If you’ve been following along now, we have yet to have a “normal” week with schedules and workouts this month. This week the culprit was slight injury (me), bad weather and then school opening late (GM) and sickness (LM). Oh yeah, and my birthday — which I guess didn’t impact schedules but it’s something out of the ordinary!

Here’s how the full week looked with everything going on.

Sunday: core pilates workout and a kettlebell arm workout – You may recall that Saturday my quad was starting to feel off, well by Sunday I knew it would be smart NOT to run. I’m not good about taking days off of running (I took 14 days off in all of 2023) but I didn’t want it to get worse, especially with my race training starting in a month. So, I decided to take it easy and focused my workout on arms and core.  I didn’t even go for a walk or anything, I really wanted to take it easy.

Monday: core plus 25 minutes bike – I noticed that my quad didn’t seem to be any worse, so I decided to test out the indoor bike in the morning for a little after focusing on a longer core workout. I’m so grateful to have my mini gym now with these options!

Tuesday: 45 minute bike plus arm and core workout –  It was my birthday! I normally like to get in a run to celebrate, but I didn’t want to chance it with my quad. I did plan to get in more biking after the kids went to school, but the weather and schedules didn’t cooperate – because of the ice we were getting, the big kids’ bus never arrived! So B had to take them to school late. Then, GM’s school didn’t open until 10, so by the time I would’ve worked out again, it was time for work. That night, we celebrated my birthday with cake that B had made. It was delicious — but just when we were about to eat it, LM threw up. What a day!

Wednesday: 45 minute bike ride (with some arms) and core workout – School was open and on time again, but LM had to stay home because she wasn’t feeling well still. I was going to try to run, but decided to give it a few more days, since my quad was still tight.

Thursday:  45 minute bike ride (with some arms), core work and 3ish mile walk – I fully had decided I would go out for a run. I was ready. The weather was finally warm – upper 40s at 4:30 a.m.! I went outside in my running clothes and made it down the block before turning around and heading home. The glute pain was still there and I knew I should rest it again. So it was back to the house for my bike. I did get in some walking later, for the first time in a week, including a walk to pick up bagels with GM. I am curious to see how it feels while walking or if that irritates it too.

Friday: 3.75 outside miles RUNNING!, plus 2 mile walk, 35 minutes bike and core work – Yes, I RAN! It’s still TBD whether this was a good idea, but I was going crazy not running and the weather was a balmy 48 degrees when I woke up. As I ran, I noticed my quad wasn’t hurting — instead, my lower groin muscle seemed to be tight? So, there’s a possibility that i did not strain my quad, but instead adductor tendon was acting up. Of course, when I was done running it felt okay, so I decided to also take some advil to see if an anti-inflammatory would help out. I then got in a 2 mile walk with FW (he was in the stroller most of the time) and then some indoor cycling miles while watching the Crown. The weather was 100x better than last Friday and I had to take advantage of it!

Saturday: 2.12 miles – I only had 20 minutes to kill before a day full of activities, and I wanted to see how my  adductor would feel if i ran again.  The answer? Not great.  I ran 2 miles, but it didn’t feel great. Looks like next week I’ll be resting again.

Questions for you:

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  Have you ever had adductor tendinitis? It is what I have self diagnosed myself with.

• How do you stay sane when you’re injured?

I am linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down.