(well, written on Wednesday)
It's been a helluva week. I can't do swimming or biking in the morning because my pool doesn't open until 7am, it's dark until 7am, and I don't feel safe biking on roads solo. I haven't been able to do bootcamp or alter-G running because of work + sickness. It's been a struggle to remind myself that I'm not training for anything right now, and giving my body all the sleep it can get is the best thing I can do when stress levels are high.
Monday
Planned: bootcamp
Did: nothing
Tuesday
Planned: PT or yoga
Did: nothing
Wednesday
Planned: swim or bootcamp
Did: nothing
Thursday
Planned: PT or yoga
Did: nothing
Friday
Planned: bootcamp
Did: 1000m swim in 25:47, 1.4mi on Alter G at PT in 10:00 @ 70% bodyweight, PT
I was able to swim at 5am today thanks to a trial pass from a nearby gym. While I loved being able to get a workout in before dawn, the location isn't really convenient for me... especially not for the cost (~$300 for two months, which is absurd considering the municipal rec center is less than $300 for an ENTIRE YEAR). Oh well. It was worth a shot.
I did a 1000m mix of kickboard kicking with fins, backstroke with fins, and backstroke sans fins. I still hate putting my head in the water because of a bad swimmer's ear infection as a kid (I get almost hysterical when there's water in my ears after I'm out of the pool). I found myself more anxious today about the swim than I have been before, and it definitely showed in my form, breathing, and general enjoyment of the swim.
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| rocking my triathlon shirt, because I feel like I'm training for one again |
Went right from the swim to PT, my first session in almost two weeks thanks to work madness. I had a good session, and ran with 70% of my bodyweight on the Alter G. PT thinks I'll be able to be cleared by the doc at my appointment at the literal end of the month.
Saturday
Planned: swim or 10mi bike
Did: 4.0mi @ 7:30/mi on Alter G at 70-50% bodyweight, 7.02mi on bike with trailer @ ~12mph
I had a chance to go use the Alter G this morning, so I swapped out a trip to the pool in favor of "running". I'd planned on/wanted to do an hour, but realized about 2mi in that that was probably stupid, considering I haven't run for more than 10min at a time in over a month. I started off at 70% bodyweight, which is what my PT recommended, but felt a small ache starting in my right heel (the broken one) after about a mile. The nice thing about the Alter G is that I didn't have to stop; I could just lighten the load.
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| Not Running Sucks |
I switched to 50% bodyweight and had no problems for the remainder of the run. While that in itself was encouraging, the fact that I felt the least bit of "still broken-ness" in my injured foot has me pretty down in the dumps. Seriously, foot, what have you been doing the past six weeks? HEAL, ALREADY, HEEL. HEAL.
To combat my frustration, I spent about 30min doing some bootcamp-style strength work: squats, sit-ups, push-ups, tricep dips, planks, and hamstring work. And then, when I got home, I decided to go out and ride my bike. Since Jerry wanted to do a short run sans stroller, I had to take the munchkin... in my convertible... with a bike and a bike trailer... and still being able to fit in the front seat and drive safely.
Alright, BRING IT ON.
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| I'M. GOING. TO. MAKE. THIS. WORK. (PS: thank you, bungee cords) |
My second time biking with the trailer was much more enjoyable than the first. First, I had all the necessary supplies (trailer, adapter, bike rack, women's bike adapter, small over-the-shoulder bag for essentials, books and snacks for kiddo) and, most importantly, a working knowledge of how to use all of these things.
We did a little under 6mi to a coffee shop, treated ourselves to a snack, and then finished up with another ~mile to get back to the car. While I still think cycling (esp with a kid) is FAR more effort than it's worth, my options for being out, about, and active with my little one are incredibly limited these days, and I'm grateful for the option of cycling with a trailer.
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| café con este niño <3 |
Sunday
Planned: 2-3mi walk
Did: ~2mi walk with stroller @ ~20min/mi
It wasn't the normal Running Mamas Sunday Runday, but it was nice to get out and about with friends. Too bad we didn't get a pic of all of us with our strollers.
Unfortunately, about an hour after I got home, I started feeling really bad, and have spent the rest of the day in bed, sleeping, watching Netflix, and trying to get a little work done. Oh well.
Week-ending Thoughts
I'm having a pretty hard time with this injury. I'd hoped to have a solid close to this year with some fast races, and that's just not going to happen. I've got other things on the calendar that might prevent me from training the way I want to next year, and my job is taking a giant swing towards "busybusybusy" again, which doesn't help. It's getting hard to focus on the fact that I will have a comeback when it seems like there are so many things between now and the time where life will allow me to do it.
I miss running. I miss my friends. I miss getting up early, having a social hour, and then going into work feeling like I've already accomplished something for the day. I miss training and working hard for something I have yet to accomplish. I miss feeling fit. I miss feeling like myself.
I know that this, too, shall pass, and it'll be just a blip in my memory (just like my 2yr battle with ankle sprain complications, the broken foot that had me in a wheelchair at my wedding reception, the year of runner's knee trouble, the calf strain that had me booted for even longer than this, and whatever other things I'm totally forgetting about now because they don't matter). Right now, though, it sucks.
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