Zippity Doo Dah - Running week of Jan. 18 2009

[Shiraz]

Hi ladies,
Wow we are in a real "funk" and need to pull together and get through the winter yucks. I am pushng myself to get out the door right now. So I logged onto get some inspiration and realize I am not alone. Everyone is in need of a dose! So here are my last words and I will drop out of the "BMW Club" (B... Moan and Whine) and get some Zippity Doo Dah in my steps...

My car was broke into at work yesterday and my workout bag was stolen with my new running shoes, IPOD and work out book and clothes... Good news is...It could have been worse. No one was hurt and everything is replaceable, right!!! and the sun is actually shining even though it is still below freezing here in Southeast Idaho

So, I am ordering new shoes and hope I can purchase a new IPOD soon cause I need the tunes.

I have been running but not posting so I promise to be better. I am signing up to run the Salt Lake half in April and Ogden half in May.

[Veronica]

I signed up today to a duathalon Feb. 22. It's a flat 2 mile run, hilly twenty mile bike ride (the 3 Bears for locals) and another flat 2 mile run.

I'm hoping that having an event only a moth away will get me out there more. Still at work, but today's plan is my own little duathlon this afternoon.

Veronica

[rocknrollgirl]

Thanks, will do (and have been) -- I am icing at the moment. That helps too (for awhile), but it's even hurting at night in bed when I move around now. Sigh...

I am so sorry...been there...too much. blech......

Go check out the link I just posted...there is a ton of good info on rehab and strength training and core...

FWIW, I have been having 30 min massage and trigger point work done on my bad side. It is really helping.

[emily_in_nc]

I am so sorry...been there...too much. blech......

Go check out the link I just posted...there is a ton of good info on rehab and strength training and core...

FWIW, I have been having 30 min massage and trigger point work done on my bad side. It is really helping.

Thanks for the commiseration! I don't see the link, though...is it on another thread? I'll keep looking... Glad you're doing better. I did check out some trigger point information the other night, but despite much probing of the left quad, can find no area of pain at all except right above and on top of my kneecap, right where the quadriceps tendon runs. It's a very localized pain...

[Veronica]

1.2 mile run, 7.5 mile bike, 1.2 mile run

It's hard to get motivated to do this after work. It's hard to get motivated to do it before work in the dark. It's hard to get motivated.

Veronica

[yellow]

Well, Shiraz, you must be out of the mucky yucky air up there in Pokey...we're in a bad inversion pattern with "unhealthy for all persons" alerts. Cold I will run in. 85 micrograms per cubic meter of PM 2.5 I will not run in.

I've been running on the dreadmill some, going to the Crossfit gym most mornings (I did 45 handstand pushups today...5 unassisted and 40 assisted!), skiing on the weekends...hoping that I will be able to finish the 25k I'm signed up for next month with dignity. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get up high (out of the pollution) and go for a run. I sure need it. I think I've rowed more miles on the ergometer this week than I've run!

[emily_in_nc]

For some reason, I woke up yesterday and my knee pain of 12 days was GONE. Just gone. Today too.

My DH explained to me that tendinitis pain is either "on" or "off" (binary to we software geeks), which makes no sense to me, and I don't really believe him, but it sure seems to be that way for the moment. I thought it would gradually lessen, not go from "bad" to "nothing" overnight. But then, that's how it came on, from "nothing" to "bad". So perhaps he is on to something...

I am going to take it easy on the knee tomorrow then *walk* the trails this weekend to see how it feels. If it's all better, I'll resume *easy* running next week.

Crossing fingers!

[Grog]

Headstand pushups???

5 unassisted?!?!

Yellow, you're my hero.

**

Just had a tough run, but no pain (other than that of sheer effort). I have a new running partner who's much fitter than she pretends to be. I can run a bit faster than her at times, but she recovers much faster than I do. Wow.

I guess that's a good thing.

[OakLeaf]

Another easy one today.

Haven't decided yet what I plan to do to stay loose tomorrow.

Yellow, you're enough to make me go live in a cave and watch TV and eat potato chips for the rest of my life.

[kacie tri-ing]

Ok! Almost two weeks since the marathon. I ran twice right afterwards, and ended up hurt again. The past 8 days I have been swimming, walking, stretching, and spinning on my trainer. I ran 3 miles today on a soft surface with no pain! Yippie! I will still take it easy with the running, but my cycling and swimming are about to ramp up! Yikes!

Good luck everyone!

K

[Veronica]

Silly me. I rode Thom's bike in the trainer yesterday. Before my overuse injury a year ago I could do that with no problem. But now just that little bit of difference in our heights causes it to flare up again. Maybe we do need to buy a second trainer.

I was going to run on the treadmill at the gym today, since we're getting rain. But decided a day off was probably a better idea.

Veronica

[Jolt]

I have been a real bum when it comes to running this week! I snowshoed Monday and Tuesday, used the bike and elliptical (man that thing is awkward, I think I will stay off it from now on) at the Y yesterday and swam today. I wonder if I am being overly cautious now...better try to be more consistent about getting back into it. Also have decided I need to get into some strength training and build up some muscle to help prevent further problems but don't know where to start.

[yellow]

Yellow, you're enough to make me go live in a cave and watch TV and eat potato chips for the rest of my life.

Mmmmm...I loooove potato chips, especially if they are the Lay's, fried and really greasy. I'd come with you to the cave but for the TV part. I'm too ADD to sit still for TV.

FWIW, I had NO IDEA I could do handstand pushups before I actually tried them. It's amazing what a little pushing from a 30-something-tough-guy-military-type can do to one's psyche. I'm the slowest one on the ergometer, though.

[michelem]

Crappy treadmill run tonight. I think I overdid it this week. Ran hard intervals on Tuesday night, had a 2 hour ballet class last night, then decided to do a "body sculpting" (weights) class tonight before attempting a tempo run. My legs were cooked before I even started. I only made it 2 miles of what should have been a 6 mile run. Sigh . . . All kinds of things went wrong -- I ate lunch way too late in the day, so I was burping a lot and got side stitches, my legs were already sore and tired, and it felt super-warm in the gym tonight (probably because it rained all day and now it's foggy out so there's more humidity in the air). Bleh bleh bleh.

I think my problem is that I want to do too much. I want to ride my bike, I want to take ballet and lyrical, I want to do weights, I want to run . . . but, I can't do all of them well AND give my body the recovery time it needs. There's just not enough days in the week! Sigh . . .

[Urlea]

Alright. Well the good news is Japan has been FANTASTIC so far, bad news is that the roads are really narrow (most without sidewalks) and icy which means for some tricky running terrain.

It has been a whirlwind of activity since I got here so I have only managed to get one run in. Otherwise I have been snowboarding & experiencing everything Japanese that my in-laws could think up.

I would have liked to run today (it was 50 above here), but tomorrow I have the opportunity to board one of the nicest/ most difficult mountains in this area & with the ice I just don't want to risk hurting myself until I've done that.

Hopefully I'll get the chance to run again before I leave here. We'll see what happens.

Things to know about running in Japan...

1.) The smells are different. Instead of Mc Donald's & KFC it's the most appealing scent of fresh Ramen and Sushi.

2.) When running, it's very difficult to bow a "hello" as they do here & saying it in Japanese when winded is even harder.

3.) Despite staring at the pavement to avoid slipping on icy patches, it is important to look up. Especially at intersections. Neglecting to do so = getting lost.

Keep up the running ladies!! Spring will be here in no time and you'll be glad to have that base built when the races start up again.