Tuesday, September 29, 2015

9/29

Really terrible knee pain on right side last night; heating pad took care of it. Left knee started hurting today, so I rolled it (a lot!) and then really worked on the half. Everything actually felt much better after a 4-mile recovery run EXCEPT I felt super dizzy/nauseated...maybe from the treadmill & heat inside? I've been wearing compression sleeves on the calf and it seems to help. Maybe? I don't know. Still depressing.

Monday, September 28, 2015

9/28

Well, this seems to be the month where my training is not going so well. A couple of weeks ago I did my LR early in the week and then just got really sick and dizzy and whatnot during/afterwards...it was awful. I ended up that week with only 32 miles instead of the 43 planned. Back on schedule the next week and got in my 55, including another 20, but the pain in my leg that's been bothering me was getting worse and worse. Last week I ran 5 recovery on Monday (with Nate in the jogging stroller) and then got up at 6 the next day to do 9--it was awful. My leg hurt SO bad and I was having all these shooting pains and stumbling...I ended up going to the ER the next day to make sure it wasn't a blood clot (since my sister had a pulmonary embolism last year and I found out I have a genetic clotting disorder). The ultrasound was clear, but I took the rest of the week off from running trying to figure out what was causing the pain.

Still not sure, but I emailed Stacie (who is the miracle PT who fixed me up last time I had IT band syndrome), and she gave me some stuff to try. So 13 running last week, plus two yoga sessions, 7 miles on the bike (with Nate) and then 3 hours hiking on Saturday at a state park. And I've been rolling my leg so much with the foam roller/tennis ball that I am literally bruised from hip to toes.

6 today with a 1-mile warmup. The first three miles were pretty painful and so I stopped, rolled my calf on the tennis ball, and that made a huge difference. We'll see where we go from here. Today was supposed to be 8 but I just didn't have the time and I don't want to push it too much right now.

Saturday, September 5, 2015

9/5

This was a hard week! The kids were all sick and up a TON at night, then I got sick, and then I started my period...and I had a ton of school & church meetings. Plus it was super hot and with all of the upheaval at night I never got up early enough to run & get back before the kids were up for school, so every single run this week was a treadmill run.

Monday: 6 m recovery pace
Tuesday: 14 miles
Wed: 6 m recovery pace
Thurs: strength training & yoga
Friday: 16 miles with 6 m 5 seconds under MP and 6 miles 8 second over MP...this was a terribly hard run and I finished just before 1 am.
Saturday: 6 miles recovery with 6x100 strides...I was SO dead when I started this and was a little panicky when I was struggling after only 3 minutes...checked my training schedule on the off-chance that I was running it too fast and I was by almost a minute per mile...whew, such a relief!!!

48 for the week; 42 for September