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Week 24- Landed Wrong

How is halfway through June? I am so in denial.

I finally had my CT scan on Monday for my ever present side pain and I was glad to finally get that completed. Scheduling it for the afternoon wasn’t too bright but I made it work.

Later in the week I felt like I was run over by the tired truck. I was so damn tired from Wednesday on and I couldn’t figure out why. I fell asleep on my lunch Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and took a nap on Saturday. Everyone around me seems to sick with something so maybe I was fighting a bug or something? I don’t know.

Then there was my foot but more on that below.

Monday- 3.41 miles Maybe heading out for a run after a day of fasting and drinking a ton of barium wasn’t a good idea. Combine that with 95* weather and while this run started out ok, things turned south on me at the halfway point and my stomach let me know that I needed to to back at my car sooner rather than later but could I please not run to get there? 😂

Tuesday- Rest

Wednesday- Rest I was planning on running but then the brother offered to take the family to dinner so food won out.

Thursday- 2 miles This was not the plan for this run. However a little over a mile in, I landed wrong on my left foot and felt a shooting pain. I stopped, walked but it felt ok so I adjusted my shoelaces and my shoe and ran on. Only to pull up short less than 1/2 mile later by the same stabbing pain in my foot. And this time it didn’t go away. I turned around and hobbled back to my car.

Friday- Rest I never run on Friday’s but I really wanted to make sure to take it easy on my foot. The odd thing was that it didn’t feel horrible when I woke up or throughout the day.

Saturday- Rest Once again, I was resting the foot but it really did feel ok. I actually spent the morning helping my brother buy a new truck. When you’ve bought as many cars as I have, you get called in for reinforcement. Well that and your resting bitch face. 😛 However it’s hard to be as helpful as possible when the Toyota dealership gets a shipment in the night before and one of those trucks happens to be the exact truck your brother was eyeing on the Toyota website right down to the color. They were literally pulling the plastic off and he looked like a kid in a candy shop. Poker face! Poker face!

Sunday- 3.1 miles Not the long run that I hoped for. As soon as I put on running shoes, I knew my foot wasn’t happy. What gives?! My foot had felt fine until then. Grrr. I still headed out for a run hoping that it would ease up. I tried to run nice and easy and just focus on my form and sometimes it worked. Mostly, not so much and then I landed in a pothole. I kept the run short and on the slower side so as not to aggravate the foot any more.

8.56 milesfor the week. I didn’t think I could run less than last week but I did. Boo to landing wrong.

How was your week?

Week 23-Vacation

Upcoming Races-

Nada!

I do not have a race in the immediate future and y’all, I am so good with that. I need a break. Even though the marathon and San Diego were a month apart I think they were too close. My body kind of rebelled during May, maybe it was trying to tell me something?

Currently, my next scheduled race is October. I won’t last that long, I am already looking at race or two in July but a little break will do me good. Which my body reinforced last week.

I took all of last week off work and that was so nice. I caught up on a few things, ran- err attempted- a few miles and slept. A lot. I mean a lot. I also ate way too much but let’s not go there.

Oh and the puppy got to go to the beach!!

Monday- Rest I didn’t get home from San Diego on Sunday night until after 8. I woke up on Monday tired and sore. So I didn’t do a whole lot- it was glorious.

Tuesday- 3 miles Not good. Nope. I couldn’t even force myself to round it out to 5K. My legs felt ok but the rest of me felt exhausted. Exhausted like I sat on a bench partway through the run just to chill, I was abnormally tired. Grrr.

Wednesday- 3.1 miles Global Running Day! However the smart thing should have been to skip the run. I could feel that my hips/glutes were angry before I even started and I was still tired. But it was Global running Day- how could I miss it?? Stupid. Not my brightest move.

Thursday- Rest So this time I listened to my body and whining legs and rested.

Friday- 3.1 miles Sense a theme here? I headed out for a run in the afternoon but knew 1 mile in it wasn’t happening. Glutes said yah, no. So I walked it out. I tried to look on the bright side and think that at least I was able to finish a podcast that way.

Saturday/Sunday- Rest I took the whole weekend off! It didn’t start out that way, I was supposed to go on a hike with my mom on Saturday. However, it turned out she woke up sick and I was feeling an increase in my lovely side pain. Yay. So with that being said and still feeling off in my hips and glutes, I decided rest was best.

9.2 miles for the week. Could be worse for a chill week but I think I needed it.😀😀

How was your week?

Week 21- What is in the Air???

Upcoming Races-

Rock n Roll San Diego 13.1

Dudes, this week- last week, whatever- was flippin’ weird. Was something in the air?

Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t all bad- I ran, I ate pizza, I watched movies, I slept in, it just started out Rough.

Monday and Tuesday were so rough at work that by Tuesday evening I had somehow convince myself it was Friday and we had worked an entire week. When my alarm went off on Wednesday I almost cried. 😂 I’m not normally that emotional. I pulled it together and got through the week.

In better news, I ran! I also went to the movies- twice! I saw Solo and Deadpool 2. Both were good in very different ways. I also went into Solo with very low expectations but I did like it.😀

Monday- 3.51 miles- I was a little leery of how my hips and legs would after the previous week of pain so I decided to stick to the lake path and keep things nice and easy. Any thing more than a twinge and I was calling it and going right back to the car. It took a long time to warm up but I felt ok and decided to do 3 laps of the lake before calling it a day.

Tuesday- Yah no- The day went south real fast when we lost the server at work and it never came back. Any post work plans were put on hold as I had to drive to another location to take care of some things.

Wednesday- Rest- My overly emotional day. And there was reason I didn’t run but I can’t remember what that reason is.😛

Thursday- Rest- So, I changed into my running clothes after work and drove to the river path after work. I was exhausted but the entire 45-50 minute drive I kept telling myself I could run a few miles. I could. Then I parked and the weather was just cold and miserable. I changed into my running shoes, I grabbed my running pack and put on my hat. But I could not make myself get out of my car. For whatever reasons, I just couldn’t do it. And FYI- I park in front of a friends house so if they had looked out the windows at the moment they would have wondered what the hell I was doing. I tossed the pack into the back and just drove home. I don’t regret it. I later fell asleep in the chair.

Friday- Nada- Typical Friday but we were down 2 people and I was so glad that it was actually, finally Friday.

Saturday- 5 miles- After a leisurely morning, I headed out in the afternoon. I was expecting much as I had woken with another migraine but this was a surprisingly steady run. My pace was relatively steady and I actually had to reign myself in a few times. My playlist playing 3 fist bumping songs in a row didn’t really help with that. The only issue was that my stomach cramped up twice. The odd thing was that my stomach cramped at the same geographical location but miles apart in the run. Dude- was there something in the air?

Sunday- 3.61 miles trail– Instead of a long run, I hit the trails. My mother and I decided to do 3 Bridges again which while nice and short does give you a good climb. We power hiked up and then I let myself run like crazy down half of it. I knew the pounding probably wasn’t good for my hips and I didn’t want to leave my mother far behind but I think I needed that mad moment of freedom. Even taking a hairpin too tight and almost going off the side of the trail was fun. Well, after I saved myself it was fun, while I was teetering I was wondering just how far back my mother was and why wasn’t I wearing neon colors? But I did not go over the side. Yes, I realize I tend to run a little recklessly on trails- which is why I am never completely by myself.

12.1 miles for the week. Better than last week!

How was your week?

Rambling On 33- Favorites Style

I love Friday, well the idea of Friday’s.

Let’s ramble in a positive way this week. I have no idea who started Friday Favorites or Loving Lately, if you know, let me know and I’ll give ’em a shout out but at this point I think they’re both pretty widespread.

So- favorites-

Shinedown– I’ve mentioned before that they are one of my favorite bands. I’ve had their newest album on repeat for weeks. Even is some of the songs make me second guess ever taking a running selfie again.😛 Anyhow, I also follow them on Instagram and the other day they posted this-

Say what?!? Make this happen now!

Wildflowers– they’re almost all gone but they were pretty while they lasted. It was worth getting stuck behind super slow drivers on the scenic route home when they suddenly realize the road is more than they bargained for. I swear they are in both of the scenery pics above but you can only stop for seconds on that road.

Sleeping in– With running up in the air this weekend, I won’t have to feel guilty about really wanting some extra sleep, right?

Pizza🍕 – No shock here, right? However, I may have to go predominant low carb again in the near future so I have a feeling that pizza will be calling my name this weekend.

What are you loving right now?

Week 19- Disconnect

Upcoming Races-

Rock n Roll San Diego 13.1

I wish I could say my migraine was all gone when I woke on Monday but no such luck. It did ease up as the week progressed but I swear migraine brain made me feel stupid. And tired. Maybe it’s all because of allergies? My car is covered in a lovely yellow powder these days.

Monday- Nothing- The migraine was still lingering so after making it through work, I just headed home to rest, well after a stop at In n Out for dinner. 😛 Oh, wait I did attempt my PT exercises.

Tuesday- 3 miles I had tried sleep, ice packs, dark rooms, food (so much food), now it was time to try running out the headache. I almost quit less than 1/4 mile in. I felt like the top of my head was going to pop off and I was just walking. Perhaps a hat, headphones and 90* temps was a bit much all at once. I ran super slow and took breaks if I felt I needed a moment to chill on the path. By the end of the 3 miles I did feel a little better.

Wednesday- Rest My head felt better but I wasn’t going to push it and do too much too soon. Instead I took my parents to dinner and almost got run over in a parking lot cross walk. Nice.

Thursday- 3.15 miles My legs and head were not talking to each other. My legs apparently wanted to move but the rest of my body not so much. I kept telling myself to slow down but it wasn’t really working. Which was weird because I also finally understood the meaning of tight hips on this run. It sucks! I stopped my watch with a 1/4 mile to go and worked on squats, walking lunges, side steps and karaokes the rest of the way before stretching out.

Friday- Rest Oh good lord, a few squats and lunges on Thursday and I think I hurt worse the next day than I did after Big Sur. 🤣

Saturday- Mother’s Day Shopping– I spent the day shopping with my mother for Mother’s Day. No running but I definitely got my step count in!

Sunday- 7.16 miles The plan was for 6-10 miles as my first long run since the marathon 2 weeks ago. Except I slept so poorly and woke with a headache. I lay in bed from 6:30 to 9:30 trying to either force myself to get up to run or go back to sleep- neither worked. My brother took us to lunch and I was hoping food would help and I could squeeze in my run before dinner. Except after lunch and a short nap, I really did not want to run at all. I was feeling very Slacker like. But I forced myself to change and headed across to town to attempt a run.

I told myself a short run was better than nothing- 3 miles and I could go home. I started out and just kept going forward. At the turn around point for a 3 mile run, I kept going, I wasn’t happy but kept going. At mile 2.5 I had to stop and lose my top layer, I was way overdressed for the temp but I kept going. Not only was I still running but once again my legs were writing checks that the rest of me wasn’t keen on paying. However, I mostly let them do their thing and took walk breaks when my lungs pointed out my foolishness. Which they did more than once…more like each mile. However, I was somehow turning out my fastest 7 miler in over 2 years and I have no idea where it came from and I was actually feeling pretty good. In an effort to be at least slightly smart I called the run at 7 miles. Less than the original plane but more than I had been feeling!

13.34 miles for the week. If I didn’t have a half in 3 weeks, I would say hell yeah to that mileage post Big Sur. But I do, so I am slightly nervous. Oh and I did more squats and lunges Friday through Sunday- can I keep it up?

How was your week?