I Crashed The Web

Are you still injured? Are you back at running? How are you feeling?

Those are all questions I get asked. And the answer, is that I don’t know!

I decided to give running a try this week, but slowly/short runs only. Meaning, 2 runs – a 1 mile and a 3 mile.

During each run, I felt a little tight, but nothing else.

After each run, I did stretching and felt a little tight, but nothing else.

Did I feel normal? No. Is the tightness actually tightness or is it the injury starting back up again?

I don’t know! So we’ll see how next week goes. In the meantime, here’s how this week looked:

Sunday: 30 minutes on the indoor bike, core work and 1.7 mi walk– GM woke up early, so I got in a bike ride with him. My parents were in town and we decided to go to the childrens museum, and when we decided that I hopped off the bike for a quick shower so we would get there as early as possible. It gets crowded during the day, and I’m glad we got there when we did – we were able to avoid the bigger crowds, who came after we’d already been there for an hour or so. Later in the day, I took a walk with my dad and it was good to get outside in the sunshine after the two days of snow we’d had. Some areas were a little icy, so we stuck to our neighborhood.

Monday: 55 minutes on the bike plus some arms and core work, before starting our day off. The kids all had school off and I was able to spend the day with them. B took off too, and we started our morning with some time at an indoor gym so the kids could all run around. My niece wanted to run, so I took her hand and ran some laps with her.  I was surprised that my leg didn’t seem to hurt. The runs were short and slow to keep up with her, but even so, it encouraged me that maybe I could try an easy run again?

Tuesday: 1 hour on the bike with arms plus core work before work.

Wednesday: 1 hour on the bike, 2.4 mi walk, plus core work – I was working from home and able to also get in a walk at lunch time, which doesn’t always happen. It was muddy after the snow melting, but warm out – I wore a sweatshirt and vest and was hot!

Thursday:  48 min on the bike plus core work – I had been up late Wednesday night because I attended a Moms Night Out for my kids’ school, and I was TIRED Thursday morning. I snoozed for 35 minutes! I somehow still got on the bike and interestingly enough, my heartrate was much higher than usual. So even though it wasn’t as long as I wanted, it was technically a “harder” workout.

Friday: ~30 minute bike ride and 3.15 mile run, plus ~4.5 miles walking plus core work and stretching – I woke up to 40 degrees and fog, and decided to see how my leg would feel running. I planned to get in 2 miles, but when you’re outside I find it’s so much easier to go longer. After 1 mile, I decided to try for 1.5 and promised to myself that I would turn back and aim for 3. After the run, my leg felt alright. I got in my core work, hip/leg strengthening exercises, and then a short bike ride. I was able to get in two walks during the day, too,, bringing me to 4.5 miles.  I got in many more steps than I had gotten in a while, so hopefully it won’t impede my recovery.

Saturday: 45 minutes on the bike and core work, then 3 mile walk later – GM woke up early again, so I got in a bike ride before everyone else in the house was awake. My legs were a little bit sore but it could be from the fact that I hadn’t run in 2 weeks. I’m going to try to run again for a little on Sunday and see how I do! I’m trying not to feel too optimistic.

The rest of the day was busy – we had lots of kid activities and errands — piano lessons, grocery shopping, Target run, ice skating lessons, a birthday party and a friend dinner/playdate. Luckily after I dropped FW at the birthday party, I had some time to myself and got in a 3 mile walk in between errands and our activities– it was nice to walk somewhere new!

Stay tuned for how Sunday goes …. will I run? Will it feel okay?

Questions for you:

1. Are you seeing signs of spring near you? we had snow that melted in 50 degress, and then cold again. Typical February weather though!
2. Are your weekends hectic or relaxing? We had a relaxing weekend a few weeks ago but this weekend is busy, thanks to kid activities. 

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