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National Day of Service!
RD for me today. Supposed to help out the Red Cross today installing Smoke detectors.
Morning! I am off today but slept in. 6 miles and kickboxing later.
Damaris
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Treadmill for me today, probably 5 miles. It's currently 18, feels like -4, so too cold for me. Walking Ben is going to be nippy.
PAD - enjoy your rest day.
Damaris - have fun with the kickboxing and running. Are you doing a class or a video? How is recovery going from your hard racing?
Good morning Penguins!
Ginny, stay warm. I hope Ben gets his business done quickly.
D, have a good run!
PAD, nice job.
No service for me today, but I have after-school program on Tuesdays so I'll count that for the week. I ran 8.5 this morning. Nothing else fun planned for today; housework and maybe get started on the taxes.
Wandering Wally
Whoops! A whole week got by me before I realized I hadn't stopped by here. Last week it snowed. A lot. The wind blew it all over the place. Visibility was terrible and snowplows were out. So, I stayed inside and logged some time on the NordicTrack ski machine. The weekend was better. Got out and logged some miles on a rail trail. The city plows a section and the snowmobiles have the rest packed down pretty good. Temps are in the single digits. Not terrible, but it does take me 15-20 minutes to get warmed up. Once I'm warm I don't even notice the cold unless the wind is hitting me right in the face.
Rest day today. Hope everyone has a great week!
Run! Just Run!
Trail Runner Nation Podcast
Treadmill for me today, probably 5 miles. It's currently 18, feels like -4, so too cold for me. Walking Ben is going to be nippy. PAD - enjoy your rest day. Damaris - have fun with the kickboxing and running. Are you doing a class or a video? How is recovery going from your hard racing?
Video. My Pilates instructor is out due to some rehearsals but I still want to burn some calories. Recovery is going well. I ran pretty fast yesterday, so I think the legs are fine. I wouldn't call that hard racing, we were mostly prancing around the parks and stopping for margaritas and pictures, LOL. Enjoy the TM.
Three on the TM for me, followed by weights. People at the gym today were annoying...more primping and flirting than working out. I don't care if you are only there to socialize, unless you insist on tying up the machine I am waiting to use
And the diagnosis is?
Lateral meniscus degeneration but no tear. evidence of iliotibial band friction syndrom and a mild lateral patellofemoral retinacular sprain.
Not sure what it all means but I'll live. Suggesting PT so I'll see how that goes.
I hope it sounds worse than it really is?
Return To Racing
And the diagnosis is? Lateral meniscus degeneration but no tear. evidence of iliotibial band friction syndrom and a mild lateral patellofemoral retinacular sprain. Not sure what it all means but I'll live. Suggesting PT so I'll see how that goes.
Oh no, PAD. Good luck with the PT.
URD #3 for me.
Jerry - is your ankle still sore, or is it the weather keeping you from running?
PAD - good that the meniscus isn't torn, so you won't need surgery, but the rest sounds pretty painful. How long do they think it will take to heal? Or did they tell you?
Damaris - you may not have raced, but you ran a lot of miles in a very short time. I know you're used to it, but it still needs some recovery time. Especially since you have so many marathons over the next couple of months.
Brilliant - good job on the 8. Are you still trying to follow a plan, or just doing what you can?
MJ - do you use yaktrax or something like that to run in the snow? I'm too afraid of falling to go fast on snow or ice, plus I have a TM in the basement, but I sometimes envy you who do run in snow. I liked hiking in it, unless I was postholing or it was solid ice.
Margo - nice three.
race obsessed
Farg
Ginny, it's better, and I 'm going to give a walk/run test it tomorrow on the track.