Day 2

So far the fiber drink and I are getting along great.

Last night for dinner, I had a can of tuna and some wheatberry salad w a little hummus. Then I had some strawberries and huckleberries to satisfy a nagging sweet tooth. I probably also had some snacks throughout the day that didn't make it on here.

My legs are a little sore/stiff, so I am taking the day off from working out since we have that 15k on Saturday. But I did get the dog out for a 40-min walk, and will probably walk him again during halftime.

Today I have eaten/consumed: fiber drink, water, 2 eggs scrambled w quinoa, black beans, and zucchini spaghetti sauce from the other night (cooked the sauce out first, then added the eggs), more water, a strawberry/banana/soymilk smoothie after the walk with the dog. Still not really hungry from filling breakfast.

DISASTER

blargh. My ankle is broken. fail. and it's my right, so I can't even drive. And there are no crutches in this damn city, so I am hopping around my house until tomorrow. Boo. No school, nothing. Not sure how long I will be out of commission, hopefully not long. I just need to be told if I have to stay off it, or if I will be able to work and walk on it.

Here's what happened: Jake and I were out for a run with the dog. It's fall, so everything is wet and there are wet leaves all over the ground. I guess I hit a rock or something and my foot rolled right under me. I didn't fall, but I think that may have made it worse since I then put all of my weight onto the end of my fibula. I am sure I heard a pop, but it may have just been my foot hitting the ground. Then I stopped and had to sit right away. It hurt soooo bad. Pretty soon I knew I had to get up and try to get over by the car before it hurt too bad to get up. My whole foot and a little bit of my lower leg hurt. I got home and then iced and elevated it, but even ice hurt, and Jake said that I was making too many pain faces and I needed to go to the doctor.

So we went to the doctor and I waited until 5 for the doctor to finally come it. She said that it was probably a sprain since I had a moderate amount of swelling, but sent me for an xray too. Once I got the xray, I had one of the providers look at it, and they saw a hairline fracture on the bottom of my fibula. So it's badly sprained and probably broken. The doc who treated me today didn't see the fracture so she said to stay off it tonight and to call my doctor tomorrow and they will see the xray and the radiologist's report. Hopefully I get good news tomorrow!

ahh

I guess I am one of those people who works out 5 or 6 days a week. I like it :)

Today I drove the gym and did a fast, hilly mile on the TM, and then went upstairs for a core strength class, and then headed back down stairs and did three sets of 5 different arm workouts. It was definitely a good day.

Yesterday, took the doggie for an easy run downtown. We hit the South Bay Trail for about half an hour.

Wednesday I rested since I had to watch kids in the morning and then work in the evening.

Tuesday I ran to the gym and then did some arms and core and ran home.

Monday I took the dog for a short run on the trails near our house.

Sunday, Jake and I took the dog to Padden for a run. It was really nice to run w 2 buddies :)

So that's 5 days this week. I bet I will work out tomorrow too, and there is a 5k on Sunday morning that I want to do. It's a fundraiser for DVSAS. woot. I did the 10k version last year, but I want to try to make it a fast 5k this year. Hmmm. Huzzah.

class!!

Last night I went to a spinning/boot camp class at the Y. It is pretty much my dream for the Y to have boot camp classes, and this is a pretty good combo of cardio (spin) and core/strength stuff. We were on the bikes for about 45 mins and then did boot camp style jumping/lunging/whatever lines, THEN we did some upper body and then abs stuff. It was so hard. I was shaking so hard doing the upper body stuff. I find when I go to the gym that I don't know what to do with weights and stuff, so these will be good tools to bring with me to the gym next time I go. I will also try to make more of the classes.

Today the plan is to run the dog 5 miles at Lake Padden. Hope I can do 2 laps :)

Jake and I also ran on Sunday. The Interurban Trail is great for a nice, easy, just go run.

Padden w the dog

Ran Padden with the dog and a friend today. It was great. I like running with other people. Which is odd because I tried it before with some people I had just met, but this is waay better.

One of these days, I want to do 2 laps around Padden. I think it didn't once last summer, but I need to keep doing it and running more.

Nighttime

Ran at night for the first time. It was great. Mostly nice because of the company--the hubs and the doggie. We need to do that more often. Kept a nice easy pace, and could have kept going longer if it wasn't so dark out.

All around good run.

Running and biking

Ran w the doggie yesterday. It was a good run. He is finally growing to be pretty well-mannered. It wasn't the fastest run, but I did run the whole time and it felt pretty good.

We have also been going for more bike rides, but I think those have been making my back sore. My guess is that it's from my seat being too high, so I need to lower it and not lean forward so far. I hope that's the problem.

RAIN

Today I was a good dog owner and took Murph out for a long run. Unfortunately it was raining and he probably thought I was punishing him :( I think he had a good time once we got home, but he really was trying to run fast since it was so rainy. I felt bad that I couldn't go any faster to get him out of the rain sooner.

Unfortunately I wanted to do 2 laps around the lake, but with the dog and the rain, I didn't want to keep him out longer than necessary so we went back home. I may go again this afternoon, but I have a LOT of reading to do to get ready for school.

Yesterday, I went to the gym after work. It was GREAT. I wish I worked earlier so I could do that every day. I rowed a 6k and in 29 minutes, not my best. But still pretty good, so it's okay. I could tell I am getting stronger, even if my time was slower. I am finding the balance between endurance and strength and I can tell that both are improving.

weights and long walk

I went to the gym yesterday with the plan to do weights and then come home and run the dog. The first part happened, but the second didn't because of family stuff that is going on. So I did take the dog out later for about an hour long walk.

Today I will run the dog for sure. Can't wait to get my legs out there.

BIKE! 2

woo hoo. rode my bike to work today :) love it!! love the weather.

ran w the dog too and played ball with him today. huzzah. hopefully tomorrow I will get to work out too. I am super busy tomorrow.

YOGA

I used to HATE yoga. Really hate it. The breathing and the sitting ("advanced standing" as Jake calls it). I have been really tight and sore lately, so I really have needed to do something else. I swam yesterday, but that didn't seem to do it. So decided to try yoga again this morning. And it was great. Really hard, but really good :) I will probably go back next week, and feel so energized for the day. No coffee today even--and no headaches so that's good.

We'll try to keep this up. And I need to keep using the gym, so woot.

Yesterday, I biked to the gym and then swam for about half an hour and then biked home. That left me feeling really good all day at work too. I am so glad I am back into a routine.

We also took the dog to the baseball fields the last two days and got him running around full speed and he LOVED it. He even came back when called...we felt pretty good about it since we were in a mostly fenced area, so we knew he would be pretty safe and we could guard the doors. Yay....doggy freedom and play and now we have a tired dog for us to leave at home while we are working :)

DOG

We have a dog now...woo hoo. I think I am in love. And he is my new running buddy. We jogged/ran today (he did the jogging--kind of a trot) and I did the running. Guess he will help me with my speed :)

We went to Padden today. Perfect cool weather.