Run for February, week of 1/31-2/6/10

[Aggie_Ama]

My long run was supposed to be tomorrow but the weather forecast looks sketchy and today was beautiful. I did 8 miles, it was exhausting!

[Bike Chick]

Did my long run yesterday (4 miles) with my training partner---a 13 year old boy. His dad and my husband are training for the marathon (he and I are doing the half) and we try to get together on the weekends to do our long run. Running with him is a real treat. We run up the steps of the church, then back down, once around the track at the jr. high (after he swings on the gate to get in) and then have snowball fights the entire 4 miles. The time flies by and it's never boring.

[spindizzy]

Rest week for me.
Easy 5k on Wednesday and 10k yesterday @ 5:55/km pace

Have HR zone testing tomorrow morning for bike and run.

[rocknrollgirl]

After our run today I took some post blizzard pictures and video. Motivated by the Fargo runners, I did an ice bath in the snow!


http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s...izzard%202010/

The first one is a short video....

[yellow]

Nice photos, RNRG. We'll take your snow any time. We're way below normal this year...

So my latest is surgery is scheduled for 2/18. I will be having anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) of L5 and S1. I'm nervous, and anxious to get to the "recovery" phase, in spite of the fact that it will be a long one. I hope to be hiking by summer and maybe even doing a little easy riding by late summer. Probably no running for quite some time. No way am I going to risk messing it up. My long term goal is to be running regularly again in 2011. But I also know that I need to be patient and flexible (well, not literally for a while at least).

I'll check in every now and again. In the meantime, I'm working on getting as bada$$ as I can before surgery. I met my only presurgery goal earlier this week and was tickled with myself, even though most folks in my life have no idea what I was so excited about: I did not one but TWO muscle-ups. See evidence here. (This is the same day we did 1 mile run for time, on the sidewalk, in the dark. I managed 6:33. Happy wit dat! even though my back was not...)

[Grog]

I met my only presurgery goal earlier this week and was tickled with myself, even though most folks in my life have no idea what I was so excited about: I did not one but TWO muscle-ups.

I am in AWE. This is GREAT!!! Congratulations Yellow!

[OakLeaf]

Way to go on the muscle-ups and the mile Yellow! And good luck with the surgery. I'll be thinking of you.

... my dad is almost four weeks post his two-level lumbar laminectomy and fusion; he's getting around really well, and his radicular leg pain continues to improve.

[Bike Chick]

Yellow, the one-ups are awesome, as is your mile! Good luck on your surgery.

Rocknroll, thanks for sharing the pics. That's just a heck of a lot of snow!

[rocknrollgirl]

Nice photos, RNRG. We'll take your snow any time. We're way below normal this year...

So my latest is surgery is scheduled for 2/18. I will be having anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) of L5 and S1. I'm nervous, and anxious to get to the "recovery" phase, in spite of the fact that it will be a long one. I hope to be hiking by summer and maybe even doing a little easy riding by late summer. Probably no running for quite some time. No way am I going to risk messing it up. My long term goal is to be running regularly again in 2011. But I also know that I need to be patient and flexible (well, not literally for a while at least).

I'll check in every now and again. In the meantime, I'm working on getting as bada$$ as I can before surgery. I met my only presurgery goal earlier this week and was tickled with myself, even though most folks in my life have no idea what I was so excited about: I did not one but TWO muscle-ups. See evidence here. (This is the same day we did 1 mile run for time, on the sidewalk, in the dark. I managed 6:33. Happy wit dat! even though my back was not...)

We will keep you in our thoughts and send lots of good karma your way on surgery day.

[spindizzy]

I did not one but TWO muscle-ups. here. (This is the same day we did 1 mile run for time, on the sidewalk, in the dark. I managed 6:33.

I am so envious! Way to go!!!! You deserve to be tickled. That and a fabulous 1 mile run time. What an awsome day..you bada$$!

[hammertime]

yesterday... 6 miles on the treadmill, great run... I felt awesome and ran it fast!!

today one hour spin on the trainer