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Am I Running Again?

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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:

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Cycling my way to sanity

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For me, running has always been my key to my sanity. Crazy week at work? Start the day with a run. Feeling anxious? Go for a run. Too much going on at home? Get some me time with a run. The past two weeks, however, I’ve had to adapt. Be flexible. As my hip adductor still heals, I’m trying to keep active on the bike and minimal weight lifting (focusing on arms) plus core work. I am enjoying switching it up, but still miss the feeling I get when running.

I’m going to try running again soon and if it still hurts, likely make an appt with a sports medicine dr and then PT.

Here’s how the full week looked:

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First Zero Mileage Week In Years

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Well, I did it. A full week with no running. Did I like it? No. Would I like to continue doing this? No! But I know that I need to take some time off now so that hopefully I can be back sooner than if I keep going through the pain.

That said, I stayed somewhat active this week – I didn’t run, but I stayed on the indoor bike most days and got in a few walks, as well as my core and arm work. But when looking at my running log, this is the longest I’ve gone without running since GM was born – that was the last time I took a full week (and more) off from running.

Here’s how the full week looked:

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Off the Treadmill and onto the Bike

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I had another disappointing week in terms of running mileage. After running on Friday and Saturday last week, I knew it was a bad idea to keep it up. My adductor was still sore and I know I need to rest it before training for my half marathon in May begins. So this week included much more time on the bike than time on the treadmill. I’m so grateful to have gotten a bike so I can cycle in the mornings – it was a Prime Day purchase a few months ago, so luckily I have something to do to keep me occupied.

That said, I still did get in some miles — the Cleveland Marathon Kickoff Run was Saturday and I was dying to go and represent as a race ambassador, and knew if I went I would definitely join the 3 or 5 mile run.

Here’s how the full week looked:

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So Much for a Normal Week

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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.

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Everyday I’m Treadmilling

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Well, I was hoping for a “normal” week with schedules, but due to school being closed two days this week, frigid temps AND snow, it was another somewhat wacky week. I got in my runs in the mornings but the school closures prevented me from doing much after that, so I got in a pretty typical mileage week — nothing close to my 40+ miles last week, and not much cross training. We also had COLD weather – I’m talking single digits and “feels like” in the negatives in the mornings, with snow/ice on the ground, and then we got several inches of snow when it finally “warmed” up to the 20s.

Here’s how the full week looked — warning, it’s pretty boring!

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A Wacky Week with Lots of Running

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We had a wacky week here. First, my car wouldn’t start due to a dead battery. But I had just gotten a new battery less than a year ago, so I was really worried that something else was up. Then, GM got a stomach bug and was home sick. Then, we had workers in our home one day to put in new floors in our basement to hopefully help with some of the flooding issues we have. I know it’s only a few things, but having various reasons to keep me at home and not in the office and not in my normal routine really threw me off this week. Thankfully, I managed to keep up my workouts, which helped me STAY SANE. This week, I even got in some cross training one day, which I hardly ever do (and was one of my goals last year). I’m proud to have done a short kettlebell workout (15 min kettlebells) and row one mile in addition to running. I know it’s not much, but you have to start somewhere, right? I also ended up getting in lots of lunchtime workouts with the lack of a car this week, which meant I had time to get in a few extra miles during my day. I ran 2 miles a few days day at lunchtime, which brought me to 40+ miles for the week, the longest I think I’ve done since marathon training years ago!

Here’s how the full week looked:

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Hello 2024!

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Last week I know I mentioned that 2023 was a good year, but so far 2024 is also off to a good start. I entered the year with a slight head cold, but compared to 2023 (where we started the year with COVID), I’m already off to a better January.

This week included a few outdoor runs, a few indoor runs, some sleeping in, and back to the routine. It was nice to only have to get up early two days this week – Thurs/Fri – because even though I was back at work on Tuesday, the kids didn’t have school until Thursday so I could sleep in and run at 6:30. (Sigh – this is me remembering when sleeping in was sleeping until 8:30 or later, ha!) The week went by fast, but I know next week the winter doldrums will hit as I go back to waking up early every day and kid evening activities go back in full force.

Here’s how the week looked:

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A new year … A new running goal

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Last year, if you recall, I trained completely for and nearly ran the Cleveland marathon (if you must know what happened, read this post) … but after getting two stress fractures just two days before the race, I had to back out and take a month off from running. I haven’t signed up for a marathon since (but am looking into a few half marathons) but have a new goal for 2013 – to run more than 1,000 miles.

If you’re a runner, you know that 1,000 miles is nothing. Twentyish miles a week. Heck, a runner I follow on Twitter had more than 2,000 last year! Still, I haven’t yet been able to accomplish this goal. Two years ago I was at 820ish. Last year, even with all the running during marathon training, I was at 860ish. So this year, I’m going to try to get to 1,000.

2011 vs 2012 thanks to Dailymile

2011 vs 2012 thanks to Dailymile

I’m only one week into the new year, but I’m already feeling slightly discouraged. What if I go on vacation for a few weeks and don’t run? What if I get injured again and can’t run for another month or so? What if I don’t make it?  What if I don’t have enough time – between Bridge Builders, DCA City Advocates, a few other projects and of course work, the next few months are pretty crazy.

I’ll have to remember this when I think I don’t have enough time

Thank goodness for Dailymile … I already have words of encouragement from a few other runners:

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So how did week 1 go? I did each workout on my beloved dreadmill at the gym (the treadmill in my building is broken) and got to the goal of 20 miles.

  • January 1: 5.6 mi
  • January 2: 5.1 mi
  • January 3: 5.5 mi
  • January 5: 6.1 mi
  • January 6: 4 mi

So in total,  I got in about 26 miles! If I can keep up this pace, I’ll definitely make it. Sure, some weeks will be hard, but it will only get better as the weather improves.

What are your goals for 2013?