the crutches by the end of the week, which would be a huge blessing. To be able to carry toys, clothes, trash with me as I walk around the house. To be able to cook and clean. I don't like cleaning, but I will appreciate the ability to do it now (at least for a while). Like I have said before--God has to use a big stick with me.
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| No pain getting out of bed in morning, no pain in the middle of the day, with the exception of getting out of the car once, and when scooting on table when laying on my back at the PT. No pain in bed during naptime. Pain in bed when went to bed, 3-4 level. Dang. PT: focused on hamstring and glute. Discussed getting off crutches and Steve thinks I should get off gradually over the next week. He gave me some exercises to do to help me get off my crutches since my attempts at walking demonstrate I am not ready to get rid of crutches cold turkey. Exercises are doing a walking motion, right foot and crutches step forward and step back, gradually allowing my leg to have full weight. Less jarring than just walking around my house. Did each foot 15 times. Did it again at night. I did way too much cleaning in the afternoon, enough to make the bottom of my left foot positively ache.
last night(to/from kitchen-couch 4 times), show I am a total grampa. My ham hurt when walking, felt stiff and like I had no power in right side. No pain in SI when walking.
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No pain this morning, other than a spike of 1-2 getting out of bed (so far). Stepping exercises: morning, midday, evening, first set no pain in ham or anywhere else. By evening some soreness in ham and right IT band by hip, and gluteal area (mild) but no sharp pains all day, nor at naptime, nor at night. Encouraging.
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Feeling golden. Ham is feeling stronger. I do little steps without crutches, have been all week, and today feels the most natural. I will still be on crutches for all most all of the day. Had a chat with the tens unit dealer, he guided me to program it for the best settings for my injury yesterday, so I started using it again yesterday again. Day 37 - no running
Day 25 - Gluclosamine and calcium supplements
Day 15 Bone stimulator Day 7 - no crosstraining
Stepping exercises: Morning and evening. Walked to and from my printer at work 4 times, other small walking stints throughout the day. Felt some pain in my right hip area, on the outside, like an IT band issue. Able to roll in bed without pain, except soreness in IT band and right ham.
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| Man, I am struggling so well :) Legs felt good when I woke up. No pain. Some really low level soreness in the whole area. I hope to be off the crutches fully by Monday.
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| Sunday, I felt fine, took small walks without crutches, but IT band area of right hip would start to hurt (this happened Sat night too from no crutches). Did 3x walkthrough exercises on crutches. Pain in bed up to a 2 on rotating in SI joint. Dang it. |
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Stayed on crutches first half of the day, made dinner (heating up leftovers, slicing bread, and washing and cooking fresh green beans) without crutches. Definite pain in IT band area, some dull soreness in SI joint. Pain while sleeping up to a 3 when rotating. Came back today from a two night trip Paul and I took for our 13th anniversary. We went to Spring City to a bed and breakfast called Scott Farm B&B. The Scott's have just two rooms. They are really gracious hosts, and really inexpensive as far as B&B's go (just under $100 a night). It's really sleepy in Sanpete County on Sunday, but we took a drive to Scofield reservoir, we had never been there before, and we found a museum open in Fairview, and we found a restaurant in Mt. Pleasant. We took a walk (me crutching) around Snow College, where the mosquitos tried to make lunch of us. It was a nice little vacation.
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| Pain this morning a dull 1 while walking around. I am not sure what to do, but I am leaning toward getting off the crutches no matter the pain. I just can't do it anymore. I committed to 3-4 weeks and yesterday was the 4 week mark. I have a PT appt tomorrow and get my IT area worked out, which might help. I am sad that I am at ground zero again, but I'm getting used to it at least. |
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Worst pain ever last night, up to an 8. Pain in evening was on the lower side of my hip, but by night was right on my SI joint. Pain when I reach for water, cough, sneeze, laugh. I couldn't get out of bed on my own when I needed to go to the bathroom. Oh man. It may have been my imagination, but felt like bone on bone to me. I'm ready for pain meds if this keeps up. I have pain this morning but more low (like 1-2) unless I sneeze or try to walk on it. Hey so, pain was about a 2 until 2pm, PT appt. Standard stuff. Steve had me do some knee rocks, gradually increasing the length of arc. Then I walked about 30 ft back and forth in front of him 3.5 times. It started at a pain of 2 and was about a 5 at the end, limping got heavier, steps slower and shorter, tried to keep the pain out of my face because I feel like a wuss. Then total gym. We chat and he says he thinks these are my muscles creeping out of atrophy (not his exact words) which makes some sense since I have pain in different places on different days. Friday-Sun high hip, Tuesday low hip, today, sitting bone. I tend to have pain in one of those places plus dull soreness in SI. When I walked at his office, did knee rocks and total gym, that moved my pain squarely to the SI area. I made sure he understood that, but he said it's still healing, that I don't have the muscle/tendon strength to support the pelvic area. Also while he was working ham, pain radiated up my glute and to SI area, he says that means it's not the sciatic, but muscular, because the sciatic nerve only runs downward, not upward. He says my pain may stay the same for several days but should gradually recede and my motility will gradually increase. He says use the crutches but continue to increase the % of time and % of weight on feet gradually, even if it causes pain. He says I need to work through the pain.
I talked with Dr. McLane this evening. She said that if my pain doesn't go down by Monday, she wants another MRI, that perhaps something wasn't seen in the first one. That was my line of thinking too. I sport a tape job on my bum from Steve to stabilize the pelvic area. So far so good. I feel better this evening than I did last evening. We'll see if bedtime has me in a fetal position, crying from the pain again :P I am struggling so well!!!!! Update: pain in evening much better today than yesterday, 1-2 when walking around, up to a 2-3 rotating in and out of bed at night, the most dramatic pain drop in one day I can remember (since last night was ranked top 2 in pain). Yeah!
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Felt much better last night and just some low level pain rotating in bed this morning. Some slight soreness, pain level 1, when walking at times. My crutches are just dulling the heel strike a little. Night pain 2-3 at times while rotating.
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Felt great this morning, crutches just along for the ride. Was preparing/packing car for a moonlight picnic surprise party for my best friend Lupita: cheeses (brie, gouda, and a new york aged cheddar w/peppers in it), crackers, martinellis, grapes, and sees chocolates. There were six families in all there, and we had lots of fun. I did way too much walking without crutches. Its just inevitable. My outer hip hurt worse and worse, until my limp was quite substantial. I didn't have any pain in my SI, except some pain while rotating in bed 2-3, so same as last night.
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| Some SI pain getting out of bed, about a 2. I am going to be a good girl and stay on my crutches. We are going to the Air Show at the Hill AFB today, so there'll be plenty of opportunity to crutch today. |
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| Last night pain at 5 in bed. Today felt ok, felt much better rotating in bed, only one stab of pain up to 5, the rest was lower levels of pain.
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| PT appt. I thought to beg to get off crutches regardless of consequences. He said to be patient, though and to stay on crutches and put more and more of my natural weight on both feet. Sounds reasonable, and I did just that. Felt better rotating in bed. Still pain at times when rotating but not too bad. (up to a 3 or 4 at most).
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Sneezed in bed this morning and had a "nice" crunchy poppy feeling in my SI area, along w/ pain. I don't mind pain in bed if I can just get off crutches.
I am excited about Saturday's marathon. I plan on watching the first 3 hours of the race. Should be fun! pain 1-2 during day, 5 or so at night
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| Pain 2-3 during day, pain getting of and off the Walmart jazzy, about a 5 when getting out of bed and shifting during nap (naptime consisted of reading Gone With the Wind--haven't read it since high school, one part today totally cracked me up, I get to watch the movie when I finish it). Lower level pain is a dull ache, high pain is some times scrape-y some times pinchy. |
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Got another MRI today, since my pain hasn't gotten better over the last 5 weeks of no activity and crutches. The tech said the dr. analyzed the MRI as it was taken to make sure they got the images they needed. So I asked to see the dr. He showed me the images and we discussed them. My stress reaction has gotten worse in the past 5 weeks. Don't ask me why or how, I am not sure. The joint is much brighter now. He said maybe there is an infection, though there is not extra fluid in the joint. He said more severe rest or a pin may be in order. I left the clinic in tears and visited Lupita, who lives right there, then the imaging clinic called me back and said the dr. called dr. mclane, and they decided to test me for an infection. I went back to that office, and got a SI tap, which involved enough pain I wasn't sure I could take it, two shots of local anestetic. They had a hard time actually getting into the joint, which I guess is really a small gap. It was lovely. Then I went to Orem CH for a blood draw. I see Dr. McLane tomorrow, and most if not all of the lab results will be available for our appt. I am tired of it. That's all I will say.
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| Appt w/ Dr. McLane. She's perplexed, took alot of time with me, called the radiologist who read my mri during my appt to discuss. It was shocking again to see my MRI images side by side, my more recent one has much bigger and brighter uptake on both sides of the joint. My lab tests came back negative, except the SI tap culture won't come back until Monday. We are going to use the surgeon as a second opinion of sorts. The surgeons office gave me a July 27th appt a couple of weeks ago, with some pressure Dr. McLane got it moved to July 13th, but she also left a VM for the surgeon to try to get me in earlier and explain my case. He has access to the MRI images. I'll call Dr. McLane Monday for the culture results and to see if the surgeon called her back. She said I "probably" could run again after surgury, but it depends on what the surgeon does, and it would require recovery time. She said there's a slight chance my sacrum and ilium are fusing. She sent in another lab test to test for that. Oh, yeah, and I am now in a wheel chair. I only have one and its in my home (I am sitting in it). I guess I will be trying more extreme demobilization between now and when I meet with the surgeon.
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I was able to watch the first 3 hours of the race. I saw the leading men, Lisa, Marion, Maureen and Smooth just once, Mary Anne three times, and Josse 4. I met Crockett, Rivertonpaul, and Amber during the race. It was really fun. It was the first marathon I have been a spectator for. Props to Hyrum for a great second race.
pain at night 4-5ish
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| day pain 0-1 night pain 4-5
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| day pain 0 night pain 1-2
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Pain free until I was trying to nap and I sneezed, and there was a nice pop and pain in SI (about a 3-4). Pain at night was a 3. On my pain scale, a 4 is when I grit my teeth, 5 is sometimes involuntary exclamation upon pain, 8 is crying involuntarily because of pain. So a three's not bad, just lame. (is that supposed to be some type of joke?)
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Night pain = 3. Third day in a row of sausage toes (just the sound of that is bad-sorry!).
So for the dwindling numbers who still read my blog, I went to Dr. McLanes. My culture from my SI joint came back negative for infection. My blood work I took Monday was positive. It was a HLA-B27 test, I believe, and it was positive for Ankylosing spondylitis, defined in brief by wiki as a chronic, inflammatory arthritis. It affects joints in the spine and the sacroilium in the pelvis, causing eventual fusion of the spine. Its the same "disease" (I guess its a disease?) that Paul Petersen has, so at least our blog has a pioneer in this condition. I was actually quite relieved to figure out what was going on, though it doesn't totally explain the stress reaction and its worsening, as far as I can tell, in my AS infancy. It does explain why it was so hard to tap my SI joint (my xray today seems to indicate the joint is getting smaller). I am still digesting the fact that I have a permanent medical condition. I am trying to get an appt with a rheumotologist. I still am trying to get an appt with a neurosurgeon, in case my stress reaction continues its lack of healing.
It's too easy to ask you what band this is--it's a new Green Day song, and is really good:
Do you know what's worth fighting for
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins...
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and I
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Pain 0-2 during day, sausage toes less until afternoon, now, they are plumping up. Some unexpected pain in left buttock, please don't tell me it's my left SI. Not sure as of yet. Started this evening, getting some sharp pangs, but not too intense, about a 3. Please let it be a freaky pain that goes away the next day. Hypochondriatic psychosis???? Nighttime - pain on right dull, more hamstringy and 2-3, pain on left more sharp, about a 3, miserable night, first time wearing SI belt, not sure if wise to wear.
Paul says he's always wanted a woman with sausage toes. His dreams are being realized! A dilemma I face: my stress reaction got worse while I was on crutches, I was also getting PT at least once a week and doing the bone stimulator nightly, normally a stress reaction benefits from less impact. Before I got a prelim diagnosis of AS the radiologist and my sports doc said, more extreme rest or surgery. AS treatment usually involves mild - moderate exercise, I think because you want to move those body parts to prevent further calcification/bone fusion. So I need to treat AS, and fix my stress reaction, but they seem to be at odds. I was in favor of extreme rest while waiting for a neuro surgeon consult, but what if I am enabling further calcification in the meantime? So should I be off my feet (currently in wheelchair, have been since Friday, with exception of getting to from car and watching marathon), or should I try to get on my feet and push through the pain? I am sure my rheumatologist could help me with a wise course of action, but I couldn't even get an appt set today. The doctor looks over his cases before telling the receptionist how far out to schedule them (according to severity of cases). My info is on his desk. So I have to make a decision without much info. My sports doc says she just put me in the chair to relieve my pain. Major pain is when I sleep, though if I start walking again I will likely get pain, like the end of May/beg of June when I was trying to get of crutches. Calgon - take me away!
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Woke up with pain in bed, on both sides, but it got better after I got out of bed. Pain on left side started up again in afternoon. I used wheelchair, except crutches into a gas station and into a restaurant. Crutches are tricky when both sides hurt, but I favored the stress reaction side. Nighttime: my bed was a torture chamber, used SI belt for 2.5 hours of tortured sleep (no ambien to knock me out), then took it off, pain up to a 7-8 on left side, up to a 5 on the right, left is more raw and sharp.
Went to the zoo with the family. It was hot! I am substituting in a 5 year old church class on Sunday, and my little JJ is in that class. I asked JJ if he would be a good boy and nice to me in class, and he said, "Yeah, Mommy, and I won't even let any of the kids make fun of you." The bad news is that the rheum. didn't call to set up an appointment today, and he's out of town until next week, so I likely won't even get an appt set up for a week. The good news is I got an appt with the neurosurgeon my sports doc would be the best fit for me, for next Tuesday. Hopefully he's very familiar with A.S. Perhaps he'll say, you need to get into a rheumatologist asap and will help me get an appt. We can always hope.
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| Body ached upon getting out of bed, left and right SI and right hamstring. Both pains went away only to emerge again in the afternoon/evening, about to a 4-5. Paul suggested taking some IB, but I said I had tried that for the right side and it hadn't worked, but I took some anyway, 800mg at 10pm. By the time I went to bed at 11pm the left side pain was gone. During night right side was dull but not bad (up to 3). |
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| Woke up to dull pain on right only, felt good during the day, just some tiny pangs from left, and dull stuff on right. Took IB before going to bed. Can get in and out of bed w/o pain. Some pain on right side when I tried to sleep on that side (abt 2-3). So not bad. |
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No pain getting out of bed--sweet! I won't take IB today and tomorrow to see if left side pain comes back. Went to walmart at 10:30 last night, ah, the glories of not needing to wake up early for training.
Dull pain in SI during day 0-1, pain in bed 2-3, dull except when rotating onto side had a sharp but not too strong pain.
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Dull pain in SI 0-2, even while sleeping, best sleeping night in quite a while, day 2 w/ no ambien. I am summarizing my pain, exercise and treatments in a spreadsheet and it shows what an idiot I had been about the running/resting cycle back in Feb/Mar. I hope what I have learned will become useful to someone else, and even hopefully for me (if I am ever in training again). I am fasting, have a headache.(ended up being a 25+ hr fast)
Eve: Neurosurgeon spent over an hour with me, was very kind. Discussed my case, went through the dozens of films I brought from my mri's and xrays, and then did some manipulations, including making me squat in a catcher position for a couple of minutes to test my piriformis (not easy to do since was at 24.5 hours of my fast). Had me walk the hall once. No pain on walking, just right a bit weaker than left. He says that the surgery he could do is fusing the joint, which he doesn't recommend since I am so young and it would cause more stress to my left SI and that joint might need to be fused a couple of years down the road, and I would be stiff for life in that part of my body. He says he is not aware of anyone who scopes the SI, but will ask around, but that he might suggest a bone biopsy to get more info on what is going on at that joint. He says there isn't an alternate explanation for why there's uptake on the SI in the MRI's besides infection or stress reaction, and he agreed its not an infection from the lab work. He is not convinced I have A.S., and he was seeming to rely on the MRI images for that doubt, despite my genome, SI pain, and sausage toes. He says that I can be doing more damage than good by staying off my feet this long, though he did agree with the original crutch decision. He didn't have an explanation why my stress reaction would get worse when I was on crutches for the 5 weeks between the MRI's. He asked if I had been on an extensive course of anti-inflammatories, and I have not. He seemed to have some doubt if the steroid shot got in the right place. Results: He will call Dr. McLane. Then I will talk to Dr. McLane about how to proceed. He thinks the injury was likely caused by my hamstring injury and my hamstring injury may have been caused by my orthotics. He suggested walking without the orthotics. I may get a bone biopsy, I will ask about potentially going on another steroid round as I transition to walking. I will proceed with trying to get into a rheum. to confirm or override the A.S. diagnosis by McLane. Whether I have or don't have A.S. is irrelevant in the short term (other than you'd want to be on medication asap), since I am highly immobile and will need to increase my mobility gradually either way. This appt was two steps forward, for which I am grateful. The doctor, Dr. Gardner, was wonderful and patient with me. I'd highly recommend if you need spine surgery :)
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Best sleep in a while last night, pain 0-1 most of the time, spikes to 2. I have been on crutches since last night in another attempt to get walking, and my legs have some weakness, likely some ligaments around my ankles, but SI feels fine as I hobble around. I always strike both feet, but vary the amount of weight the right foot gets. The dreaded weigh in showed not too much damage during the time in the wheelchair. Most excellent. Same pain Wed night, 0-1, spikes to 2.
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Went to the rheum at 7am because they had a client who they though might not show up for a 7am appointment. I got 5 hours of sleep because Paul's in a working whirlwind, getting inspired and worked til just past midnight. I got in! So, he asked me tons of questions about my family history, and pains from since I was a child, I always ready to talk was willing to oblige. Physical exam.
I can clearly see that he sees this from a rheums perspective. Does that mean I need a second rheum's opinion on the diagnosis? I will wait for my second appt to decide. He says he is comfortable with the AS diagnosis, but ran a battery of more blood tests and xrays, and he wants to see my dexascan results, then we have another appointment to go over it all on July 7th. He said that they've been barking up the wrong tree with the infection since if I'd had an infection all this time I'd be dead, and the only way I could have an infection is if I was a drug user and inserting needles in my SI joint. It was kind of funny. He also found it amusing that I was on crutches, as Paul said when I got home, he sees lots of people in pain and those people with arthritic pain don't jump into crutches when they have a flare up. I explained to him how I tried for two weeks to get off the dang crutches with too much pain for success, but I still felt kind of stupid. The doctor was nice and took lots of time with me, about 50 minutes, so don't get the idea that he was mean or unempathetic. He said my images point toward AS and that 90% of the people with the HBL-27 genome come down with one of 5 arthritis type disease, AS being one of them. He said it's the most predictive genome in the rheum world. And 95% of those with AS have the gene. In comparison, only 50% of people with RA have the RA gene. He said each arthritis type disease had its own specific treatment (ie drug) that doesn't work on others, so he wants to get the diagnosis dead on before treatment, so we meet in 12 days and go over the other results and then come up with a possible treatment plan. I do feel there's a chance of overdiagnosis on this. I am naturally cynical/critical so it's hard for me to trust any doctor, and thus separate appropriate and inappropriate levels of skepticism. I'll see how the next appointment goes before deciding for/against a second rheum's opinion. So happy to get into a rheum within 8 days of knowing I wanted an appt, not so happy to still be in the AS column, but I am calm about it. I am grateful for the early diagnosis if the diagnosis ends up etched in stone. Walked in afternoon mostly, just around house. Felt tired and tendons around ankles ached but SI did fine, pain 0-1 at night!
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No pain, except in ankles (feeling of weakness and a 1/2 sprain type feel) and my right calf is tight. Last night had two tiny twinges of pain, but they were not frequent or painful enough to assess if they were in the SI or not. I pray this is true recovery coming on. I haven't felt this good since Jan/Feb (on the non-pain days in those months). I am solely walking for getting around, but trying to save myself walks around the house where I can, trying to stay sedative. I will return to normal homemaking if I can have a week of no pain. No pain at night.
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| No pain except one tiny twinge (pain level 1) during nap. |
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| no pain in morning, started midafternoon, so slight I couldn't be sure it was SI but by night I was. Up to a 3, consistent pain, dull, but pain with every step. Even rotating in bed the pain was just dull, so that is something to be grateful for. At least I was able to get back walking without pain--that was a blessing. I plan to keep off the crutches/wheelchair despite the setback. |
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| Pain all day while walking, gradually increasing to 3, took two aleve last night, pain a 2 by the time I went to bed and went down to almost 0 by 3am, so that's good. I'll do a course of Aleve for the next several days to see if it keeps pain away. |
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| The Aleve is working, pain mostly 0-1, but some 2, both in the day and while sleeping. I'll continue to take it through Saturday, then lay off. Still walking. Found myself taking the steps in our house really fast coming down. It was kind of exciting! |
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| Pain today better, 0-1 throughout day and night, still on Aleve. Feeling normal. I am wanting to get out there and start walking with a plan to start running again, but I need to remind myself this is drug-induced, and on 6-13 my MRI was really bad, so hold off. I'll get advice on how to find out when I am ready from the rheum. and I'll get an appt with dr. mclane in case he isn't sure.
I don't think having a Costco size m&ms bag in my house is working for me.
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| Officially one week walking, and celebrated by weeding a little in my side yard. Weeding is so addictive and I probably did a little too much. Truth be told, I also weeded for about 10 minutes on Monday, back when I had more serious pain. That wasn't so great. But today the ground was softer and my pain was there but much less (1.75? Teena I hope you are reading!) So I started feeling pain from croutching, some SI, but even more the hamstring insertion point - the injury which doesn't go away, not even with months of inactivity. After weeding that area continued to be sore, but not bad. Pain today 0-1, with perhaps going to 2 toward the end and after the weeding. I am very happy to have my homemaking life going back to normal. I finished laundry on Wednesday, and for the first time in 6 weeks the laundry made it out of the laundry room and into drawers. That is a major step toward normality--the fact that the kids don't have to go to the laundry room to get dressed.
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| Pain 0-1, sitting on grass still not comfortable. Still on Aleve. |
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Woke up at 4am, just because I miss waking up that early, and woke the three kiddies up at 4:15, and we went to the Provo parade route. We picked up 2 dozen donuts, bananas, oj, and choc milk on the way. The kids fell asleep in sleeping bags since we got there at 5am, and I read. I cheered on the runners (I was at 500 N and Univ Ave), so just short of mile 3 marker for the 10k. Lindsey Dunkley was in first for the 5k, and I didn't recognize first in the 10k, though I saw Julie from SLC (can't remember her last name) at about 3-4 and Marianne at about 5th. I was feeling pretty supportive, for the first 20 minutes of cheering, then I got blue since I was on the sidelines and had already eaten a donut, so I got a second donut and went right to the edge of the race and called out to the runners "I am eating a donut and you are racing." "My donut tastes so good!!!" All the racers who noticed me that I could see were good sports about it and one said it did look good and another wanted a bite. I am afraid I wasn't a very good sport, but the runners took it in stride. Speaking of which, there was an Uncle Sam on stilts running, and I screamed at him to lengthen his stride. I've mentioned my lurking bf Lupita before. Her family is moving to Wisc, land of the cheese heads, they are moving out of their Orem house next week, so spending the day with them was sweet.
Pain 0-1. Good day.
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| Paul's birthday eve. I didn't take an Aleve last night, but pain still 0-1. Had Paul's brother's family over for dinner and dessert for Paul's bday. We had a great holiday weekend. A memorable on for the kids and us.
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| pain 0, weeded at night and made my whole body sore, but no SI pain as consequence. |
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No pain.
Alrighty. Went to my rheumatologist again today. He said that I have AS, that I never had a stress reaction from running, but it was a symptom of AS. He said I have alot of liquid around my knees and feet, and some bone damage in my feet, active arthritis--he mentioned I had a SID or SED level of 10 the last time I was in, where 1-2 is no big deal, I think that's a measure of your inflammation, but I don't understand the scale or what this really means, and I wished I had asked so if anyone can translate I'd be grateful. He said that I handle my pain well, for that rate, that I'm not a whiner! We only experience our own pain so it's hard to know if you are a whiner or not, and I suspected I was a HUGE one, so to be placed on the other end of the scale by a medical profession made my day. Almost makes up for the bummer diagnosis! He's putting me on Diclofenac, and said it takes three weeks to start reducing inflammation so he said no exercise for three weeks, and to pay attention to my body (like that my weeding for 15 min shouldn't have made me ache like it did and to back off fast if I feel that way). He did say that anything less than full functionality would be an unacceptable result in todays day and age, and that he wouldn't be suprised to see me at the OTQ. He says there's no medication in between the NSAIDS and the expensive Embrel type meds (other than meds that only work in a small minority of AS patients), so I'll be verifying that as part of my research. I do think I will seek a second opinion, since being on prescriptions, esp expensive prescriptions, may be in my future for decades to come.
I have a trip to Bear Lake at the end of August. For months I have been saying, I'll be running by the trip to Bear Lake. If I start walking/crosstraining at the end of July, perhaps I will be able to run for that trip. Thanks to you who still read my non-running blog. I'd be a basket case without your support.
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| 0 pain |
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| 0-1 pain, went to Utah Symphony for our date night. Paul was being goofy the whole time, when we were supposed to clap Paul clapped to the beat of his own drum, but he gave it a fancy name called syncopation. Had a couple of really light twinge pains as I tossed and turned at night. I was stressed and dreamt about missing my alarm and the RHPC 1/2 but woke up at 4am just fine. |
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| Pain 0-1 RHPC's 1/2 was a blast! Thanks Marion for putting it on! It was so nice to see my friends and meet new ones. The men were brave.
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| Pain 0-1.
I have been sleeping on my back or stomach only, without a pillow for the past 6 nights. It's not so fun at first but I am getting used to it.
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| pain 0-1. Worked today, and moved my office out of the temporary main level office (for wheelchair and avoiding stairs) back to my basement office! It is great to be feeling better. I was exhausted from the 7-8 trips downstairs carrying books and files. I am definitely out of shape. Had the longest and least "soreful" weeding session today. |
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| pain 0-1. Had my annual work party today, a dinner for the families, then swimming at the scera pool. I went down both slides, the steep one is far superior. I wish I was gutzy enough to do a flip on the diving board. It was way too cold to be swimming at night. I had to take a hot shower to raise my bod temp when I got home. I have been on my NSAID for 8 days today. I should be able to start a walking/cross training exercise regamin on July 27th. The rationale is to make sure my inflammation is down (three weeks on NSAIDS) so that any pain when I cross train would be because my prescription is not adequate, especially if I ramp up my training very gradually. I plan on starting with just some casual walks, then gradually go to aggressive walks, then add in pool running and elliptical, then hopefully some running by end of August. That's the plan, but its very fluid. It is nice to have a definite count down, though.
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| Had my 2nd opinion rheumi appt today. He's the son in a son/father rheum office. I liked him quite a bit. He agrees with the diagnosis of AS. Great. He says that my MRI's are consistent with sacroilitis, so an alternate explanation rather than a stress reaction from running. He says the most crucial treatment is medication. He says there's no proof of sleeping positions making a difference with AS. He says a physical therapist can be helpful once I am training, and he doesn't need to be an AS specialist, but at least well read on the position. He said that Glucosamine w/Chondrotin doesn't directly address AS issues, but it was up to me whether to continue taking it. We are going to try to preauth for a TNF blocker, the more aggressive drug, since it takes some time for that drug to kick in fully, and just see what my insurance's authorization requirements are for it. Regarding my question if a flare up = permanent damage, he says there is current research being done to see if inflammation can be decoupled from degeneration, but the jury is largely out. But if I monitor my pain carefully, then we'll catch any flare ups early and minimize damage and time off. He asked me what the worst case scenario for this condition is. I said your spine can fuse in a stooped position and then you can get in a car accident and your spine would snap. He laughed. He says that this condition tends to fissle out over time for patients, that fusion of SI is likely long term, and that typically provides great pain relief for patients. He seemed to think that SI joint fusion wasn't a deal breaker for runners, but conceded that this may only be true for recreational runners when I expressed doubt in that assessment. Recreational runners - hey that's what I used to be, and it may be what I am headed toward. But I will get competitive again if I can. 12 days until exercise. Pain of 1 when he manipulated me, and of 2 when I then rolled off the table, which put me in a foul mood for about 5 minutes. I'm fine now :)
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| Pain, a consistent 1. Dang that manipulation at the docs yesterday. |
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| Pain 1. We went on Utah Lake with a partner of my firm. It was sooo awesome. We haven't been on a boat for a couple of years, we just don't have the connections. Benji, Paul and JJ knee boarded, and I got in the water, with an orange flag stuck in the back of my life jacket, and helped JJ get on the board, holding onto him as long as possible, it was way fun! And then we got onto a three person blow up thingy. It was alot of fun. El Pollo Loco after, I wish there was one closer. I had a great chat with my mom last night, and decided to get back on the bandwagon. Starting tomorrow I won't eat after dinner, in an attempt to curb the bulge.
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| Pain 1. My baby, JJ, turned 5 years old today. Oh, man, he is getting so old. He'll be in preschool this fall, I have no babies! We had blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, oj, oranges and kiwi for breakfast, and went to Brick Oven Pizza for dinner (I had one slice and one trip to the salad bar, thank you--ok and three bites of his free birthday dessert). Today is day one of no food after dinner. 9 days until I get to start exercising. Rock on.
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| pain 0-1, better. Day two of no food after dinner.
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| Feeling pretty good, though pain to 1 after weeding and mopping. Day 3 of no eating after dinner, though I must confess, I did eat some crumbs off the bottom of a muffin pan, but not enough to count more than 15 calories.
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| Feeling good. Pain 0-1. Lots of cleaning. Going to Lagoon tomorrow, family over TH-F, then a friend's family over for dinner Sunday. Lots of fun! |
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| Pain mostly 0. Except my feet were so sore by the end of the day, and clammy from getting wet from Rattlesnake Rapids, the log ride (way lame), and the catapult ride, which I did at 8:30 and didn't realize until we were in line that we would get wet, and we got SOAKED! Benji was my extreme ride buddy, except he wouldn't go on Wicked, either Rocket ride, nor Samurai. Samurai was the most intense, and thus my favorite ride, but it would have been much more fun if I had had someone to ride with and share the thrills with. My favorite time of the day, however, was on the circular, almost carnival type ride by the Colosus, which JJ, Mickie and I rode right before the park closed. It was dark and all the rides lit up, and our ride spun in a circle faster and faster, and we all squeeled, and the boys slid into me as the centrifugal force had its way with us, and we could see the rides of the park all lit up. It was a sweet moment. My SI joint never complained. It was a great day!
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| pain 0 cleaning like crazy, relatives came in tonight and we all went to the rodeo. My favorite part (other than the bull riding) was the song they played "She thinks my tractor's sexy". That was choice. My least favorite - jabs at Obama. At church and at rodeos, they assume everyone's a republican.
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| pain 0-1 Anyone have a vote for how many minutes I should start walking on Monday? My plan in my mind: Week 1 - I was thinking to walk M, take Tues off, walk W, TH, take F off, then walk Sat. Just to ease in conservatively. Week 2 - Walk 6x per week, increasing intensity, and maybe introduce a short ellyptical session in toward the end if I am feeling good. Week 3 - Continue to walk aggressively, add in light pool running and ellyptical (two a days cross training, but light). Week 4 - try harder ellyptical and pool running and hard walking, Week 5 - Keep up cross training, introduce running (probably 5 min after warm up M, tues off, 10 min after warm up W, Th off, 10 min Friday, 20 min Sat). Too conservative? Too aggressive?
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| pain 0-1 Had guests over for dinner, pork with a plum sauce and sweet potatoes, rice, salad, and oreo chocolate trifle (last hurrah, start diet tracking tomorrow).
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| Walked 1.7 miles in 32 minutes. Starting to track my eating with mypyramidtracker.gov, where I will input my eating and exercise for a couple of weeks to help me get back on track and lose weight. Kind of hard to lose weight just walking like this, but hopefully I'll be able to ramp up my exercise consistently. I plan on buying a digital scale today. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 146.60 |
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Pain notched up, 0-2.
2 miles walking with Marion in 39:47. Marion helped keep the pace easy by stopping every once in a while to demonstrate a yoga pose :) She's trying to convince me I need to do yoga, but it is so dang time consuming. I'm sure I can do a 30 minute stretching routine which will give me all that I need and give me the time to train that I need. I can feel a difference between my two sides but no pain. I did good with my eating yesterday, and I intend to keep it up. Part of of losing weight is reteaching your brain that it is ok to be hungry at times during the day, and exercise helps. I have a digital scale and today's weight is my first morning weigh in.
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 144.80 |
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Yesterday some soreness in SI, slight, but more pronounced than the prior week. It wasn't concerning in itself, if I always had this niggling at this level I would be peachy, but I am concerned that I might be affected by the minimal exercise I've started. I called the rheum office to see how the preauth for enbrel went, and they hadn't started it, but they submitted it to my insurance yesterday. Since my soreness was quite low still (1-2 max yesterday) and my exercise is reasonable, I will keep going with it. One of the things to work out over the next month or two is whether I need enbrel, and I must train, or have a flare up in trying to train, to find that out. Anyway, today walked 1.7 in 30:05. Had to remind myself to take the pace easy. 17:41 pace today. I'll start fast walking next week. Light abs - easing into core training again - planks, bridge, and superman light stretching 30 min weeding
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Night Sleep Time: 7.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.75 | Weight: 144.00 |
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| 2.35 miles walked in 40:05. 17:02 pace, wanting to walk faster. Walk felt a little better on SI joint. Some pain at same place in the road as yesterday, but for less long, its like a burning after you get an immunization, not the pain during or right after the shot but the residual burning. Since it's at the same place in the road, but not at the same place in my walk, it may have to do with slant in road, I'll have to pay attention to this. I could not fall asleep last night! I was so hungry, it's like I could feel my body consuming itself. I've been eating 1700-1900 cal/day this week, and its tough relearning that I will be hungry at times. I am about to be really full of oatmeal in a few minutes, though.
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 143.20 |
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| Woke up an hour late, no time to blog this morning. Squeezed in 1.65 walk, then off to work. My hair is fire engine sassy red (Marion says there are pictures on her blog, I'm going to check it out now). Thank you Marion for being my hair styling/dying/washing/conditioning specialist!
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 143.80 |
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| 3 miles walking in 48:11, 16:04 ave pace. Then weeded for 30 min, then some light stretching. I can walk fast next week, meaning I can cock my arms up a bit and go in the 15's. Cool! I have all the pieces to my elliptical out in the basement on the floor, now I need to inventory and assemble the beast. I think its the nordictrack elite 1300. I was suprised it doesn't get plugged in but runs on gerbal power, and I am the gerbal. Ate out a Chili's last night. They have some good guiltless selections: bbq chick sandwich, veggies and a skewer of six shrimp (which I didn't know, but they cost $6something, almost as much as my sandwich). When we got home from our date, I spent some time calculating out the PF Change menu (their nutritional info is online, but most dishes are claimed to have 3 servings, I now know that 258x3=774 and 273x2.5=682.5). So there's quite a few dishes that Paul and I can share, and if we also get hot & sour soup and/or spring rolls, that would be enough food and within caloric guidelines. I sure like food. Onto other topics, can anyone name this band? I’ve been living out of sanity I’ve been splitting hairs and blurring lines I am a house that is divided In my heart and in my mind
I use one hand to pull closer The other to push you away If I had two hands doing the same thing Lifted high, lifted high
I have a broken disposition I’m a liar who thirsts for the truth And while I ache for faith to hold me I need to feel the scars and see the proof
And if we just keep digging we can reach the foundation Of our souls And if we just keep cutting all the chains from our hearts We’ll lose control
And it feels like giving in It feels like starting over It feels like waking up, and you know it’s coming It feels like a brand new day Open your eyes |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 142.60 |
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| Walked 1.25 with family, slow and easy. Since I fasted I made some low fat brownies, which ended up being 228 cal per brownie, and I ate two of them, but Paul and I decided it would be best for them to be a little more fatty (and thus yummy) and to eat less of it. |
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3.02 of walking, 14:41 ave pace, 14:29 in mile 3. Can you tell my arms were cocked? I felt like I could go faster, and did at times, but tried to keep it smooth to minimize impact on joints. I saw KellieS and KellyB on the Canal Road, I count on seeing friends every morning and would be sad not too. I have my brother and his wife coming to visit tomorrow through Saturdayish, and my mom, grandma and aunt joining wednesday through saturdayish, so I have some laundry and shopping to do!
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Done today: Walking 2.85 @ 14:20 pace Walmart $175 Put away Walmart stuff Shaved my legs :)
To Do today: Whine
Drop Ben off at football camp
Design race flier Print race flier Pick Ben up Drop Ben, Mickie and JJ off at Piano (they'll walk home)
Finish cleaning up whole house and vacuuming whole house so carpet can get shampooed Drop Ben off at art Finish laundry Reschedule JJ's shots Disinfect bathrooms Hang art Pick Ben up from art
lay out church clothes for recital pick up my brother and sister in law from SLC airport (4:45) piano recital and make it all look effortless Ok. My whining is done! Checked off one off my list :)
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 141.60 |
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3.13 @ 13:47 ave pace. I dreamt last night that I pigged out on naughty food, and that I walked a 5k race. I did walk a 5k this morning, but I am not going to pig out on naughty food. My fridge is packed with fruit! We are making a carrot cake w/pineapple in it for my brother Adam, who lives in Colorado and is visiting. I will have a very small slice? Hopefully we will be taking a hike today.
1.5 mile hike, 53 minutes, up and down switchbacks above WH.
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| Walked about 1.75. Went to Teppanyaki yesterday, and it was not very diet friendly. I ate the onion soup, a couple of bites of the salad, beef and veggies, skipped the rice. Running around like crazy. I hope to do a walk with my mom today.
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| 15 min pool jogging, screamed for joy like an idiot when I saw Marion and David come into the pool area, then chewed her ear off for some time. We talked for 10 minutes and fit in an hour of conversation, if you can imagine the two of us together, talking that fast and furious has got to count for some cross training. Then walked 3.37. I can't remember the time. |
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| Walked 5 miles with my brother Adam in the SF river bottoms in 77 minutes, or 15:24, approx. We also did the Timp caves, so steep 1.5 hike each way, it was hard, but no pain other than dull difference in sides that is very much typical right now. Ate a Reuben from Gandolfos for lunch :( I have been bad, but I sure like that sandwich :)))))
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| Went 4.95 in 69 min. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 141.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 |
| Walked 3.02 in 40:30ish, 13:25 ave pace then 20 min pool running, more serious intensity this time. I'll be hitting the pool more this week. Pool running only unless Marion wants to give me a swim lesson :) I am sooo wanting to run. I forgot my medicine (to be taken in two doses) until 6pm last night, so took first dose then and second at 10ish. I felt some pain on my left SI area, 1-2ish, felt better by this morning. Marion will say that is psychotic psychosis and I won't argue.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 142.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.73 |
| Walked 3.6 in 48:30ish, 13:28 pace Pool ran 26 min, starting 15min/mile cross trainin conversion. I will bring down to 12 min/mile when I start to do it harder.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 141.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Walking, 3.66 in 48:33, 13:17 ave pace, did a sub 13 minute for the first time, 12:52 in mile 2, in mile three tried to break 13 again, but felt a couple of stabs of SI pain (up to 2) so decided that was not a good idea. pool ran 30 minutes. Did Josse's arm resistance form part of the time, and that made my hands hurt after a while. I am sooo grateful to be able to exercise, to feel strong when I walk, to be able to get my heart rate up. I am preparing for camping at Bear Lake (ok we are renting a KOA cabin, so it's half camping). Here's a recipe we have used before and it is soo good so we are doing again http://www.recipezaar.com/Cing-Banana-Boat-53558, It's a banana, choc chip marshmallow dessert. Yumm!
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 140.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Walked 1.66 in 24:12, 14:35 ave pace Then pool ran 45 minutes, brisker pace pool running than when I started a week ago. Anyone want to pool run with me at the SF reservoir tomorrow morning? I won't do it alone, but that may be an option if I can rope someone into doing it with me.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 141.80 |
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| Oh yeah! first sub 140 in a month :) And my first Clay sighting while exercising! That was as exciting for me as seeing a big flock (ok herd) of elk is for TylerS. Walked 6 miles in 1:19:30, or 13:14 ave pace We are headed up to Bear Lake through Tuesday, so don't expect any posts for a couple of days, but I do plan on lake running, which should be an adventure. I do plan on eating lots of unhealthy food on the trip, so what does that mean? I will need to be active during the trip to compensate. Ahh, it's going to be fun, if a little cold for a lake vacation. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 139.60 |
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| paddleboating, water triking, Tony Grove walk around the lake It was very pretty but are all of the frogs gone? We looked for tadpoles and came up empty. We did see a couple of water snakes, lots of little fish, and of course water bugs. |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Walked an hour, probably only 4 miles because some was on the beach, where some ladies aparently get together to do on the beach yoga. They invited me to join, but I told them I don't know yoga (which is true). We rented an 18ft boat and that was way fun, though I thought I might flip off an die when I was towed on a tube at full speed. It was very frightening and thrilling. Then we went to North Beach for several hours. I ran in the lake for 21.5 minutes. Then we rented two seadoos, and we had a great time doing that. Paul and I traded off who was with Benji, who could handle more speed, and Mickie and JJ, who could not. They all took turns driving. It was good too introduce them to this. Then we rented a bike surrey, and our kids rented banana bikes, and we biked to a shake shop, I got a brownie shake (it wasn't that good :( ) and then we went back to the KOA and raced around the park until our hour ran up. I was wearing a skirt and it would billow up when I biked hard AND I was the one who was steering, so I was holding my skirt with one hand and steering with the other, it was hilarious. |
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| Walked about 5 miles (1:11). I made biscuits and gravy over an open fire, then we broke camp. We spent our last beach time on a trampoline over the water, and the kids collecting shells and making sand castles. Benji challenged me to swim to the white buoys and back (that's where the lake is 8 ft deep. It looked like a couple lengths of pool, so I agreed. Well it took me 9 minutes of sometimes frightened swimming to make it out and back. I didn't actually touch a buoy since I ended up between two, so I didn't get to have a break. I haven't done this since I was a kid, but at least this wasn't the ocean. I did get a little paniced at one point thinking, "If I have trouble noone will be able to get to me before I drown," but then I told myself that if I had a panic attack I would drown, so stay calm, and I had done backstroke for over 50 minutes in the Lehi pool, so I should be fine, and I was. I think given the time the distance out and back was about 250m or so. It was tiring, but more from the swimming scared, than from the distance or effort. |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.70 |
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Walked 6.01 miles in 1:20:42, 13:26 ave pace Weight is just a temporary jump from pizza, raspberry shake, brownie shake, bacon cheeseburger & fries, mini reese's cups, smores, biscuits and gravy and cheetos. Now its back to consuming less than I work off. Oatmeal is so boring compared to campfire food. Oh well. Hey so I got approved to go on Enbrel if necessary. We'll see how the running goes. Finished Ellyptical assembly and tried the sucker out, for 11 minutes. I isolated a part I hadn't screwed in sufficiently and now it runs smoothly. Also loaded a pick up with dead tree trunks and unloaded them in SF. Feel the burn!
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 142.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
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AM: Walked 2.01 miles @ 13:14 pace, warming up for the frigid waters. 30 minutes of water running. Marion navigated me up to the reservoir, where we disturbed the fisherman by getting in the cold water. Marion is a put one toe in, then the other, then one ankle, then the other type of girl. I walked right in, true I was squealing by the time I got to my pits, but then I was off and running. Air was about 64, water was colder? I felt fine for the first 20 minutes but then my brain and legs got less function slowly, Marion can attest that by the end I had trouble putting a sentence together. I made it to 30 minutes. I would say with current conditions 25 min is safe, but if the air were 75ish, then that time would likely be suspended. I was a frozen popsicle when I came out, a frozen popsicle with fish flavor. Marion got a nice IT band ice, but other than that she was basically my lifeguard, did you get waist deep, babe? It was great fun, but not the best way to get in water running. I need to make friends with someone with a pool :) I need to walk my 5k race course today, and I might even do my first running today. Midday:Walked another 1.8 with JJ, slow (slower than 20min/mile), PM Walked 1.83 on my own later (measuring and marking course), immediately thereafter 1.2 on the treadmill, 3 min walking, then 5x1 min run/walk (10:00 for run, felt just right), then 3 min walking cool down. Total exercise today: 6.34 miles walking, 30 min water running, .5 mile running. Does this mean I get dessert?
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 141.80 |
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| Elliptical for 20 min, then 4.23 miles of walking up in WH, 15 something average, the hills are not conducive to fast walking. I have no SI pain, but my hamstring injury, which never really went away, is more irritated (about a 2). Its mid hamstring and at attachment. It may be the walking in WH -very hilly and exhausting, and my rheum said to walk flat (I've been pretty good about that until yesterday and marking this course). |
Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 140.20 |
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| I did no specific workout, but I was in charge of Woodland Hills Days races, and I did about a mile of running all day long. Marion was kind enough to wake up at the butt crack of dawn to help me set up and saved the race from insufficient-volunteer-meltdown. I appreciate her coming! She is so generous and a great friend. Since it was Woodland Hills Days, there were activities all day long, and our house is right by the park where the festivities are, so Marion's hubby DD came up with their three boys and they spent the day with us (community breakfast, pet parade, children's carnival). I was about ready to melt into the half dead grass by the end of the very hot afternoon. I won't tell how Marion and I each bought a gourmet brownie, and shared them (ok, she gave part of her's to David). I am quite sure I walked at least 5 miles today, between the walking back and forth from my house, the race directing, and evening walking. In the evening we had a community dinner, then the kids hung out at the park and played with their friends for 2 hours. JJ brought his bike to the park and he learned how to ride without his training wheels for the first time, and he was so good at it. So I ran along side him on the road (he's not so good at stopping and there were occasional cars), so even though my running was more like 30 sec segments, I think I still got my 8 minutes of running in. I plan on running 1 mile straight through on Monday. |
Night Sleep Time: 2.50 | Nap Time: 0.50 | Total Sleep Time: 3.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
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Walked 3.25, then ran 1 mile, then walked 2.5. Total walking 5.53, 13:12 ave pace Total running 1 mile, 10:20. It was not the most glorious reintroduction to road running I could have imagined. I felt so heavy! The extra weight is so much more noticable when running than when walking. By the end my upper ham and SI joint were painful with each strike, though it was low level pain (about a 2 at most). I tried to enjoy running outside, but it was a bit depressing to feel so out of shape and to not be able to go sub 10 (of course I could have, but it was not supposed to be a hard mile, and unfortunately that's where I am). Sept 9 is my next rheum appt. If I felt great today I would have run a mile a day this week, but I think my next mile will be on Wed on the treadmill instead, to try to mitigate a bit of the pounding. Lots of stretching and (some, not lots of) abs.
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 140.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
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No pain yesterday while just walking around. Since had some pain yesterday, decided to not run again until tomorrow. Started my walk with some pain on the lower outside of hamstring, which persisted but didn't get worse (1-2). I saw Pat (stopped and chatted) and TylerS in my first mile. After a mile walking warm up, I did some hill intervals, race walking style. There's a .25 hill stretch, where I pushed for three portions of that .25, then easy on the way down, but I kept my overall pace under 13mm the whole time. Did this up and down 6 times, for three miles there, then one mile back to the car (also sub 13). This was my first walk with back to back sub 13, and it was for four miles. Ave pace 12:49 I can almost walk as fast as I can run :D I wonder how much more life people could get out of their legs if they never did St. G? 5 years maybe? Pat and I discussed this. Afternoon: 31 min elliptical, 6 min easy (level 1 then 2, then three), then 1 minute @ level 5, 1 min @ level 3, twelve times, then two min cool down Evening: walked 1 mile then stretching and planks, outside bottom hamstring still bugging me. I have an appt with Orrock Fri afternoon.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 140.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
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Celebrated JJ going to his first day of kindergarten by sleeping in! Not only that, but Paul wanted to go to bed early since he had to wake up early, so I was in bed by 9:20 and woke up at 7:20--heaven! I walked around the WH park, but when I got into the foresty area there was my neighbors wolfdog guarding the path, and he didn't move when I said hi, so I turned myself around, walked home and called the neighbor. She brought him in and I was able to resume my walk. Walked 3.30 outside, including a hearty stretching stop (you know you are stretching when you are wimpering). Then hopped on treadmill, walked another mile, then started RUNNING (ok jogging). Ran one mile in 9:53, felt much better than my road mile on Monday, but there was just a tinge of tenderness in my right SI area. One mile seems so long to me! It is weird how half a year ago I would do half marathon easy runs without thinking it was long, but now one mile seems long.
I am under 140 again! And I'm going to stay there! Only about 15 more pounds until I don't feel like I am carrying around saddlebags. I think I will drive in my Onion Days application today, to save myself the online fee and so I can get a sugar free iceee, a treat that won't come back to haunt me. Evening, abs, stretching and roller on my lower right ham, still hurty.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 100.00 | Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 200.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 139.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
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AM: Power walked 5.8, 13:00 ave pace, outer low hamstring still achy. Stretched after first mile. PM: 30 min elliptical workout that just about did me in: 2 min at each of these levels in this order: 2,3,5,7,4,6,8,3,5,7,4,6,8,3,2. It was really tough, but I got that great, post workout buzz: I AM QUEEN OF THE WORLD!!! (ok that may be taking it too far, but I feel good :) ). |
Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 5.80 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 139.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
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AM: Met MacK early so had time for some serious walking. We walked 2 then ran 1, felt better than Wed or Mon, but still some slight niggle at top hamstring and some slight burning/sore feeling at SI. Then MacK and I split. I didn't have my gps watch so I used course tool to see how far I had gone after the fact. My stomach was SOOO hollow by the end of my run. On my scale, with Paul present, I was saying no whammies, no whammies, and I was sub 140 (140 or above would be a whammy), and my best weight since my peak, so I am going into the weekend happy! PM: PT, pain in lower ham is just that, not IT band. Did standard stuff, and for exercise: 3 min walk, 3 min tramp run, 1 min walk/run x5, 1 min walk, stretching in and out of cage. Pace on treadmill 6-6.6 mph.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 8.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 138.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Walked the 5 mile loop around the SF riverbottoms, the had some gatorade, then did 3 more miles. I saw MacK and Josse after I finished my walk. I thought another two girls were Merri and Josse, and I said hi like they were, but then it wasn't them, so that was embarrassing, but then I got to see them anyway. Overall 8.1, 1:41:48, or 12:34 ave pace |
Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 8.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 137.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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31 min elliptical, then stretching, then 1 mile walk on treadmill, then 2 miles of run. While running my SI/piri area started with very low level pain which increased gradually, to about 2-3 by the end, just short of form-altering. Bad news. Then I weigh 140. I think today is going to be a Monday :( Plan for the week is 2 on M, W, F and 1 on TTHS. I don't think I will alter even if there is pain because I have ramped up reasonably, and I have a rheum appt on 9/9 so if I am going to have a flare and need to go to embrel, I might as well have it this week.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 140.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.10 |
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Walked about 4 miles, then ran 1.1 (still can't find gps watch, so figured out distances per course tool). 9:37 ave pace for the run. Walked 7.4 total, for 8.5 miles altogether. While running, pain the same as yesterday, gradually getting worse during my run. I tried not to get upset about it. Pain 1-3 in SI area, also tightness in right calf, my right calf-to-ankle tendons are tight/sore. I knew my body might not be able to handle a lot of running, but c'mon!! I'm just running in the single digits/wk here. Sigh. Then I get on the scale and I'm a way lame 140.0 again (even after weighing myself a second time hoping for a lower number). I am not going to have another lame day. I am not going to have another lame day. I saw Clay and found out he chose GO for his St G decision. I hope he gets his BQ he's worked so hard for. Midday--walked over a mile with Paul Evening--walked just over a mile, then stretching, ab workout
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 8.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 140.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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AM: walked 2 miles on treadmill, then stretching, then workout on elliptical, some crazy endurance program for 30 minutes, I was sweating so bad by the end of that, then I went manual and did level 4, jumping to 6 then 7 for one minute each three times. I didn't feel too strong, ok I guess I felt pretty out of shape, but I didn't give up, and the workout's money in the bank. (I have 15 cents in my bank now :) ). Last time I did a hard workout on the elliptical I had pain in my right groin toward the beginning that subsided after a minute or two, and today had the same thing. My right lower calf tendons still achy, but didn't hurt acutely during exercise. PT this afternoon and hopefully running 2 miles, though i don't look forward to doing them on the treadmill :(
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Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 139.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.10 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.60 |
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Pain 2 Walked about 4, then ran 1.1, then walked back to car, 6.85 total. Pain got up to a 2 by the end of the run, but was much better than the last road run on Tuesday, pain didn't start for about .4-.5 miles. I wore my orthotics to see if they make a difference, and they did--I am getting a blister on the bottom of my foot. I'll continue to wear them for a while, assuming they don't grate my heel-skin off, to see if they make a difference. PM: elliptical for a mediumish workout, 30 min, same as last week walk 1.33 miles with paul in evening, and 15 push ups--push ups are hard!
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 6.85 | Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 1.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 139.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.10 |
| Met MacK and walked 2, stretched, and ran 2 miles. Per Mack the running miles were 8:55, and 8:24, a new post AS pr for me, thank you very much! I felt much better than any run all week, most likely it was due to running with MacK, and me focusing on my breathing ("don't breathe too hard or MacK will either get annoyed or think you are too out of shape to run with her" I tell myself). Actually I am too out of shape to run with her, but I'm glad she was willing to so some slow miles with a friend. After we split, I saw KellieS with her two Heidi's and we chat for a bit about our very exciting Pig Wrestling event going on tomorrow. Since we are supposed to be red hot pink chicks I am thinking to do something inflatable for some extra curvature :))) My boys are also pig wrestling. Sb way fun! I am also volunteering for the SF 1/2 marathon tomorrow, one of the best 1/2's in Utah. I wish I could run it, but since I can't I'll be cutting fruit or something. |
Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 8.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 138.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.10 |
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Early AM: walked .5 mile, stretched, then did a 20 min elliptical workout, then weighed myself, showered, and got the kids in the car to get to the SF half by 6am for volunteering. I had alot of fun volunteering, and my boys enjoyed hanging out at the park, playing in the maze garden, climbing trees. Smooth was there, as cheerful as ever, didn't even mention to me that she got zero sleep. I think the zero sleep works for her since she pulled off a PR performance today. While there was volunteer downtime, I walked the course backward (.3 miles) to see the leaders and to see if my course record I set last year would stand. It did, the leading lady was about 4 minutes behind my time last year. I started to run after walking (1.1 miles) including a 2 minute stint with TylerS. I later went on the route again to find Smooth, walked the ending to find her a couple of times (this would have been easier if I knew what time she was targeting). She was looking soo good and there were four ladies ahead of her, so I took the risk she would get mad at me and started screaming "Go get those ladies! Practice your kick!" And then started running after her when she had passed three out of the four and kept yelling at her. She looked so great and finished so strong. When she crossed the finish line she just kept running so I couldn't catch her and congratulate her--she's like the energizer bunny. Afterward, I thought how dumb I was, I should have coordinated with her re: pacing her for the last mile, since I needed to run a mile, but I wasn't sure I could get away from my volunteer post, but it turns out it would have been just fine. The SF running club puts on a wonderful event. Very family friendly, the 5k runs while the 1/2 is going, so supportive family members can get in a little exercise, pancakes and fruit aplenty, and a tough, honest 1/2 marathon course. I am more grateful than ever to them for putting this on year after year. Will post about the pig wrestling later, I need to get ready for church. Pig wrestling: we lost so bad, but we had a blast! See Marion's blog for video and pics. Afterward Kellie and Tyler were generous enough have us over to watch the end of the BYU game which was awesome! And they provided a chocolate fountain, just what I needed--one step away from the chocolate iv!
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 138.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.20 |
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Marion's Onion Days gala-- I kept waking up each hour, terrified I would miss the chocolate pancakes. I am not posting this as a race report since I did not race it, or do anything like racing it. It was my first participation in a race, though, since my hard AS flare up and diagnosis period. It was a joyful day, and I was grateful to share it with some of my biggest supporters. Warmed up about a mile of walking, then walked the first 3 miles of the race, chatting with a couple from Payson who were pushing their 18 year old disabled son. Our group of four were being "escorted" from behind by a police officer, only my second time being escorted by police :) I warned them right before the three mile mark that I would be starting my run, and I did, and hit a rhythm after 1/2 mile or so, picked off some people I felt kind of sorry for passing, since they had been running 10-11 min miles, then I pass them at 8:00 pace. I averaged 7:53 per mile, and got a 7:48, a new post-AS pr. I tried to keep it an easy pace, but in all honesty it was a marathonish pace of tempo (breathing hard, but able to converse well still). No pain until the very end, pain level of 1 for mile 3 until the last 1/4 mile and then right after race, pain rose to a 2. I cheered on all runners I passed except for the very last one, and I am afraid I wasn't a very good sport about the man I passed in the last 25 yards, since he was a guy I decided to pass him but not the woman ahead of him, and there were red hot pink chicks cheering me on, and the discussion forum of men being motivated by the desire to not be chicked ran through my head, so I am afraid it worked in reverse in this case. After some good conversation with running buddies, walked about a mile of cool down between getting my shirt and walking to Marions. Wonderful breakfast party afterward, my husband Paul was there working the griddle like a pro (only he tried to sneak out some pancakes that were chocolate-chip-less, some of which I witnessed Marion chucking over the fence in disdain). Good conversation with many of my friends. You guys are the best!
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
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Sleep in--then elliptical for 20 minutes, easier program that went up to level 5, occasional pain to 1 after elliptical. Stretching Later AM: Walked 4 miles, then ran 2.5 (by course tool), wanted 2 miles and ran 18:15, which I just mapped and the course tool says is 2.5, which works out to 7:20 pace, so that can't be right, but the details don't really matter right now, but walked the rest of the way back (whole walk/run was 7.75, then shopping at Walmart. I am thrilled my sins of commission over the weekend haven't tipped my scale too much. Back to work.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 138.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
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Pain 0-2, gradual increase, SI area 4.18 miles walking total, 3.1 running total, 8:40ish pace. Walked 2 miles, then met up with Kellie, lots of stretching with Kellie and her Heidi posse, then we ran 2 miles, then I had to head back. I felt sluggish due to low sleep. I didn't get to bed until 11pm, hard time falling asleep, a phone call from my sister at midnight saying my mom (who had surgery yesterday) took a turn for the worse, then another call from my sister at 1am, saying that my mom stabilized, then my alarm went off at 5am. I am pretty sure I slept a bit somewhere in there, but I have had better nights of sleep. Will jump on elliptical soon. PM: hardest endurance elliptical workout, 30 min
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.06 |
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Pain 0 this morning - yeah! Walked 4 miles, stretching after 1.7, then ran 2.06, then walked to finish up. Saw MacK twice but I think she only recognized me the first time because the second time she threw me a bland good morning like an old bone to a mangy dog. Went to rheumatologist yesterday, and he didn't give me a strong recommendation on what to do next, I have permission to start Embrel at will, but since my pain has been nil/low over the last week, perhaps my body was just getting used to the impact, and I'll be ok for a while on just Diclofenac. He gave me a prescription to start a different NSAID if I continue to have issues/it gets worse too. So I think I'll stay where I am, and if I continue to have SI pain and it gets slightly worse I'll go to the other NSAID, and if it gets consistently hurty I'll move to the Embrel. The rheum. has a colleague in SLC who is an AS expert, and he said he was going to confer wih him since I am an unusual case. Most AS patients are just hoping to be able to work and do daily functions, well my intentions are still to train for OTQ, so my definition of full functionality is more demanding. I also had blood drawn to see how my body's handling my training so far (he's looking at inflammation markers in the blood). When I get my blood work back I'll see if he remembered to call the SLC doc and I'll remind him to do so. The real crux of the matter is what is the tipping point for going to Embrel, and how fast to ramp up training.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 8.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 139.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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Zero pain throughout! All indoor workout: Walked 2, stretching, walked another .25 Ran 2 miles, starting at 6.8 mph and bumping it up .1 every 1/4 mile for two miles. Ended up at 7.5, felt good! I usually seem to be more achy on the treadmill because it is so dang boring there's nothing to do besides ponder the injury possibilities. Despite this tendency, all was well today. Walked another .25. 30 min elliptical workout.
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Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 2.00 | Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 4.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 138.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Zero pain again, I could get used to this :D Slept in, ahhh! But first of all, last night we went on a date and went to Arby's and spent $6.22 on dinner, 5 for $5 and then Paul got a soda. Sweet! Anyway, met Marion at 7am, after I walked one mile. Then we did a 4.22 loop with me walking and her mostly running, then we stopped at her place, we witnessed her kids having lollipops for breakfast, I changed shoes, had about 8 oz of old gatorade (which I brought) and Marion had a peach, stretching, then back out for that loop again, and I started running at the Payson Onion Days 5k start, so I could see splits: 8:48, 8:29, 8:31, 25:48 total, ave pace 8:36. A great way to start the day, despite Marion giving me the business about how I should delay going on Embrel (which I will, unless I get cronic running pain above a reasonable threshold) and about weighing myself before my workouts so that I don't delay fueling. I gave her the business about her Mi Ranchito habit, so it's all good :) Love ya Marion! For those of y'all who can't get enough of the pig wrestling, Marion told me there was a story and video on the daily herald website. Well I found it and here it is http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/payson/article_d8240146-dc39-5e97-bbf1-36ea21941be7.html
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Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 5.25 | Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 4.75 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 139.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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On treadmill, walked 1.5 (while considering a client's accounting issue, and taking notes--bad handwriting when walking on treadmill), then stopped and stretched, walked .25, ran 3 miles, then cooled down .25 walk, 5 miles total. Will be working alot this week, so will be doing treadmill at least today and tomorrow. Leaves are changing in my town.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 139.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.28 |
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Walked 1.75 on TM, nice long stretching session, then 30 min on medium edurance workout on the elliptical (2 min each level: 2,3,5,7,4,6,8,3,5,7,4,6,8,3,2). I was sweating so much by the end of the session I couldn't keep my eyes open. STINGS THE EYES! Sweat induced weight loss-at least it means I am working out. I am so grateful that I can workout, that I am not in pain. I plan to run a couple of miles tonight. PM: Walked 1 mile, then stretching, then 2.28 miles at 8:07 pace, nice bug swarm action, I am glad I had sunglasses for that, though I am sure I swallowed a couple. HMMM.
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Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 5.00 | Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 3.28 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 138.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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0 pain in SI, up to a 1 in left groin, just a niggle, for a week my right upper hammy has been pretty tender/sore, only upon stretching can I detect, feels normal while running walked 3.5, ran 3, then walked .5 to car.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 138.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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Slept in! 9.5 hours of sleep baby! After getting the kids on the buss, I walked about 5 miles with Marion, then ran 2 miles, the first mile had the uphill portion of Payson Onion Days (I ran the 5th and 6th miles of the 10k). The pace was something under 9 min pace. Then walked about 2 miles. 1:56 for 10 miles total. Red Mango Rendezvous with Marion. I give Marion's new dress a thumbs up and Red Mango's yogurt a thumbs down for lack of chocoliciousness and high prices. PM: at Ben's FB game, walked a mile, did stretching and planks. AB workout in PM--current ab workout is 4x2min planks if on ground, about 1.25 min each if on the ball (harder to stabilize), 3x50 crunches on the ball (started at 10 at a time, which just about killed me), 3x1 min planks on each side on the green ball. Bridge. also a 1 mile walk with Paul in the PM
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Night Sleep Time: 9.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Walked 1 mile, stretching then ran 4 miles with JOSSE! in 35:38, so nice to share the miles with her, they just flew by, then walked .5. Went to Zermatt for a work retreat, then Paul and the kids came up and we spent the night, we hit the pool and I squeezed in 30 minutes of pool running, with some intervals in the middle, but the kids were bored in the pool with me being such a dud. Zero pain baby!
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 5.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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Up in Midway, walked 4 miles, ran about 2. Then 3 mile hike with family after breakfast.
When we got home I did 30 minutes on the elliptical, high intensity. Good times. Zero pain, just some slight niggling on the left groin. Right ham is still really tight and sore when I stretch. Have a PT appt for Monday.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Walked 1 mile, left groin niggling. Stretched, walked another .5, then ran 3 miles, starting around 8:40, and going up .1 mph each .25 mile, so went from 8:40 to 7:30 pace. Manageable hard toward the end, like marathon pace. .5 mile walking cool down. 5 miles total on treadmill. Then hopped on elliptical for 30 minutes. Hard parts were especially hard, perhaps because I had already pushed it on the treadmill? 21 mph planned this week. Have a PT appt this morning.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 139.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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AM: 9.04 miles total, 4 running Ham still feeling nice, still hurty when I stretch, but much less tight today, still some niggling in left groin (Orrock didn't get to this injury). Met MacK, walked 1.35, then stretched (it was soo cold this morning!) and then because it was cold she didn't want to run the farmlands (good call), so for our run she led me up the hill we just walked down. I huffed and puffed beside her, then flat miles for 2-4, our miles were 8:19, 8:09, 8:01 for the last three, the first one was uphill and in the middle of a split, so we don't care about it's pace :) We then parted ways, and I walked another 3.69 (12:34 ave pace). My hands were freezing and I knew I needed them to get my key off my laces, so I started to fartlek walk and that warmed me up really well. . When I got home I jumped on the elliptical just to warm up, then kept going until I hit 100 cals (6:23). PM: Walked 1 mile warm up, stretching and ab workout (watching biggest loser, that's one way to motivate myself to not eat something naughty at night, had an orange instead).
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.50 | Total Sleep Time: 7.25 | Weight: 139.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Bad sleep! I kept waking up and dreaming of missing my alarm. Lame-o. Walked 2.5, then ran 3, then walked .5, ave pace for running 8:40. MP3 free, had Jars of Clay and Lincoln Brewster replaying in my head. The sunrise was so beautiful! Will do elliptical this afternoon. PM: man, sweated up a storm on a killer interval workout on the elliptical: 3,3,4,4,5,6,7,8,5,6,7,8,9,6,7,8,9,10,5,6,7,8,9,6,7,8,4,4,4,3. I am beat. I gotta go get a water bottle.
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 138.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.40 |
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AM: When my alarm went off at 5am I was deep in sleep, so reset alarm for 5:30, but by the time I had reset my alarm I was awake. 9.3 total, 3.5 walk, then 4.4 run (trying for 4 miles started slow, sped up, ran for 36:00, so 8:11 pace), then walked back to the car. ave pace for walk: 12:22 2 servings of cream of wheat, 1 tbsp cocoa powder, 2 tbsp granulated sugar, 1 cup milk (should have done just 1/2 cup of milk): 455 cals. PM: 1 mile walk, stretching and regular and side planks at my son's flag FB game (I am the biggest geek there, but I am a limber geek!). He won his game! They are now 4-2. Then ball crunches at home.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 137.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| AM: quick indoor workout: 1 mile walk, stretch, another .25 walk, then 3 mile run, starting at 8:34 pace and 8:00 pace from 1.25 to 3 miles. Then .25 walk cool down, and 20 min elliptical: 3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,7,7,6,6,5,5. You know you are thirsty when you just lick up the sweat that rolls down your face. Indoor workout accounts for dip in weight, but I was still thrilled to see 135! So happy to weigh less than when I married Paul (at 19) again, even if for a couple of minutes :D |
Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 135.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 1.50 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Sweetness! First a confession of my sins from yesterday: One kripsie kreme w/ choc frosting (because that's the only way to have them), 2 diet dr. peppers, a 5 guys burger and split fries, 2 choc chip cookies, magleby's giant chocolate cake slice - and I ate the whole thing. We had major, very big good news in the family yesterday and we celebrated pretty hard. So to weigh the same as yesterday is unexpected and another cause to celebrate :D For today's workout, the plan was to walk 8 and run 4, my first 12 mile day since Feb. I saw MacK and her crew (Aubrey and Kent) and asked them if they were going fast or easy (I can't tell) and they were evasive, so I joined them. Kent later disclosed that they picked up the pace when I joined them, and said we were sub 7:00 pace for 2.5, but I don't know the exact splits. Aubrey gave me a 7:00 split for one mile so I'll call that my new post-AS mile PR. They were just cruising but I was was obviously in fast tempo pace from my breathing. It felt so good to let runners pull me along. My PT has told me to do my fast miles on the treadmill for now, but I couldn't run that fast on a treadmill, it would spit me off, but getting pulled along makes a fast run seem more doable. I'd say the effort was 5k-8k effort , was working. I don't have exact mileage but I definitely got at least 12, perhaps a little more than 4 in running and a little more than 8 in walking, from the splits I was able to catch. 2:17 for the whole thing. Hugs and kisses to all my friends out there. Chocolate cake for everyone!
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.75 | Weight: 135.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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AM: Walked, ran, walked. MacK came up behind me at about .7 miles, so she started jogging slowly beside me as I walked, I then said if we stopped and stretched, then I'd be ready to run, so we did that. I ran 3 miles, then finished my walk. KellieS and HC came up on me too toward the end. It was a tad too cold for no gloves while walking. 8 miles total, 3 running PM: 30 minutes on the treadmill, over 500 cals burned. Sweet! Literally, because now I can have two peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk for dessert. Found a really good recipe for this yesterday, made a double batch, gave half away, some are still around. . .
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 137.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Marion is so sweet to hang with me for 2 hours of exercise (for me) and joyride (for her on bike). Went to mile 2 of POD 10k, walking, then stretched, then started my run, 8:35 for first mile, 8:36 ave pace for whole thing, ran to the 6 mile mark then back to the 5 mile mark. Then walking to make it all 10 miles. It was way fun. Then I went to Wal-Mart and didn't even buy a candy bar or anything naughty like that. I ate a banana on the way home. This was my first five mile run since March (March 23rd), and my March 5 mile runs were not comfortable, but painful and aggravating. This was nice and easy and pain free. At Marion's request, here's the recipe for the peanut butter chocolate chip cookies I made on Sunday. I haven't had any yet today but they are STARING AT ME! http://www.recipezaar.com/Peanut-Butter-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies-51104 According to peoples reviews, I reduced butter to 3/4 c, increased PB to 1.5 cup and they turned out so great! I then doubled and there was so much dough it tried to jump out of my kitchenaid mixer. IngredientsDirections1Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.2Have ready at least 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.3Cream butter until smooth.4Add peanut butter and both sugars and beat until combined well.5Add egg and beat well.6Stir in flour and baking soda gradually until well combined.7Stir in chocolate chips by hand.8Using a meatball scooper or a spoon, scoop out small portions of dough and drop onto parchment lined cookie sheets, leaving 2" gap between each cookie.9Bake for about 15 minutes or until cookies are just firm around the edges- don't overbake- if you wait until they are brown on top, they will be too hard.10Slide parchment sheet, cookies and all, carefully off pan and onto your counter, set a new piece of parchment paper onto your baking sheet and repeat until all dough is baked.11Meanwhile, as the next batch bakes, remove baked cookies from the parchment and let cool completely on wire racks.12Wipe off the crumbs from the old sheet of parchment and you can reuse it for your next batch.13These will keep about 3 days stored in a cookie tin (for crisp cookies) or an airtight plastic container (for softer cookies).
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Night Sleep Time: 8.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.75 | Weight: 137.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Inside day, due to excessive thunder. Walked 1.5, stretched, ran 4 (started at 8:37 and ran at 8:00 for the last 2.75), walked .5, 6 miles total Elliptical - only time for 10 min, approx 155 cals spent (3,3,3,4,4,4,5,5,6,6 - kind of wussy, but I was tired from the run). Not too spry this morning. Might be because of insufficient sleep, perhaps because 1/2 of my calories yesterday consisted of peanut butter choc chip cookies. My in laws are on a mission at the Apia, Samoa mission, had quite the scare yesterday, as we tried to learn news and make contact, but they reported that everything was fine, except the horn on the statue Moroni fell down as part of the earthquake damage.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 136.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 |
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Way cold! (low 30s) Spandex, double long sleeve, running gloves weather. What is the right amount of clothes for walking isn't right for running. Walked 1 mile, stretched, ran 4.1 (7:59 ave pace, no gps, used course tool to figure out ex post facto), walked back to car. 6.14 miles total. Later AM: 7.5 miles biking with Marion and her daughter's bike, which I swear has it's back breaks half on, it seemed so much slower then when I borrowed Sasha's bike. PM: Walked 1.75, then stretching, the ab workout, then my son ben made a choc cake and insisted on full fat, but the recipe called for crisco, so it was kind of good but not as good as a cake with butter in it, but I ate it anyway. I am not dietarily virtuous.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 136.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Walked 1.1, then ran 5 miles (8:07 ave pace), then walked 1 back to the car. 7.1 total. |
Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 135.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Went to airport, then walked 1.1, ran 4 @ 8:12 pace (I found my gps watch!) and then walked another mile. 6.1 Midday in Orange County, walked 4.25 with my sister.
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Took a red eye in from OC and then straight to work, then when I got home I invited my kids to come to the park with me when I exercise. Mickie ended up coming with me. Walked .81, ran 3 (8:48 pace), felt fat and winded, then walked .25 home |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 10.25ish total, with Marion on the bike. Poor thing, she was freezing. I was cold by the end, but nothing compared to biking in the low 30's. Walked 3 (38:44), then ran 5 (44:04, ave pace 8:49) (planned on running 4 but couldn't remember how many I had done, so did another just to make sure), then we walked to finish up. As always it was fun, but the weather made neither of us willing to stand around and chat. The hot shower was so wonderful this morning. Work is crazy, but I am crazier :D |
Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 137.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Walked 5.65, stretched, then ran 4 miles. 12:48 ave pace for walking, 7:59 ave pace for running. |
Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 135.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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AM: 7.75 total distance 3.6ish walking with Marion, who is wonderful! Running 4 miles, 8:15 ave pace. Worked in the wee hours then exercised at 9am, but the sun was behind the clouds. At least it wasn't dark. So glad it was light so the impatient minivan lady could see us, get irritated at us, and flip us off. I thought it was pretty funny, but Marion didn't. Ben has his flag football championships this evening, so I'll get in more walking this evening, along with abs (I do abs Tu, Th, Sat for those of you who are DYING to know :D). PM: Ben had two games, I walked 7.25 miles, stretched and did abs before/during/between games. Geeky but clairvoyant - I thought I wouldn't be able to do a lot of training Friday, and boy was I right. First 15 mile day in a long time. Sure, most of it was walking, but that makes it even harder.
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Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 135.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Marion is tired and I am tired. Like a loyal friend she hasn't posted because I haven't posted. So no exercise today. Paul woke me up just after midnight this morning. He had pain in his shoulder, radiating up his neck and down his side, in his ribs. I moan and groan about waking up, but once I am awake I am up feeding him medicine (pepto in case it's acid reflux, asprin in case its a heart attack). Then we go into his office and look up heart attack symptoms. Most likely its a panic attack, though his last one was years ago, but just maybe it was a heart attack. Great! The symptoms for the two overlap greatly. I call Marion and ask her to bring a teenager up to our house, but she opts to camp in my guest bedroom, and I drive Paul to the ER. We go in sheepishly, maybe its a panic attack, maybe its a heart attack. About two hours later Paul gets diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. Not crazy big blood clots, but small blood clots on the outside of both lungs. So Paul gets admitted to the hospital. I go home and sleep from 4:30-6:30, then wake up and get ready for work. While it is rather callous to go into work when my husband is in the hospital, remember I have a major tax deadline next Thursday and I am responsible and under the gun. I drop off goodies, books and Paul's laptop to him before heading into work late. Marion takes care of me again this evening, picking up food at Bajio's and we all meet in Paul's shared hospital room for dinner (me, my three kids, Marion, David, and sick-boy). David and our home teacher gave Paul a blessing. Marion brought Paul carrot cake from Dalton's, and indulgent source of all things dessert. So they are observing Paul, perhaps they'll release Paul tomorrow, but most likely not. I am tired. Still have to get the kids to bed. Have hours of tax return work to do tomorrow. Calgon blah blah blah blah. |
Night Sleep Time: 3.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 3.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Started walking, stretching, then met MacK and ran 6 (8:19 ave, perfect pace), then walked a bit more, 8.00 miles total. Got home, changed clothes, ate a granola bar and drank some water, then hit the elliptical. 5 minutes warm up, then stretching, then 31 minutes: 3,3,4,4,5,6,7,8,5,6,7,8,9,6,7,8,9,10,5,6,7,8,9,6,7,8,4,4,4,3,3. Couldn't have eyes open at end because of stinging sweat. 36 min on elliptical, my most so far. I don't really aspire to mega elliptical workouts. They are just a nice way to get some theshold/vo2 work in and for a change of pace. No news on Paul yet this morning. Thanks Smooth! Paul got released today, though he's going to be having some lab work first thing next week, since he isn't yet where they want his blood to be. He's feeling better.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 134.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Walked .72, then ran 5 with MacK (8:13 ave pace), then we walked a bit more. We saw TylerS on canal road. Not as cold today, sweet. |
Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 5.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 137.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Marion and I met this morning, she biked and I walked, ran. I was in such a good mood when we met that I just started jogging, and she said, "What are you doing?" At least she remembered I needed a walking warm up. Walked 3, ran 6, walked 1, 10.08 total, running ave pace 8:33. It is amazing how much ground we covered (metaphorically) talking as we walked. At the end we came up with a plan for the next several months and we pinky swore. The plan is to break the rest of the year in three segments -- from now til November 6th, from Nov 6th - Thanksgiving, and from Thanksgiving to Christmas. I need to lose 2 lbs during each of those segments, and I plan on doing it by going back to counting my calories, and exercise enough to cover reasonable eating and the necessary caloric deficit. That should bring me down to 130 by New Years. My weight does fluctuate, so I'll count 136 as my starting weight, since I did hit 135.6 a couple of times last week, 134.6 once, but I have been 137.0 the last two days. Anyone else care to pinky swear? We don't have to be 100% dietarily virtuous. With eating, 98% virtuosity is acceptable. Pre run: 100 cal Granola bar Post run: 400 cal 1 1/2 c. oatmeal with scant 1/4 c. dried blueberries, 1 tbsp packed brown sugar, 1 c milk |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 137.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Ran 4 @ 7:58, 6 walking tracking calories at www.mypyramidtracker.gov |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 135.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.14 |
| Met Marion at O dark thirty Walking, then running, then walking. Was supposed to run 4 but she tricked me and got me talking about taxes and, well, we ran 5.14 before I realized we went beyond 4. Rumbi for lunch baby! |
Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 135.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Sweet low weight. I rewarded myself with extra brown sugar in my oatmeal. Walked 4, ran 4 (8:06 ave pace for run). I have been experiencing some light feeling/pain in SI for about a week, it's getting to be pretty persistent, but a level 1, so low level. Ham is also not going away, can feel it when running, just the right side feels different from the left. I plan on going into the rheumatologist's to ask questions: 1. If my Ilium is twisted and not right, can we work the bone gently back into correct position (he's already forbidden chiro work)? 2. Can I get a-stym (scraping)? My PT thinks this might help, but a-stym causes inflammation, so perhaps not a good idea with AS? 3. Should I be tracking my inflammation level with blood tests at this time? I am afraid of getting on embrel too fast, of causing a major flare up by getting on it too slow, and my SI is starting to niggle so if I have an empirical way to determine where I am compared to where I was in June, I'd feel better about making a decision. PM: 36 min treadmill, 6 min (2,3,3,3,4,4) then stretching, then 30 min (can't remember warm up but after 4 min it was 6,6,6,8,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,6,6,6,6,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,4,4,4,4. On the last 3 min stint of level 8, I decided to see how long I could hold speeds above 50 (never dip in 40's) last time I tried I got to 40 seconds. This time I did the whole 3 minutes w/o failure. If I could do a back flip I would. If I could do the splits I would. I can touch my toes, so I guess I'll do that, though it doesn't sound nearly as cool. Making mini pizzas on Rhodes rolls tonight. A serving of two is 500 cals (w/ reduced fat pepperonis, 1/2 c. cheese, red peppers, sauce). I burned 605 cals (approx ;D ) on elliptical so I could have 3 but I'll save room for dessert. I have a pinky swear to uphold.
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Night Sleep Time: 9.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.75 | Weight: 133.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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10.1 miles total, 6 miles of running (8:04 ave pace) with Josse and MacK, just like old times. It was great. Josse wrote that we ran and chatted through SF, I would add that Michelle cackled. I would have walked more, but I am sealing our asphalt driveway (putting on a thin layer of tar) and that is going to be hours of work. Paul can't help because any strenuous activity could make a clot move. So at least one of my trusty neighborhood boys will be coming over to help. First 30 mile week since mid February, or 8 months. Wow. My SI felt much better yesterday, so I got in my second ab workout. I am glad to be repeating 30 mpw, hopefully my body will get used to it. Update: worked 6 hours sealing my asphalt drive, felt so tired by the end I wanted to just lay down on it and give up. Result from this or running 6 miles, is SI was back to persistent low level niggling for the evening. So no abs. So this was a 2 ab workout week. Kind of sad about that.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 134.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Walked 1, stretched, ran 4 @ 8 min pace. At SLC training on alternative minimum tax, not dry at all :) |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.10 |
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Hooked up (ok that doesn't sound right), MET the resident south valley amazon goddess and we went a-biking, a-walking, a-running. She approved my impulse purchase of dishes. It is so hard to spend money. I went to Ikea yesterday and stress-bought a set of 18 basic white dishes, a pot set, and a couple of kitchen gadgets I have never had, including a steamer basket (I know--how lame, I've only been married for 13.5 years and have never been able to properly steam vegetables). Anyway, Marion approves, and Paul approves, so I decided to unwrap the goods and actually keep what I bought. We did 2.5ish, then 5 running, then a bit more, about 7.98 total. I had to change to street clothes at Marion's home and weighed myself at her home (I like her scale). While I was in the bathroom, she made me hot chocolate (how sweet) and offered me lots of food (do you want a string cheese? it'll give you protein. How about some sweet potatoes). I accepted an apple and went on my way. Volunteered in JJ's kindie class, man it's a zoo, and I think it will take some practice trying to herd the cats. Then grocery shopping, didn't buy any bad things to eat even though I was way hungry. Will go to Mickie's class soon to do a craft project. We are turning acorns into little pumpkins. Today we get them orange, then Thursday I go back and we put green stems and the jack o lantern faces on. They are so cute. Will do a modest elliptical workout this afternoon (meaning not trying to kill myself). PM 30 min mediumish elliptical workout and ab workout (abs take me about 30 minutes)
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.50 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 134.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Walked 1.75, stretched, ran 6 miles with MacK (8:12 ave) then walked 2.25 to make 10 miles total. Second day of strange foot pain. On right foot, on top toward toes 2 & 3, pain lasts for about 5-10 seconds, radiates then dissipates. It happens every 5 or 10 min, so not continuous, which makes me think it might be neurological. |
Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| AM: Decided to do ab workout in the morning first (this is all after kids go off to school). Definitely, Maybe (the movie) was on so I did my abs while watching the movie. Marion comes over and witnesses the sloth and indolence --a romantic comedy in the morning--what's with me? I then walk on the treadmill 1.72 and chat with Marion til she has to motor. Then I called some clients, then went outside. Walked 3, then ran 4 (7:37 ave pace, uphill mile in there), was kind of pressed for time, then walked 1.3, so I got my 10 miles in for today. Love the weight, but it comes on the heels of two days of stomach issues, I have been counting calories, but haven't been able to keep my calories as low as I'd like because of stomach upset (my stomach hurts--I should eat some more food, I know the logic isn't quite there), so good weight but assisted by some evacuation. |
Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 133.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| AM: Out for 7.5, ran 5 of them, 8:18 ave pace PM: 36 min of elliptical. Kicked my butt. So sad my weight is up because I am really wanting to make peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. |
Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 2.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 136.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Oops! Was supposed to run 6 and accidentally ran 7 miles, 8:11 pace ave, the good news is it felt like 6 miles and our fastest miles were at the end. It must have been MacK's sparkling personality that kept me going. 13.12 total, about 2:19 total. My first 1/2 marathon in a row since AS issues. Foot still hurts, but will pulse in and out, and hurts when I just sit at the computer, or watch a movie, just as much as when I run. Yesterday it only hurt maybe 5 times the whole day, but today its more active. Lower back hurt last night. I used my at home elec stimulator on my back and my foot last night. PM: ab workout. Rotating, did 4x2.5 min plank on swiss ball, 3x1.5min each side side plank on ball, 2x5 pike exercise Marion showed me on the ball, with risk of head trauma, but all is well and 3x55 crunches on ball. Took me about 40 minutes (more than one Dallas Divas and Daughters show). Felt very hungry after this and went to Village Inn and had their fruit and grain pancakes with sugar free syrup and a side of egg whites.
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Night Sleep Time: 7.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.75 | Weight: 135.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Met MacK, walked, stretched ran 5 (8:15 ave pace, felt winded and yucky), then walked some more, 7.68 total PM: 31 minutes on elliptical, mediumish workout: (while talking to Marion 2,2,3,3,5,5 uh oh have to hang up because level 7 is coming), 7,7,4,4,6,6,8,8,3,3,5,5,7,7,4,4,6,6,8,8,4,4,4,3,3 |
Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 134.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.40 |
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Bad night of sleep! Planned on waking up early for H1N1 shots for me and two kids, and had dreams about it. I dreamt that I asked for the shot, they gave me grief about it, and I told them that I have an autoimmune disease (AS), and the nurse huffed off to tell the doctor, and the doctor marched right up to my face and gave me a shot right on the lip in a defiant manner. The real reason I got one is because my husband Paul hasn't been doing so well since his pulmonary embolisms, so I don't want to bring any illness into the home. His liver isn't functioning, and that makes his coumadin not work so they've upped that prescription twice, and he's on lovenox and has been for 19 days, which is a dangerous drug. He's not feeling so hot and is nervous so I got the shot for him :) Anyway, woke up at 4:30 am, packed up my two younger kids, not sure of the weather so packed a tent, three sleeping bags, a chair, food, coats, gloves, hats, food, and a change of clothes (I went in running clothes/tights, like a big moron). We arrived at 5:15am. I checked the three doors I knew of into the building and they said as of Monday night they had unexpectedly run out, but both the county website and telephone line had said there was a clinic that opened at 8am, so I didn't know what to do. I couldn't see anyone waiting in a line so that made me more nervous. I said a prayer, asking if I should stay until 8am to see what happened, and decided to motor over to McD's and get the kids breakfast and come back. I parked and the kids started eating then I decided to walk around the building, and I found the line! So we got in line by 5:45, about 30 people back (ballooned to about 100 ahead of us as the spouses and children arrived) but the line ended up extending around a couple of corners, so much larger behind us than ahead of us. I snuggled the kids in their clothes and sleeping bags and started walking. I walked up and down the block a gazillion times and logged 3 miles of walking, then they moved us inside and we waited in a hallway, and there I stretched, ate some breakfast, practiced spelling words with Mickie. Then the shot was funny because they told me to prepare my left arm and I realized I had a skin tight undershirt that wouldn't move, so I took off my shirt in front of the crowd, so not only am I the lady who is wearing spandex in public, and who walks back and forth, and stretches in public, but I am also the lady who will disrobe to the sports bra in public as well. I later realized my pepper spray was also showing at that moment, but at the time I was just glad I have been doing my ab workouts. Later walked 1.6, then ran 4.4, then walked 3 more on the treadmill with Marion on the elliptical.
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Treadmill run. Planned a 2 mile progressive tempo. Wanted the first mile to be 7:15-7:20 and second mile to be 7:00. Walked 1 mile. Stretched. Ran 2 @ 8:27 Mile 1 7:16 Mile 2 6:56 I dislike running on treadmills, but I am grateful to have it as an option since it enabled me to sleep in and not deal with my icy drive. My PT also said to do any faster miles I feel compelled to do on the treadmill. I DO like working out inside because it's like a pressure cooker, even though I am in the basement and Marion can attest to the low temperature I keep my home at, so I tend to get a good weigh in. I have to be 134 or less next Friday for the party to earn my "let-loose" card, so I am on track, but I always have the last minute inside workout card I can play :) PM: Ab workout
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 131.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.05 |
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Met MacK. Walked, stretched, ran 5 (8:15 pace) then walked some more. Not too bad temp-wise, but the slight wind was no fun when walking. 8.14 miles total
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Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 6.00 | Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 6.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 134.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.70 |
| AM: Slept in! Then met Marion for walking/running while she biked (w/o her geeky helmet, shame on her). I have been having some, how shall I say, pipe blockage, and the run didn't make anything happen, so Marion suggested a "sprint" to the stop sign, so that portion of the run was .2 miles at 6:26 pace average (not a sprint), but that didn't help. So I've gone with the alchemy. Total running 5.7, 8:37 ave pace. PM: ab workout, so hard to do today, but I did it! Lots of house work. Treating wood cabinets and wood stairs. It is amazing all the nooks and crannies I don't clean and usually ignore. Housework is fun, every once and awhile. |
Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 132.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Met MacK and did a walking warm up, stretching, then 8 miles into Payson and back to Salem, stopping at Smith's, then to Marion's house, where we peeked into her front window (there should be a forehead smudge to prove it), no one was there, so we moved along. I meant to run 7 miles, but again ran an extra mile in error. Sounds disingenuous but it is totally true! I guess I'll have to pay attention to the watch a little better. Ran 8 (8:11 pace) and total distance was 13.1. So Luz, I got in my Halloween half, but not with the fanfare or fun of yours, I am sure. But MacK was good company. Anyone have any good ideas for Utah county Halloween activities for midday? |
Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 10.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 132.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.33 |
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AM: walked 2.5 miles before going grocery shopping. PM: met Marion and she towed her two youngens on her bike while I walked/ran. 5.33 running bit--slow. Then stretching in her kitchen. I am not limber. "I am glad I have hinges or else I would crack." Nice primary song about AS. The lyricist didn't know he was writing about AS, but he was.
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Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 132.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.15 |
| Slept through alarm, so hopped on the elliptical for hardest endurance workout after a 6 minute warm up and stretch (3,3,4,4,5,6,7,8,5,6,7,8,9,6,7,8,9,10,5,6,7,8,9,6,7,8,4,4,4,4). Wore hr monitor, mostly hovered between 150 and 165, peaked at 170. Later AM: Walked 1.1, then ran 5.15, ave pace for run was 7:48. Lovely and sunny and in the 50's. I was on the Provo River Trail. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 133.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.25 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| Met MacK bright and early. We walked 1 then stretched right in front of a church door which was locked, and in front of a guy waiting in his car. It was probably 5 or more degrees warmer right by the door, so I insisted on giving this guy a show. Then we ran one mile easy. I wanted to start the tempo after we got off Zephyr hill at about 5.5 on the SF 1/2 marathon and go to mile marker 4 and turn around, for a more flat course, but MacK only wanted 5 miles total running, so we had to start the tempo earlier, at about 6.15 ont he SF 1/2 marathon course, went down Zephyr in mile 1, then flatish, about to the 4.6ish area of the SF course. Splits are by garmin (my old garmin, which likes to measure miles long). Wore my HR monitor to gather data. Hate wearing that thing. 1 - 6:54 flatish except down Zephyr hill (.1 mile long), 160 bpm (is this average, this is the number my garmin is giving when I look at this lap in the history) 2 - 6:39 flatish, has some grade changes but nets zero because 180 turn halfway through, 167 hr 3 - 6:49 flatish except Zephyr hill from .6-.7, just tried not to stay strong uphill then last .3 mile, fighting need to go bathroom and wanting to finish strong, two competing forces :/ Very very happy! I was hoping to go 7:15, 6:59, 6:59 on flat course, so very pleased to do a bit better than that. Now this makes me want to race. . . Afterward met back w/Mack, ran 2 easy back to her car, then saw KellieS and the Heidi's and walked with them a bit, bothered Clay, then walked some more. Whole morning 11 miles. Will do abs later. |
Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 8.25 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 133.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Walked a mile, stretched, ran 5 miles (8:20 ave pace). Then went home, got the kiddies off to school, then walked 4 miles while Marion ellipticaled. 10 miles total. Laundry day, whoopiee! |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 5.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 133.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Met Mack, walked 1, stretched in the church, then ran 7 miles. Felt good. Partay! I needed to weigh 134 by today, and definitely met that goal. Next weight goal is 132 by Thanksgiving. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 131.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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Food last night: artichoke dip, sundried tomato-pine nut-pesto-cream cheese dip, shrimp dip, slushy punch, straight coke, homemade rolls, italian soup, chicken and white bean chili, kale and squash soup, curry soup, tres leches cake, lemon cake, chocolate cake, dipped goodies from the chocolate fountain (and I just listed the things I ate). A big thanks to everyone for cooking up a storm for the party. It was great to get together, as always. I weighed in under 130 today for the first time in half a year. I was so shocked I weighed myself again to make sure the scale didn't make a mistake, but same: 129.8. I feel downright sheepish. Slept in, walked 5 miles, stretched, brought the kids home from their primary program practice, changed into shorts, went back out. Walked .5, more stretching, then ran 8.5 miles at 7:54 ave pace. Felt great! So 14 miles total and didn't even get home until after noon. Did more stretching at home. Talk about wasting my day away. I heard back from my prospective coach, Tom, who has coached Paul Petersen, and he said there's no need to hire him until I am in the 40's for a month, to just get in mileage and lots of stretching (he did mention the dreaded four letter Y word, Marion :/). Kind of bummed out because I am ready to go mentally, but not ready to go physically. Need more base. Does that mean no tempo miles???? It felt so good to tempo this week. What a high.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 11.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 129.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.05 |
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Was going to sleep in, but no, I woke up at 4:30, laid in bed for 15 minutes, realized I wasn't going back asleep, so I got up. Spent 15 minutes trying to download general conference. I have it downloaded now, but need to get it on the mp3 player. Anyway, eventually got outside. Walked 2.15, then nice long stretch session, then ran 6.05 (ave pace 8:09), then walked to make the total experience 9.05. Got home, decided to hop on the elliptical to get in my needed aerobic, did 15 minutes, felt way weak. Will do abs tonight.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 133.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Met MacK and Marion. We walked 1.2 (Marion rode bike) then ran 6, then Marion ran a mile while I walked as fast as I could, then we walked another two miles. Had a good time with the ladies. 10.08 total distance
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 133.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.15 |
| AM: Walked 1.36 miles then went to PT. SI has been feeling good, just a little niggly after tempo last week and marathon cleaning session last week. Now it feels good. Rt ham is still buggy, don't feel it too much, just when stretching it is tight in the middle and hurty at top. Did e-stim, ultrasound, massage, a stym, then exercises: total body stretching in cage, total body gym lunges, then ham lunges with 5# weights in each hand. PM: walked 2.35 with husband, then went out for run. .56 walking, stretching then 6.15 running at 7:49 ave pace. If I'm not approved to tempo, then I'll run my runs mediumish pace. I figure my current marathon pace, if I could possibly do a marathon right now, is about 7:15. I would guess my 10K is about 6:55, and 5k pace would be 6:40. These are just my guestimates and don't mean much anyway because I FEEL myself getting stronger every day, like the hulk when he gets mad. Watch out. I am hungry and on running bread and water (meaning no speed). At least my fast is over :DDDD total for day 10.42 Will do abs during AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL, the classiest show on air!!! |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 133.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Slept in. Realized when I woke up that my hamstrings were tight and sore, must be from the new hamstring lunges I did yesterday. Went out at 8:30. It was warm but windy. So only one thing to do, start into the wind. Walked one mile, nice long stretching, then started running. Really slow until I turned around and had a nice tailwind. 8:10 ave pace. Marion came over after noon, and I walked 3.5 miles plus did 3 minutes of the elliptical. So 10.5 miles total plus a whopping 3 minutes cross training. Then we did a nice long stretching session, yogaesque, but not quite there. I am easing into the idea. . . |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 6.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.25 | Weight: 131.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Walked 2, then ran 7 with MacK. 9.2 miles altogether. Would have done abs this evening but had more important things to do (Marion can you guess what?). |
Night Sleep Time: 6.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.25 | Weight: 131.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.24 |
| Met MacK at 7am. Walked a mile, then stretched, then ran 9.24, then I was on my own, walking almost 4 miles to get back to my car. 14 miles total. I looked at my gps after I was done exercising to see my running pace. I told myself, it was probaby 8:20 ave, because it was snowing and the run felt so long. But, the ave pace was 7:59, sweet. We were cruising ;D I have to do abs today because I skipped yesterday, but today will make three sessions. I bought 5# weights for my hamstring lunges this morning. Have to do those too. I felt sheepish buying weights so small. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 12.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 130.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Met MacK. Walked 1.5, ran 5, separated, then ran 2 more (7 total 8:12 pace), then walked again to make 10.02. Met up with KellieS and HeidiC and enjoyed chatting with them for 1/2 mile. Cold, cold, cold! PT appt today. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 130.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 10.15 miles total, 6 running, with Marion towing two kids and a flat tire. Abs in the pm |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 129.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.05 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.05 |
| 8:00, 7:55, 7:46, 7:34, 7:24, 7:13, 7:01, all on treadmill, 1.5% grade potty break split up miles, 8.25 distance total |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 7.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 130.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Total distance 9.18, ran 7, ave pace 8:20. Lots of stretching. Will do abs and ham lunges later today. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 132.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Started the day with some Edward and Jacob. The best early breakfast you might imagine :D Marion and I went with two of her daughters and one of their teenage friends. We went to a mexican restaurant. I had about 5 chips and salsa, chorizo con huevos, skip the refried beans and rice. And a diet pepsi. Ok, so the movie was not great, but better than the first one. The best part of this Twilight experience was rereading book no 1 & 2 and I WON'T READ #3 UNTIL AFTER TAX SEASON. I'm just saying. . . So, anyway, delirious from lack of sleep. Walked 2.25 miles and stretched while my bourbon chocolate pecan pie baked this morning. Then went out and ran 7 miles and finished with some walking to make 10 miles total. Tomorrow is another day! |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 1.25 | Total Sleep Time: 5.25 | Weight: 132.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.06 |
| Met MacK and white chocolate Ali. We walked, stretched, then ran. During stretching Ali mad me laugh so hard I was literally rolling around on the cement laughing instead of stretching. It was good to hang out again. We must have been feeling good. I messed up and didn't have the first 1.58 of our run timed, but the rest of the run was 7:35 ave pace, so it was probably 7:40 ave pace overall. 14 miles total. Will do abs later today. Have the BYU FB game today and a pie party. Heaven help me, I'm entering babylon. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 12.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 132.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hey all, so here's the bourbon chocolate pecan recipe: http://www.recipezaar.com/Bourbon-Chocolate-Pecan-Pie-32740 recipezaar.com is my recipe website of choice. I love that I can search by food type (appetizer), ingredient, health info, etc. It is great, and the reviews on recipes are phenomenal and help guide me.
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Night Sleep Time: 9.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.50 | Weight: 132.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Met MacK, walked 1.42, stretched a bit, ran 5, we separated, then I ran another 2, walked 2. whatever to make 10.56 total distance. Then more stretching and SI joint movement exercises I've been doing daily. Hot, hot shower. PT appointment this morning.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 131.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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18F outside, and my PT gave me some new warm up exercises, so I warmed up inside. Right bum sore from PT and his assistant putting their elbow into it really hard yesterday. They did it because I said I have had some pain spasms in my right glute area (about 4 1-2 sec ones on Sat, 1-2 of them yesterday). The spasms are too short for me to determine where exactly the hurt is, not sure if SI or what, but from their massage it appears its some higher attachment point for my hamstring? I think I'm going to be sore for a couple of days--from the elbowing. .5 miles walking on treadmill, 8 min of stretching, then 15 reps of what I'll call windmill hamstring lunges three ways, with 5 lb weights. My arms are the windmills. What more can I say? Then drove down the mountain and ran 7 miles, 8:11 ave pace. Felt tired from warm up (I'm a wuss!), and bum was sore from the elbowing, but no spasms. Family pictures with professional photographer today, if we can find an outdoor locale that still has some color. AB workout in evening.
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Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 130.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Inside warm up like yesterday. The weights make me warm but also poop me out. Then met MacK and ran toward SF and met up with Aubrey and Jamie, then we ran back toward Salem. Accidentally overshot my stopping point by .5 mile. OOPS! Ran 7.5 in 8:06 ave pace, total distance 9.5. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 131.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 10.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
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At home warm up (.5 mile walk then windmill ham lunges and stretching). Met MacK and Marion, and we did a special run/walk, Thanksgiving edition. 13.19 miles with them, for 13.69 miles total (about 8 min pace for running). I hollered "Happy Thanksgiving" to everyone we passed, even a horse. I enjoyed their company so much. Had hot chocolate and fudge afterward, no one wanted my cut up oranges! We started off our Thanksgiving with a bang. Forgive the mushy stuff, this is really my only journal. I am so grateful to them, grateful for their support, and loving me despite my flaws. I thought about us saying one thing we're grateful for at each mile, but then I forgot, so I guess that makes me an official ingrate :/ However, I am thankful God has seen fit to give me this year, the ups and downs, I know I have learned and grown. I am grateful for the grace of Jesus Christ, because I am nothing without His intervention. I am grateful for my loyal, loving, sacrificing husband and for my dear sweet children. They are so hard, but hard is good. It's what will turn us into diamonds. PM: After grave misdeeds I walk to the neighborhood park with the family and play a FUN game of football. Last year I opted out of playing football, afraid to aggravate any existing injury or cause a new one. This year I say have fun while you can! The game ended when my oldest, Ben, got munched by three people and went to the sidelines in tears. I thought I might have a concussion at first, but he turned out ok. Enjoyed the family time, conversation, games, etc.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 12.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 131.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Typical indoor warmup. Then met Marion for her run, then she hopped on the bike Total distance 10.5, 7 running. We compared notes on our Thanksgiving experiences. Ate some of her yummy jello creation after running. Strategically backed out of her offer for some orange rolls. Took the kids to the Legacy Center, an indoor swimming facility with a big slide, kids play area, lazy river. This is where I would go for my nightmarish arms-only swimming sessions last spring when I was injured. I wasn't quite prepared for the flood of emotionally charged memories which hit me as I went through the place today. That was a very hard time, feeling my fitness slip from me, trying desperately to cling to it. I am so glad that phase has come to an end. Did some ab exercises in the pool. I won't attempt to describe them, but I will say that looking like a dork in public is one of my *talents*. More abs at home. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 9.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.75 | Weight: 131.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.53 |
| Total distance 13.5, 8.53 running in 8:12 pace. Ran with Josse, Beth and MacK. Had a nice time with the ladies. At almost 8 miles we saw the SF running club, and Jamie from the blog, was with them. Got to talk with her for about 10 minutes before I stopped running, then Kay walked 4 miles with me, so I has some great interactions this morning. Nice to catch up with old friends. Thanks for driving down, Josse. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 11.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.25 | Weight: 130.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.03 |
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Indoor warmup. Met MacK, ran 7, 8:09 ave pace, 8.65 total distance. Will do elliptical later. 27 minutes on elliptical, then went up to SLC for 30 Seconds to Mars concert. It was awesome. Counted as some good exercise, but I had a teriyaki burger and fries from Carls Jr on the way up so that negates all the dancing. Jared Leto. . .
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Mizuno WaveRider (blue) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 131.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| total distance 9.78, ran 2 with Marion, then walked two with her then ran 5 more. Warmed up inside before. Ab workout in evening. |
Mizuno WaveRider (blue) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 132.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.19 |
| Inside warm up, then met MacK. Ran 8.19 (8:02 ave pace) then walked, 10.23 total distance. I wish fudge didn't make us fat. I have to lose a bit more weight to make goal (sub 130 by xmas) but this time of year I just want to make treats and eat them. I'll try to be strong, one hour at a time. |
Mizuno WaveRider (blue) Miles: 9.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.75 | Weight: 130.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Ran in spurts today on the treadmill. Pretty lame. Did 2 mile warm up walk then hamstring lunges then my photographer called and said she was ready to go over photos. So took off did that, then ate lunch with Marion, then ran .5 mile, then received a call I had to take, then ran 2 miles (where I almost upchucked my lunch), then drove son to piano and practiced my duet with my accompanyist, then ran 2.5, then drove more sons to piano, then ran 2 more. Pace moved up throughout runs. Didn't have time to dawdle. Felt good. Ab workout in evening. |
Mizuno WaveRider (blue) Miles: 6.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 130.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Ran with MacK. It was way cold! Took a nasty spill, caught myself with my hands, then scraped the side of my knee, but thankfully didn't tear my new, expensive tights. The fall was in slo-mo, of course, and I hit McKenzie on my way down, and I was so concerned I would make her fall, but thankfully I didn't.
My stomach felt way empty during the run. Now cramming down some oatmeal w/banana. |
Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 129.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 11.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.10 |
| Warm up inside, then went out by my lonesome without music or gps watch and ran what I thought would be close to 11, and it turns out it was 11.1, then walked 1.5 more. 13.1 miles total, need to do abs and perhaps some elliptical later. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 12.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 130.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Indoor workout, running 8 miles in Provo with Josse. Roads very messy and slow going, 9:17 ave pace, then walked another mile. 9.5 miles total. Was in training all day in Provo, with extra stress and lots of cell phone calls because the kids' buses weren't making it up the mountain and my husband wasn't answering his phone. Bleh. I'll be ready to end this day. SI joint on right a tad achy throughout day. When running, lots of attachments feeling yucky, presumably because of sliding. |
Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 1 mile walking warm up on treadmill, then hamstring windmill lunges, stretching, 15 minutes elliptical (3,3,4,4,7,8,8,7,7,6,6,5,5,8,8) then 7 miles on treadmill (8:09, 7:41,7:25 potty break, 7:51,7:23,7:14,6:50) more tax training today, more snow today, but I have a better plan for the kiddies today, so let's see if we can make today a better day, K? |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 129.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Slept in. Aahh! Went to PT appt. Said SI has been bugging me for two days, 1-2. Said hamstring was a 1. They worked on both. Inner ham was killing when Steve worked on it, I just gritted the teeth and bore it. As I did ab workout this evening it still ached. At PT did 5 minutes no resistance spin to warm up, stretching in the cage, hamstring lunges with 9# (up from 5, it was so hard, we joked that the floor was magnetic, because every once and a while when I lunged down the weight would hit the floor and stay there.), and a new exercise where I stand on one foot and pick up a ball with one hand, then lift both hands up, then put the ball down, then lift both hands up, then pick up the ball with the other hand. Basically a big test of my balance. All warmed up from the PT, so hit the roads next. .25 warm up walk, then 8 miles @ 7:42 ave pace, then .25 more walking. Ab workout for 30 minutes, bored with same old routine so found some different stuff in my swiss ball book to do. Did my crunches slower, with my pelvis up higher, and that burned earlier on. Bedtime. |
Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Walked a mile, stretching, windmill ham lunges, ran 1.5, let marion in the house, then she did elliptical and I did treadmill for 5.5 more. Then more stretching, and 5 reps of ball grab (new exercise from pt). PM: 30 min elliptical |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 130.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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Normal inside warm up, then met MacK. It was freezing -3-0F in our run. 8.5 miles @ 8:14 pace. Felt ok except for the burning in my calves and bum through the farm land (the colder area). PM: 20 min elliptical ab workout
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Mizuno WaveRider (blue) Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 131.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Slept in! Indoor warm up: walked 2.1, then hamstring lunges, then stretching, then met MacK. 11 miles @ 8:07 pace. Andy from Salem passed us on the hill going into Payson, which was a bitter pill, but we made him earn it a bit. Roads were a mixture. Some were clear, about 1/3 we had to seriously battle for cars for space or run in snowy/slick conditions, so true effort was higher than actual pace. It was warmer (27F) so we stashed some gloves, and shirts at the 2 mile point, but an old guy on a 4 wheeler picked them up and was driving away with them as we were running back. MacK was doing a super whistle to get him to stop and I was waving my arms and yelling. He handed over our stuff and all was well. After run did 5 reps of the one legged ball grab. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 12.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 | Weight: 129.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Walked .5 mile, windmill ham lunges, 1 hour elliptical, keeping hr between 145-155, basically 2/3 level 4, 1/3 level 5. Then ball grab exercise.
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Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 130.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Warm up inside. Ran 3 with MacK. 8:23 pace. Ab workout inside, walked a mile too.
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Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 3.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 129.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.05 |
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Oops, meant to run 8 and got an extra mile. I went around the HS track 4 times to try to tramp down the snow. I may be doing a time trial to figure out my optimal paces on Saturday. We'll see. Included in 9 mile run were 6x20-25 sec strides, about a minute rest in between. Felt fine during them. Like crum otherwise. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 9.05 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 127.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Inside warm up, met MacK ran 7, meeting up with Aubrey in the middle. Started to do some walking outside afterward, but in the mid 20's so I decide to some walking on my treadmill at home. Walked 3 total. Will do abs later. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 129.20 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Indoor warm up, then ran 7 outside @ 8:49 ave pace, 6x15-20 sec strides. Also 1.75 walking. |
Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 129.20 |
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Post-AS 2000m time trial (1.25 Miles) 00:07:25 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 18F, track was about 20% covered in lane one with snow/ice. Indoor warm up. .75 walking on treadmill, 12 minutes of good stretching. Ran 4.5 miles easy, meeting up with Josse and MacK halfway through the easy stuff, said goodby to Josse, earned my third star at the Chevron, then we did a marathon pace mile, I changed shoes to my Saucony A2 racers, then did 4 strides on the track, earned a 4th star (this shows where my nerves were). Striped down to just shell of gloves and one shirt. Then started a 2000m time trial. Goal is to run it even or negative split. I really wanted to go 6:00 pace, since I felt close to that, but thought this goal might be stretching myself a little, and the goal may be at odds with the negative split effort. So I thought, 93, 90,89,89,89 would be perfect. I had to swing wide 2/3 the way through one curve to lane 3 because of the ice/snow. Also some patches in lane 1 elsewhere I just ran through. 1 - 89 (I go into the 200m at 42-43, and say out loud, dang it! too fast), pace felt right 2 - 88 - threw hat off, then instantly wondered if that was a good idea (it was fine) 3 - 89 - starting to taste that acidy "you're doing a short race" taste in my mouth 4 - 88 - MacK joins me ahead of me, was the perfect rabbit, 5 - 87 - MacK joins me just ahead the second half of this lap I was ecstatic as I finished to be sub 6:00, but now I am looking back, thinking, I could have done this faster (I know this because there was no dry heaving or crying at the end). Isn't that typical me? So unsatisfied. But, I am satisfied, and so grateful to have run my first sub-6:00 mile since my AS diagnosis, and to be bouncing back, and to be able to train, and to have friends to join me, to cheer me on remotely. Every speed workout I can do is a gift. When I got home, I just stared at Paul for a few minutes as he chatted to me about sundry topics, and he's asking why I'm looking at him funny, then I break down and say that I was just waiting for him to ask me how the time trial went. Then he got the conversation on the right topic :D Bonnie wants to know how I am feeling afterward: I don't feel any SI or ham issue, just deadleggy in my cool down. I have soreness on both sides of my back and in my hams from two different new exercises my PT gave me yesterday. I feel hungry for more, but done for today. How's that? I am supposed to do core today, but with the PT exercises yesterday, I think I will keep things super low impact and do a yoga/low impact core combo later today. |
Saucony Type A2 Racers (red Baby) Miles: 2.25 | Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 10.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 | Weight: 130.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Ran 7 miles @ 8:24 pace, including 10-11 15-20 sec strides, was with MacK then met up with KellieS and her Heidi crew. Walked 3, last two at 12 min pace, power ham lunges (these are as fast as you can with hand weights with right foot at 12, 1,2,3 o clock, and left foot at 12, 11, 10 and 9 oclock - 30 sec each position). Nice evening stretch session. I have a full house w/family visiting. It's going to be a fun week. |
Mizuno WaveRider (blue) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | Weight: 129.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Indoor warm up (.5 mile walk, stretching, power lunges) Met MacK warm up then 4 mile marathon pace tempo: 8:35, 8:42, 7:17, 7:11,7:09, 7:09, 8:39, 8:23, then walked 1.75 more. Total 8 miles running, 2.25 walking. Plan to do abs today but with family in town, we'll have to see. Did my abs. Rock on.
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Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 129.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Aahh. Trying to catch up on blogging. Walked .75, then power lunges, running 7 miles on treadmill at 8:34 pace with sis on elliptical. |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 127.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.70 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.70 |
| Bad sleep going into this one. Indoor warmup, then outside midday. Temperatures cold, light snowflakes falling but roads were clear. 2 miles warm up 8:05, 8:30 Goal workout was 6x800m @ 3:15, with 1:30 break. I did them on tree line road, back and forth, so flat. Used my old 800m markers, but gps 1 - 3:10 (1:31 rest) 2 - 3:10 (1:31 rest) 3 - 3:12 (1:30 rest) 4 - 3:09 (1:30 rest) 5 - 3:06 (1:32 rest) 6 - 3:08 then two mile cool down (8:45, 8:33) |
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 127.80 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Warmed up with .75 walking, power lunges, stretching, ran 6 on treadmill (8:34 pace with 8x15-20 sec strides). Some light abs. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 130.40 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Met Josse and MacK after indoor warm up. 8:13 pace, here's splits: 8:37, 8:35, 7:51, 8:34, 8:16, 7:41, 7:53, 8:00, 8:34, 8:04 |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Full house: 1 mom, 1 grandma, two sisters, their husbands and four kids, 1 brother, and my family. Woke up at 4:15 for going into work, worked until 9am, then prepared to go up to Soldier Hollow for sledding with the family. Then ate in SLC, home at 9:40pm Exercise: fit in a whopping 15 min on elliptical. |
Night Sleep Time: 3.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 3.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
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Verifiably sick, some type of cold. Slept in, had to be in to work by 8am, so with sickness and lack of sleep the night before, knew I needed sleep more than a workout in the wee hours. Worked overtime, then came home exhausted. Dinner, then rested, then hopped on treadmill. Walked .5, then ran 3.5, slow and still dinner wanted to come up (but it didn't). Left groin hurty.
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Night Sleep Time: 8.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.25 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
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Slept in until 9am. Standard indoor warm up: walked .5 (during walk only - pain shooting from back of ankle down to heel on left), speed ham lunges and stretching. Went upstairs to get kids to eat breakfast, start them on chores, then back on treadmill. Planned workout: alternate miles from easy pace (9mm) to moderate pace (8mm). At .83 miles a client called and I had to take the call, then take care of some work biz, then back on treadmill. Finished workout as planned. 8:57 pace for easy, 8:00 for faster miles. Felt yucky but better than yesterday. Still have a cold. Had 10 minutes to prepare for lunch with Britta, Kelli, Teena, and Marion. Had an absolutely lovely time. Thank you Britta and Kelli for organizing, and to all for taking time out of your day. It was great to get to know you better. Walmart with Marion, her staring at me as I stare at the produce. Paul is going to a low carb diet, so I guess I am going along with him. His thyroid and liver docs say he needs it so WHATEVER. Carbs are for sissies anyway. I am so craving some toast. 35 min ab workout in evening. Think aches are due to not taking anti-inflammatory well over last couple of days. Took first doses in evening then last doses right before bed, so not evenly spaced through day. Lots of caffeine and bad diet also can't be good for the bod. Will do better.
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Night Sleep Time: 10.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 10.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 3.80 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.30 |
| Conditions very icy/snowy. Roads 95% covered with 90% bad traction for first half of run, got better, to about 75% bad traction by end of run (started running at 9:30am). warm up inside 2.25 warm up (8:56, 8:50, 9:10 pace for .25), then tinman tempo for 5 miles through hilly terrain (7:13 pace if flat and good conditions, had to just go by feel): 7:41 (net up), 7:50 (net up), 7:30 (up and down), 7:04 (net down), 7:23 (up and down) 7:30 ave for 5 mile total (course was net uphill), then right into 90 min rest, 30 min strides x 5. This part was hard, I was tired of the foot slippage. 1:35 rest (8:00 pace) 33 sec (5:42 pace) 1:33 rest (7:34 pace -downhill) 41 sec (7:14 pace - wow slow) 1:33 rest (8:46 pace - uphill) 32 sec (6:44 pace - uphill) 1:31 rest (8:21 pace) 34 sec (6:05 pace) 1:29 rest (9:01 pace) 32 sec (6:37 pace - uphill) |
Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.25 | Weight: 129.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 976.52 | 74.65 | 27.95 | 8.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1088.07 |
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Brooks Defyance (blue) Miles: 289.53 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 783.00 | Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 160.24 | Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Miles: 324.36 | Mizuno Precision (yellow) Miles: 10.50 | Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 363.28 | Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Miles: 56.95 | Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 40.00 | Mizuno WaveRider (blue) Miles: 47.50 | Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 27.00 | Saucony Type A2 Racers (red Baby) Miles: 2.25 |
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Night Sleep Time: 1238.25 | Nap Time: 25.75 | Total Sleep Time: 1264.00 | Weight: 133.71 | |
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