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Update on the Knee

Went to the Ortho this morning to check out all my “gifts” from my fall. My elbow is fine, my palm is 100% healed, and my knee is a heaping painful pile of moose poop. Not only have I only just (after 15 days) started to form a scab it still comes off with any moisture. There is a pretty decent dent in my knee from the depth of the scrapes/burns. That folks is the good news. I am stuck in knee brace prison for at least another two weeks. I have an MRI scheduled for next wednesday and a follow up the week after that. He is suspecting a torn meniscus. I am hoping not.

So on the ironic side of things he gave me a bit of a talking to. Once I told him that I was a former intensive contact sport athlete he talked about my already fatigued knee. He then went on to tell me the best way to help it is to lose weight. THANKYOUVERYMUCH. How did I hurt it? Running. Why was I running? To try and lose weight. I am already down 2.change kilos since the new year. And I am still breastfeeding my 15month old. 

Needless to say I am a bit down about everything right now. I know it is something I will bounce back from soon. But I just feel crummy about having worked so hard for two months for nothing.  I will have to start again from scratch once this whole dabbocle is sorted. 

I wanna not hurt and run run and get skinny :(

I miss Running.

It has been 11 days since “the fall”. I have not been able to do anything. I feel like I am going mad. Not only that but I feel like I am just blowing up. Doctors appointment on Thursday to decide if I need an MRI

OUCH

4 Flippin days! That’s is how far I made it into 2012 with all my goals intact. I was only 2 kilometers from my weekly goal (which as a newbie is a measly 16k) and thunk! Suddenly on the 5th Anniversary of me arriving in France I am surrounded by French Fireman because I have attempted to completely meld my body with the pavement. Of course since I have cement like bones I did not break anything (Thank G-d). But I have roadburn so bad it makes motorcycle drivers wince. The Docs even went so far as to classifly my knee as “unsuturable”.

Week 8 Day 3 ROCKED

I am in a bit of shock. I am not even so sure what was different about this run but I managed in 45 minutes to go 5.2kilometers!!! I am so proud of myself. 35 minutes of running without stopping no matter how slow I felt like I was going :). Not a bad way to start 2012

Week 8 Day 2

Hello world,

So today I rocked out 4 kilometers in 40minutes. I would have gone just a bit longer but I seem to have something up with my leg. I have noticed that as I get further into this running thing when my body starts to get tired my left leg actually turns to lead. The weird thing about it is that I can feel is but it is almost like my brain is not sure there is even a leg. I felt like a bit of a fool because the main reason I had to stop was because I was actually tripping over my leg. Even on my way home from the gym I was having trouble walking as my leg was just uncooperative. I am not sure at all what is going on. But I will keep going and hope that it just kinda sorts itself out. 

I have also signed up for both a mileage club and a weight loss club online in the RW forums. I hope that it helps me to find a bit of support with my goals. While I know I can accomplish them on my own it will be nice to have the attaboys out there. 

take care and happy safe new year to all of you!

Maybe I can do this!

After yesterdays dismal run of only 15 minutes total I was raring to get back out there today. I was armed with a newish playlist and the goal of running for 28 minutes straight. And I DID IT! 3.98 kilometers in 38 minutes with a 9.35pace per kilometer. It was hard. And at the end I am almost positive that I could have been walking faster than I was running but I did not start walking. I stuck it out and I finished. And then suddenly when I was done I had all sorts of happy energy. Only 20 more runs until the 10k and it is definitely runs like today that make me think I will ROCK the 10 k

Only 23 left

Thats how many runs I have left before the 10K at the end of January. This puts me at needing to run a minimum of 4 times a week until then. Before today this was daunting. But guess what I did today? I for the first time in my life ran for 20 minutes without stopping.!!! I am so proud of myself. I know it was slow at only a 6kph but it was me and I did it! This was Week 7Day1 of my Couch 20 10k

So today was awesome for that.  I am tired and while I really love my new gym I think tomorrows (yes tomorrows) run might be outdoors :). Since it is pretty much the only time I will have the same time run for two runs I want to compare to see if I run faster when I am outside. 

Hope you are all well.

Treadmill running is weird

DP got me a gym membership for Chanukah and I went for the first time today since it is a bit cold outside. I finished Week 6 Day 3 of my Couch to 10K which had me running 15 minutes Walk 3 and then run for 5. This was a hard run. But I am not sure it was hard because of my level or because the treadmill is a bit boring. Granted its in a second story window so there is lots of people watching to do. But its not the same. I tried using the towel to hide my speed/time but it still felt a bit unnatural. I guess I should not complain too much because it is done. I am 3 runs from the halfway mark. And I know I have come far!

ughh

I am riding the train of not feeling well at all. This of course is probably the same thing my son has been DESTROYING us with for the past week. Were talking fevers and diarrhea that you can literally smell through the closed bedroom door and down the hall way. NOT FUN. Mine is more of the cement head type with odorific gas (TMI). Hopefully I can get out and finish my runs for the week tomorrow but if not I won’t be stupid and push it and will be out there Monday. 

Also I feel like being sick means you must eat everything in sight. Must work on this.

week 6 day 2

33 min and 3.09 kilos in the bag. I have to say it was not the greatest of runs. The whole time I felt like I had a mouth full of slimy spit. And about an hour after i got that annoying little tickle in the back of my throat. So it was off to the store to load up on some Orange Juice. But the thing is I still did it. And that is a huge success for me. 

It is a bit hard to believe that in little over a month I have gotten to the point where I can run 20 minutes in 2 ten minute bursts. Thats crazy! When I started the Couch to 10K it seemed a bit of a joke. Now here we are signing up for races and freezing our buns of in the Parisian winter laden streets.

So for now I am curled up on the couch with blankets while the French Fry is at HG and DP is working…a few sweet hours of silence. ahhhh