Revisions

Finally!!! I think I am back to running. Praise the Lord and a big fat Hallelujah. I didn't think I would ever get here. Ran last weekend. Not very far but I ran. Then I ran on Thursday. I think it ended up being maybe a mile and a half. Then today it was supposed to be raining but I woke up to gorgeous blue skies so I laced up and headed out. I warmed up a little bit and then ran half a mile with a .1 mile walk. I lasted 45 minutes with probably a good 3 miles of actual running. Oh yeah and totally sucking wind. Holy moly I am so out of shape. Brutal, to go from running a marathon, feeling great to 4 months of sad little cardio workouts and now all my conditioning has to start all over. Booo. But YAAAAY I am running!!!! That is really all that matters. The endurance will come back, I know that. SO, yaaay. Wait let me say it again...YYYAAAAAAAYYY!!! I am back. Look forward to more silly running blogs to come. Cause let me tell you my brain does funny things out there on that trail.

Love this. Oh yeah PS. I ran. Gosh it felt good. I am a little tender but hopeful. Maybe I am not broken after all. Praise the Lord.

oooh kids we might be getting close. The knee is finally feeling normal again. I had some therapy done on it while I was home by my friend Gina's Hubby Bob and I swear it was like a miracle how much better it felt when he got done. I don't even really know what he did. I am going to give it a few more days and then I might actually try to jog a bit. Oh man I get all tingly just thinking about it. It's a new year kids and I am ready to put this little hiccup behind me and get on with the task of training for another marathon. I know I know I shouldn't get ahead of myself and I am perfectly fine with not doing another full as long as I can get back to some running. If SF was the only one this body had in it then so be it. But let's hope for my sanity, attitude and gluteus maximus, there are still a few miles on these legs. Stay tuned.

Really want to be running again? When Lord? When? Good news is knee is feeling much better in general. Bad news is it still hurts when I actually try to run. I did start some aqua therapy today which was interesting to say the least. Running in a pool with a ski belt tied around my waist and bungee chorded to the side of the pool doesn't afford much forward movement. I still don't get it as the actual movement of running doesn't hurt, but the foot strike is where I get pain. Not a lot of foot strike in 6 feet of water but what do I know? Doc said to give it 6 weeks of therapy and if I still can't run then he would script an MRI. The funny part is that the PT told me today if I hadn't told him which knee was hurt he would have guessed the left. I guess the therapy I have been doing is helping, since it is the right knee that is cranky. :) Stay tuned.

STILL NO RUNNING!!!! Grrrrr. I am so bummed. Work has been incredibly stressful and my outlet has been cruelly removed from my arsenal. My knee is still really mad. I am seeing a PT and working on some imbalance but every so often I get some really sharp pain. Like last night, I took a step and kinda stumbled and it sent a shooting pain through my knee and then it was sore the rest of the night. And this morning still not feeling great. As much as I hate to admit it, it may be time to go see a doc. Bleck. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem going to doctors. I am the first one to head in when I think something is wrong. I just have a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to MRI's. My first and only one ever revealed a nasty cyst in my foot that had to be removed and killed my running program for 2 solid years. So not super excited to go do that again. But this pain isn't getting that much better. So I guess I will give it a few more days and then make the call if there isn...

Still not running. Total bummer.

Oh my gosh I am so here....... "Many runners feel a certain kind of loss the days after a marathon. I have even named this feeling the post-marathon blues. It makes sense if you really think about it. You have been consumed with one goal. It defined a huge part of your life for quite some time. Now what do you do? Should you start planning now for something else? When should you start running again? What do you do with those sore, cranky legs? Never hurry. Never worry. That is your motto for the next 26 days. Many runners don’t plan the few weeks AFTER the marathon and experience injuries, burn out, bad runs and bad moods. Here's what you can do to recover quicker and make you a better runner:" By Julie Isphording, Former Olympian It has been 9 days since my marathon and I haven't run a lick. I tried to run a little on Saturday because I had foolishly signed up for the Nike + Human Race 10k. Yeah no dice. I had immediate pain in my cranky knee. By Monday I was teeteri...