Thursday, April 28, 2011
Dr Mackesy
I managed to get a lot of work done yesterday before I headed off to see the Doc & as usual he was wonderfully chatty, he reviews my file before I am called into see him. He asked about my up coming Marathon in Sept. He inquires as to my specific type of running shoe, my hurricanes. All the small things that some doctors don't look upon as important to make you feel like he was listening & cared & more importantly UNDERSTOOD what I was all about.
( Well good luck in that dept. but you know what I mean)
He listened to my explanation of the pain I was having. Asked if it happened after I went up a hill, and yes it did. He grabbed my leg and started running his fingers up and down where I had pointed out the issue. He felt a rather large divet in my leg, which I have as well, but never thought anything more of it than the area that was ripped.
Then he grabbed my other leg and started searching there. Now usually that's not a problem but I only shaved my left leg. *rolls eyes* I didn't have the inclination to shave both of them. Waattt? You can't tell me you haven't done that!! I bet you have! *grumbles*
Well luckily the didn't cut himself on my razor stubble & firmly declared PERIOSTITIS of the left tiba. Meaning the fiberous tissue between the bone and the muscle is inflammed. ( or most commonly called shin splints) but I've got them in the "proper" placement. Inside bottom of the calf rather than the frontal portion of the shin.
So I was precribed a topical cream with super duper active ingredients at 15% of whatever it is.
I can continue the cross training, keep icing it & resting & ease back into running.
WOOHOO..
So the fall marathon may still be on!!!
I sms'd Trish to tell her - her response was " Strange presentation"... however; considering the source is it really that "strange" & apparently it is not! ahahah.
Well that means I can throw myself 100% into cross training tonight. Theo says no more Princess Moments. One I have ONE moment & I'm labelled, sheesh!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday night - meh
As I parked up my vehicle I realized I had forgotten my swim suit so back home I went. ACK!! I mean really, who packs up their gym bag and forgets their essentials? Me obviously. But it's a good thing I did, I was about to message Theo to say I could be late when I noticed my calendar light up. I checked it and BAM... my appt. with Dr Mackey said Wednesday NOT Thursday as I had originally thought. Geez louise!!
Back at the gym Theo and I pratted around to get our bikes "just right" and off we went for an easy ride. ahahah. whatever.
I already had the tension on about a 5 I would think. THen Theo introduced cadence ... ohhhh man!!!!!! The sweat was pouring off me, salt was stinging my eyes. Dammit man!!! I'm a human being NOT a machine. ggrrr.. did it. Even turned the tension up when told to.
So half an hour of that and then off to do core and stretching. Why does it always seem that the last 20 minutes goes the fastest? Got some good core in, probably should go a bit faster, but I think it's about targeting the muscle group properly and not speed. Quality over quantity. pppffffffftttttt...
The pool was annoyingly busy. half the pool was closed for private lessons. Seriously? EBCC ... What are you doing? It was heaving for fitness swim last night. and only 4 lanes? Are they on crack? Theo and I were completely unable to do any drills because the two lanes for SLOW had some seriously SLOW people in it. Walking in the water. The one lane of Medium where we ended up was right beside the FAST lane and getting jostled and bumped... my patience level was tettering at the empty mark.
So rather than 1000 meters of drills we ended up doing 500 meters. I pulled the princess card and out of the pool we got. Headed over to the pee pool and sat for half and hour and chatted. It's probably exactly what I needed as I'm finding it more and more difficult to leave me work at the office.
Theo's got a good head on his shoulders when it comes to the que sera sera of employment. I gotsta get me some of that.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
On the Road again
It was a grand & glorious day for a run, that's for sure & it was a wonderful day for my last run on Sundays for a while.
I've been networking to find a p/t job just to help cover some costs, it's not easy on one income to keep a household running. So with any luck I'll be hard at it next weekend & that'll mean running will have to take a back seat for now. Or more than likely on days other than my usual Wed & Sun runs.
You can't do everything & right now I've weighed my options and decided that running, as much as I love it, will have to be secondary for a while. I mean that's not to say I can't get out on other days for now. I am running pretty much on my own anyway, so starting from my place to where ever shouldn't matter.
Theo & I will be moving out of the gym onto the road for speed work in the next few weeks, if my leg holds out. We'll see what Dr M says this week.
Plus I have another job with a friend in the works, so much of my "free" time will be used up working.
It was really hard to say anything to anyone about it. And here I am posting it on the 'net. But having only two followers, I think it's okay. *waves to the girls*
This just means I have to better manage the time that I have and make the most of my running. I think Golf will be exnayed for the Ladies League. I'll have to go to the driving range and whack there. And go evenings midweek to get a few rounds in as I don't want to give that up either.
Man it's going to take some getting use to this. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Ahhh well.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Batten down the hatches - we're in for a stormy ride
I have been experiencing more than acceptable levels of pain in my calf near where I had originally put the tear in my fascia, and it wasn't the muscular pain that I'm used to. A few minutes of downward dog and I'm usually tickety boo.
This was a little more cause for worry.
So as I was leaving the Running Room I kept thinking, by the time I get home, it'll be okay. It'll be all right. << to be said in a thick Aussie accent>>
Well it wasnt.
I could see a bit of bruising. DRAT !!!!!!!
So Thursday I cried off spinning & swimming. I rested and iced my leg. I know ... miracle of miracles.
Sunday it wasn't much better, but that could because I was poking at it all the time rubbing and pinching the area. Whoopsie.
So I called my good pal Trish Brunelle to have a looksie at it to make sure I hadn't put another tear in the fascia.
She couldn't feel any tear, oh thank you God!! Thank YOU!!
But there was some swelling - perhaps compartment syndrom ( Basically the muscle is swollen with in the fascia & since fascia does't expand.. the swelling cuts off circulation within the muscles blah blah blah)
Now Google is a dangerous tool in the hands of the wrong person, I'll grant you that. So far I haven't self diagnosised the bubonic plague but I'm sure over time, I'll figure out how to work that into my health issues. :)
I don't have "pins & needles" tingling in the muscle, I have pain and it's not localized, it'll jump around. At first I thought I was friggin crazy. I mean it hurt that this morning, why has the pain jumped about 4 inches. ACK!!! But that's part of the symptoms. I don't have the tight shiny skin to indicate heavy swelling. So... perhaps I'm lucky?
At any rate - I was sent off with some protocols to do to strengthen the opposing muscles that the Alfredson does. Which is simply walking on my heels. I did that from my desk to the kitchen at work and HOLY CRAP... burn my shins or WHAT!
Some massage techniques and how to manipulate the fascia.
I had my leg up, ice on it and I've had two super duper strength Motrins. They are amazing pain killers. Wowsie wowsers.
So I think I may take the week off of running/spinning/swimming/trails completely. I know I was told I could swim/cycle but I figure a week off - can't hurt.
I KNOW... this is me talking here!! I have finally learned something? Have I finally decided to listen to my body & let pain be my guide. OH THANK THE UNIVERSE I'M SITTING DOWN FOR THIS!!
Who knew this day would ever come.
I bet my father didn't! LOL.
More as the week progresses.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Easy on the port bow.
The wall paper is still up. PHEW. I think the last time I did wallpapering was when Tony & I had our flat in Gillingham, Kent. Even then I think his parents were the driving force behind the success of it. However; Chels & I are happy with it. Now I realize I should have found the pattern & matched it up that way, but the double roll barely would have covered one full wall & at $50 a double roll- I wasn’t going to waste one centimeter of it.
After that I finally got to sit down and put my leg up with my ice bag, I also popped a motrin earlier in the day so it was feeling pretty good about an hour later.
I had a hot water bottle I was going to put under my leg, but I figured with swelling that wouldn’t be a good idea.
Now today is our typical Friday where Chels & I go out together and do some Mum / Daughter bonding: and then heading out to see her new English Bulldog puppy. Not sure how the heck I got talked into that, I really don’t. They were born about 2 weeks ago a litter of 5 females & unfortunately one passed away. Poor little dear, I think it was the one that I was holding, but then again I’ve always been very sensitive to beings that are dying. There is a disturbance in the energy around them. Apparently my dad had it too. We bonded over that while he was in the hospital dying of cancer. I think that’s what they call irony.
So tonight will be no workout, maybe yoga – depends on how I’m feeling.
Probably be feeling like having a fruit and nut choccie – but that’s a no-no. So I’ll have to be content with a nice warm cuppa something.
Saturday – Lots to do around the house. Sunday all being good I’ll try to hit 21 on the highway run. For whatever reason my mind can accept running there for that distance, I don’t want to exceed 21 in case of injury & I should really think of something that I can cut short, but I don’t do well with being told what to do, even by myself. I’ll have to negotiate with myself … LOL.
More as it happens.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Running the "right way" on my Wednesday night route
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
A sure sign of spring
Monday, April 11, 2011
Not a jot tonight
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Not AGAIN!!! AAAGGGHHHH
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Nancy Drew solves the mystery.
I was getting ready for my Thursday night routine of cycling & swimming, I gathered up my gear
- shoes (newly washed... had too old shoes, bad smell
- towels
- bathing suit
- clothes to change into
- elastic hair band
Then I ducked into the powder room on the main floor to uhmmm well... you know... tinkle & there it was, my Nathan water bottle. Obviously I forgot it in the bathroom on Sunday when I well... you know... had to tinkle.
Phew...
I got to the gym and climbed on the bike I figured I'd take it easy on myself seeing as Theo wasn't here; that didn't happen. It started out as a cadence work out then i added hills in to it. I think the last 10 minutes I had turned the tension up to an 8 then the last 5 up to a 10. I had sweat dripping off me there was a puddle on the floor. Lots of truck stop language was coming out of my mouth. Well more muttered when the boot camp instructor (the gym runs a boot camp Thursday nights) changed the music from a chippy Euro techno mix to ohh what's his name Ka'an? The waving flag guy. Geezzz I can NOT stand that song. Really and truly. Yeah for him he got out - he struggled for survival... but uhmm it just does nothing for me except get my gander up.
Then off to do core and stretching. I tried using the "ball" holy crap. I have to work on that - I wasn't that successful. Maybe the ball was too big for what I wanted to do?! No clue. But yeah, awkward. It was about 8:10 when I finished doing my stretches and had to race down I was meeting Kevin at 8:15 for swimming.
I didn't go with a game plan, I just went to do some swimming and maybe do some drills and technique. I didn't have the desire to do hardcore swimming, luckily for me cause my lane partner ain't the quickest of swimmers. Oh well. It gave me the opportunity to do the pencil drill where by i try to keep my body pencil straight and half way out of the water. I find I drag too much. I'm not sure how to fix that, but I'll do some research on it. Coach Rob says to do that drill, so ...
Did a lot of arms only laps because if I didn't I would have lapped Kevin and that's not really what I wanted to do. It's a bit disheartening especially when he's trying so hard. The man is a freak on the asphalt and a stone in the water. Poor little dude.
Tomorrow night - try to get some dancing in to keep the other parts of me fit & grooving. They say that a majority of knee & leg injuries come from having weak hips. So a few hours on the dance floor should help keep them strong. LMAO... Woot woot.
Til the next time.