Back on Track!

WAHOO! I'm back in the running. My left foot still is being a bitch, but I figure I'll just have to run through it. I'm taking it steady and slow, but I'm so excited to be on track again.

I ran the other night, week two again, and felt really good about it. I'm not necessarily counting my ww points, but I AM watching what I eat each meal and trying not to graze too much in the middle. We'll see what happens. Tonight I'm going for Week 3 so I'll update tomorrow how that went!

Week 2: Run 4

I kick big booty! I thought I would do the week 2 run one more time to make sure I didn't feel too worn out. And I did awesome. It was an easy run today and makes me think that I might skip my recovery day and start Week 3 tomorrow. We'll see how I feel in the morning.

I also stepped up the speed this morning. 3.4-4.6 mph. And even though the original pain in my right foot is still present, the other pains I was having have subsided. So I think it might have been a combination of both postpartum pain and new running pain.

Week 2: Run 3

Today was such a better running day than the last run, except now my knee is bothering me. I'm not sure if these are running related pains or if I'm having postpartum aches and my body is still readjusting. I've got an appointment with a myofascial therapist in two weeks, so we'll see then what's going on.

I think I need to take a break from my Chiropractor's office. I'm starting to feel like they're just selling to me. The aches and pains I'm feeling don't seem to be getting any better and it never really ends. I could also just be feeling exhausted from having so many darned appointments with doctors. After having a baby I just want everyone in that profession to go away.

I forgot to check exactly how much I ran today but I'm sure it was at least 1.7, so I'll log that. My intervals were: 0% incline, 3.3 - 4.4. Then I laid in the sauna and sweat out the rest. I LOVE the sauna.

Week 2: Run 2

Crappy-dappity-doo! That's what I felt like today. I'm not sure if it's my total lack of sleep, the chocolate-marshmallow meltdown from the night before, or the fact that I ran on a completely empty stomach. However you jog it (get it? instead of slice it? ha ha...laugh you fools!), I did not "perform" all that well today.

Both of my feet have started acting up. I'm figuring out what I'm doing to aggravate the situation, but it's not yet repairing the damage, so I'm dreading what might be coming when I get back to the doctor. I didn't even look at my mileage, because I'm pretty sure I only ran 1.5 miles. I didn't finish my cooldown and I didn't run my last 90 second burst.

BUT...tomorrow is another day!

Week 2; 1st Run

I am so out of shape! WOW! Today was a detox day. I could feel the nastiness of the past week leaving my skin. If you were at the gym today and avoided a disgusting sweaty girl in pink - that was me. I even taste bad.

I didn't push it too hard on speed because today was the increase to 60 seconds of running and 2 minutes of rest. I stuck with 3.3 - 4.4 mph with no incline.

I also am having issues with my feet that the chiropractor is confounded about. And it's starting to affect my other foot and my hips, so I'm wearing shoes around the house and if it doesn't get better this week then he's going to start talking about x-rays and gait analysis. fun stuff.

I DID however, really enjoy the sauna today. I love detox day!