Week 13: The Return To Running!

Monday BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles and walk
Tuesday Elliptical 15 mins (all the time I had) and 13 week surgical follow-up!
Wednesday PT and 10' elliptical
Thursday RUN on treadmill, 7x 1 min intervals of run/walk
Friday elliptical 10 mins and BIKE COMMUTE
Saturday RUN as on Thursday, total 30mins and 2.4 miles of run and walk mixed
Sunday nothing


Monday, FINALLY biked in with my new windshell pants. Warm and windy today, think this week is up/down temps so it's good that I took away that excuse to not ride the bike. Takes away some walking though, as walking to the truck was 1.2-1.3 miles.

Tuesday, I had planned to go to the gym for a full workout of elliptical a/o treadmill and pool, but didn't get there. Woke up dragging mentally, this continued all day. Ugh. Actually took a nap around 2pm at my desk! Dr L appt in the morning - he mentioned the perseverance of 100 mile runners and PhDs - kept this in mind as I tried to persevere through this drag-out day (and I should mention it was a 23:1 day but I woke up feeling like crap so I can't entirely blame that). We discussed the SI-joint, he said it's not supposed to move and flex, and the fact that it is prolly means something above it (lumbar) or below it (hip) isn't moving as it should. Minor work on my lumbar and hip, and out the door!

Deserving of it's own paragraph -- my follow up with Dr P-G went great. She really stressed taking care of the still-sore-sometimes hip flexor (rectis something.or.other) but GO AHEAD AND TRY RUNNING! If I wasn't so mentally gassed I probably would have run the rest of the evening! YAYAYAYAYAY! Much emphasis on paying attention to the type of pain -- rehab or injury; taking it slowly and having patience; the likelihood that it will still have pain symptoms for 2-3 months but that's OK; the importance of sticking to the progression. Aye Aye Captain! No problems there. I didn't wait this long to f^ck it up now by hurrying. She also said to try running and make sure I can make progress there before working with Jeff Huse, as per the plan with JB and Dr L.

Wednesday, a FACS day and sadly warmer outside, I didn't get to bike commute. Of course tomorrow will be colder, but really now is 39F a deal breaker? Um.....yeah? LOL Full PT this morning and plans with JB to get a gait analysis before xmas!

Thursday RUN has it's own post :)

Friday JB and I went through the plyometrics and warm up protocols. I did the harder PT exercises but it wasn't a full round. She suggested making an A and a B schedule of exercises to build into the whole routine.

Saturday another RUN on the treadmill, this time after the full dynamic WU on the little track at the gym. I went a full 30 mins, 10 min WU walking, 14 min intervals, then CD. I found it funny that the distance was 2.4 miles -- the IM swim distance. The walking segments were "aggressive" paced as per protocol. This would have been hard to do on sidewalks, and especially with the dog.

Sunday, the goal was a 1 hr bike ride bc it was warm out, but I lost all momentum early in the day and felt soooooo tired. Wasn't a good day overall. Went to bed around 6pm, slept two hours, awake for 1.5 hours, then slept through to 6am! Guess I needed it?