Now that the marathon is over I am trying to decide what to do next. First thing first though and I need my knee to stop bugging me and just let me run. I went on what was suppose to be a 5 miler yesterday morning with my sister and it turned out to be almost 7 miles. Which would have been fine if my knee didn't start to suck right in the middle of the run. So had to run/walk the rest. So annoying. I think that I am just not going to run for an entire month and see if then it gets better. But then what should I do in the mean time?? Will still go to Kinetic Edge but I need something else also. I am thinking I will just start biking and swimming. We will see how those to go. We are living in a tiny apartment and not sure where I would put a bike. And well the swimming... My mom has a pool. It is good size. When I am in it my kids are usually right along there with me and hopefully somehow I will be able to sneak in a solid 20 mins or so.
In other news....Yesterday was not all that bad.. after the run. What better way to have the kids burn some energy then giving them a shovel and having them try to dig a hole in super dry rocky dirt. They loved the challenge although in the end only one stayed with it long enough to make a very small dent
At night we went to dinner with friends. Our good friends are home visiting. The ones that I went and saw when we went to
Costa Rica.
We had some Thai Food. We actually had a little more then just some. We had lots. It was super good and very spicy. So after dinner we went to
Izzy's and got some ice cream
(sorry for the blurry Iphone pic.)
Always so fun to get together with friends that we don't see very much. But now that I overslept my gym class and I can't run what am I going to do today to burn off all those calories I ate last night?? The sun is shinning... finally. So today I think I will try and get a swim in. Wish me luck!!
-Heather
Good luck with your swim!
ReplyDeleteI think swimming will definitely help your knee. Swimming is so easy on the joints and is awesome cross training
ReplyDeleteTake some time off running and just solely cross-train. That's the only way you'll completely heal. And then slowly build yourself back up with running. The slower the build the better.
ReplyDeleteI JUST got over my knee pain.... it was a long 6-ish weeks but a lot of yoga and biking and Nike Training Club (google it!) got me thru. You'll be back at it before you know it!
ReplyDeleteTry out the elliptical, really great cross training. Do you do strength trainihng? but i still vot getting it checked, sounds like a bit of overuse to me. pt would help a lot!
ReplyDeletethose do look like some yummy calories, though! Don't get discouraged about your knee. After the Fargo Marathon, my IT band was (and still is) really bothering me. I had just started a running blog!! And I have ran twice since Fargo with bad pain, so I'm doing the same as you and not running for awhile. It's been tough! I'm cycling, doing body pump, some insanity videos, pilates, etc. Anything to get my mind off of wanting to run!
ReplyDeleteHang in there, the month will fly by!
Enjoy your time with you family! Take it easy and remember you are still in recovery.
ReplyDeleteAlso I think swimming would definitely be low impact on your knee so if you like to swim I say go for it!!
I hurt myself (stress fracture) and had to be completely off my leg for 3 months. I swam and biked, but I felt like I was still going to be out of shape when I started running again. After I finally was released to run, I was running better than ever before! Sometimes our bodies need a little change:)
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your biking and swimming! That ice cream looks really good. :)
ReplyDeleteHope your knee feels better soon!!
ReplyDeleteThat ice cream looks so summery :)
mmmmmmmmmmm, I love ice cream/fro-yo/smoothies/anything cold during summer time! Looks yum!
ReplyDeleteSwimming sounds perfect! I wish I had a pool to jump into after a run. Maybe you will become an amazing triathlete after this!
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