New Year of Running - 1/1/11 - 1/15/11

[Bike Chick]

Could you have possibly knocked out one of your ribs? I'm just throwing it out there. Some of my ribs get pulled out and I have to have them popped back in. It makes it very difficult to run and sometimes bike when they are out. It hurts to breathe and aches.

Lime, I have problems with this too and it does hurt. Oak, my doctor told me it could happen from just leaning across the side of the bathtub so it's possible your accident knocked some ribs out of place if nothing showed up on the x-rays. I do hope you heal soon.

Still no running for me. I tried to run New Year's Eve and all I could manage was a hobble. The tendonitis is no better. I've made an appointment with my doctor for next week. Man, I hate going back!

[skhill]

The weather over the weekend looks pretty icky for running, so I got up extra extra early to get in my long run this morning. It was great! The snow started falling within my first mile, and kept falling lightly the whole time. 9 miles, slow enough that I could have gone a couple more if I'd had the time. And I was greeted at my front door by my dog, demanding his walk, so we had a pleasant cool-down at elderly dog pace....

[colby]

Just a couple of 30 minute runs this week, still able to entertain my dog for the time being until my hard work begins. Wet, snow on the ground still, but not as cold. First week in about a month I've worked out every single day, my metabolism already remembers what this is about and is getting fired up. I really need to have my BMR and stuff measured to figure out what I should be eating and how much, I just don't feel like I've got it right.

[emily_in_nc]

Two treadmill runs this week -- 2.75 miles on Wed. and 3.5 miles today. Not very exciting, but hopefully helpful w/the 4 lbs. I gained over the holidays and keeping the bones/heart healthy!

[HillSlugger]

I ran on the treadmill yesterday. My coach gave me this insane workout that alternated 20 second incline intervals (3@7.5, 3@10, 3@12.5) with 2 minutes of walking. The instructions were to do the walking off the treadmill but I couldn't figure out how to do that. I hate the treadmill!

[OakLeaf]

Four and a quarter windy miles. I'm feeling lots better - going to wait another couple of days before I try to put the HRM back on, though.

[yellow]

Oak, sorry to hear about your mishap and glad to hear that you are getting better. That "gradual" part always sux, huh?

I am still out here running. I ran quite a bit in November, only a few times in December (did a lot of Nordic skiing), and am now back on a running program. I'm still telling myself that I can Nordic ski on my 2nd day of longer back-to-backs. I will need to switch it over to running in a month or so, though (or both).

So far I am committed to events in March, April (with SadieKate!), and June. Probably also going to do one in May as a training run for the June event. And if all goes well then maybe an event in August, too. We'll see; the farthest I've run since surgery is about 18 miles. I should be fine to train for farther, but ???? I'm having some issues with my left leg, but the docs are pretty confident it has nothing to do with the surgery (um, yay?). I'm just going to take it a week at a time.

Happy running, all!