Day 2-Crossfit

So much for running yesterday. I don't know what happened, but I just could not leave the house. I did get a lot of work done, so I guess that's okay. I went to CrossFit this morning, and I am sore and exhausted. For warm up we ran a lap, which is .3 of a mile. Then we did 10 pull ups, and 10 push ups. Then we practice back squats...20 of them. That used to be my favorite! My max was 110 pounds, today I only lifted 50. I can't believe how much I've lost.

After that we did our workout of the day, which was doing sets of 21, then 15, then 9 of hang squat snatch (which includes a lot of squatting) and then pull up. Everything hurts! And everything is shaky. I don't think I'm going to be able to sit down or walk up and down stairs for a few days. :-) But I'm at least trying.

Day 1- Crossfit

So it has been since about September since I went to CrossFit. Our teacher, my friend, and another friend who has been going every day, finally talked me into coming back. So today was my first day. It wasn't too hard, but I know I will fill it tomorrow. The warm-up was to run a lap, which is about .3 of a mile, then we did 20 pull ups, and 30 push press.
Run .3 mile
10 power snatch (20 lbs)
20 situps

I hate making goals, because it seems I can never keep them. But I have to run a half marathon this year! So, I thought that if I did CrossFit Tuesdays and Thursdays, and RAM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, that should get me ready.

6 Miles

I did the "Cove" route this morning by myself. It's so COLD, but I loved it. It was nice having my alone time. I ran some of the way up to the church, but walked most of it. But on the way home... I ran more that I usually do with Sherri. I thought I did pretty good. :o) I never realized how busy it was up there with kids going to school and all... LOTS of traffic.

6 miles ~ 1 hour 8 minutes

6 Miles

Sherri and I walked up to the church up in the "Cove"... walked around looking at building lots for her and then ran home. Another "fresh" morning. This route is becoming a favorite. the walk up is a warm up, then the run home is fast paced. It's hard to talk going home, but we do pretty good.  :o)

6 miles ~ 1 hour 35 minutes

4 Miles

I left the kiddos home again this morning. I was suppose to go to Crossfit, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I've done something to my back. I don't think it's muscles... it feels like my ribs are being smashed and it only hurts when I'm sleeping. When I'm up and moving it doesn't hurt... but it makes sleeping in impossible without a heating pad and Advil. So I decided after getting moving this morning to go for a run. I ran the route that I usually walk with my friends. I ran down a beautiful trail to the edge of Herriman and then turned around and walked home. I guess I didn't do the "full" route, but it was still nice.

I love running and walking with friends, but there's something about being out on my own. Having "alone time". Every Sunday I ask the girls in my class questions... the last one I asked was "What moment have you felt the most alive?" I would have to say... running down some trail/canyon in the fall... alone.  :o) I felt very "alive" and happy. I can't give this up... even if I can't race (yet).

2.3 miles ~ 26 minutes (running...lots of running)
1.7 miles ~ 27 minutes (walking)

4.5 Miles

My friend Sherri and I ran down the canyon this morning. This has to be one of my favorite runs. Especially this time of year. To quote Uncle... it was real "fresh". There was more running this time. My legs have gotten a little better and felt great going down. Not much else to report...except my legs and butt are on FIRE from yesterday. I'm not going to be able to sit or go down stairs for a while.  :oP

4.5 miles ~ 55 minutes

Crossfit

So... I had no desire to go to Crossfit. My backs been hurting and I was so tired (not much sleep with this whole back thing). I was just getting ready to get in the shower when the doorbell rang... it was the Crossfit teacher. "Tell you mom to come down, we're doing something 'fun'," is what Gracen told me. So I was curious..."something fun". I got dressed and went down. NOT fun. We were trying to build up our ability to lift more on the "back squat". I mean I do love the back squat, but after my embarrassing bench mark I haven't been real confident. So this did NOT seem like fun. We did 8 sets of 4 at 80% of our maximum (I was suppose to do 90 lbs, but went to 80 because I hadn't been in so long). I am SO sore!! We did as many reps for time: run 400 meters, 12 pullups, 8 push presses. I think I got 7 (I don't even remember). I just tired.

5.5 Miles

We did the same route as last week. But this time, we walked up the canyon and ran home. We weren't SUPER fast, but it was a pretty good pace considering we walked half of it. It's so hard to get up and going when the kids are out of school. But I need to start running again. Snow Canyon is out of the question, but it doesn't mean I can't keep running so I'll be ready for SOME race next year.  :o)

5.5 miles ~ 1 hour 18 minutes

"QUOTE OF THE DAY"
Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.

6.5 Miles

It was just walking... but it was 3 miles up the canyon and 3 miles down (with .5 of wandering around neighborhoods at the top). My legs were still a little tender, so this was as good as it was going to get.

6.5 miles ~ ?? minutes

Crossfit

We our "Helen" benchmark today...
3 rounds for time:
400m run (which I ended up walking)
21 kettlebell swings (35lbs)
12 pull ups (still on the purple band)  :o)

It didn't count towards my benchmark because I was walking... but I did it.

Running will start again on Monday. My outer muscles were really tender today. I'm debating whether I should go to the doctor again or not. I'm worried I have another stress fracture. Oh well... just keep on keeping on.

3.55 Miles

Well, shoot. I think running in my old shoes on Monday did something to my right leg this time. No problems at all with that outer calf muscle on my left leg, but the muscle DEEP under my shin on the right leg is killing me! I wore my compression socks and everything. Don't know what this new pain means, but I'll just keep plugging away I guess... BLECH!

There was a lot of walking this morning. Just not feeling it I guess... the pain didn't help with the situation either.  :oP   Oh well. No tears today.

2.8 miles ~ 34 minutes (run/walking)
.75 miles ~ 14 minutes (just walking)

"QUOTE OF THE DAY"... totally fits my Crossfit and running experiences.  :o)

Crossfit

It's been a while since I went ... but I'm glad I did. We did as many reps as possible in 20 minutes:
2 pull-ups/tire dips (pull-ups were with a black band... which is SO hard for me)
5 thrusters (which are squatting down and then lifting 35lbs above your head)
30 jump rope

I got 9 + my pull-up/dip combo and my thrusters... SUPER SWEATY today!

4 Miles

After a week of pouting, overeating and a lot of venting to friends and John... I decided I can't give up. I need to figure out what I'm doing wrong... figure out why I'm hurting and ONLY on one side. So, this morning I woke up at 5:00 and did some stretches, really focusing on my right leg. I did my usual route and after about 1.5 miles my right leg started hurting. So for the next mile I really focused on how I was running. It felt like I was running with my foot flexed (with my toes up) the whole time. So I started thinking about the "Chi" running that I read about... where you focus on relaxation, landing midfoot, and use gravity by leaning forward while you run. I also remembered what my PT said, I need to lift my heels "show the bottoms of my feet while I'm running". It totally helped! Now, to just remember all that stuff on Wednesday morning.  :o)  Now to begin the sneezing portion of my morning... I'm going on 15 sneezes in a row.  :oP

3.5 miles ~ 42 minutes (run/walking)
.5 miles ~ 7 minutes (walking)

"QUOTE OF THE DAY"
Look for little improvements every day.

$%@*@#*&%!!

That's right... SWEAR SWEAR SWEAR!! Actually I don't know if I should be swearing or crying. My 8 mile long run turned into a 2 mile limp/jog and a mile walking home cussing and swearing the whole way. WHY?!? Why can't I do this any more?!?  I'm just SO angry. I feel SO depressed right now. It's not my shins this time... it's some muscle that starts on the top of my right foot and goes up the outside of my leg. It was KILLING and I could not get it to stretch out this morning. I guess it's been going on for a while now, but I thought I was just my legs getting back into the motion.

All I want to do it run. I never thought I'd say it... but I do. I've never been able to accomplish anything as hard as running has been for me... but I did it! I did it on my own. I did it even though John told me I couldn't. It was something I was proud of. I've done 13 different races and LOVED every one of them... why can't I keep doing this?!? I just want to cry... and then PIG OUT on anything I can get my hands on.

All I keep thinking is SCREW IT! What's the point of even trying any more. I might as well just get fat and lazy, cause that's apparently all my body wants to do. This sucks!

I'm going to go shower, ice my leg and watch TV until the kids get home. And I'll probably go out again on Wednesday...just to prove I'm broken.  :oP

... but I don't want to be broken... I want to run. :o(

4.5 Miles

Went out this morning with a friend. It was SO chilly... I loved it! It had rained quite a bit last night... at least I fell asleep to the rain beating down on the roof. So it was pretty humid and chilly this morning. I think I would have had better time if I wasn't talking so much.  :o)  I did pretty good though. Not as much running as I usually do, but that would totally be my fault... too much talking.  :o)  My right leg is having a hard time getting warmed up. The last mile it felt great. But I don't have time to do a 3 miles "warm up"... I've got about 5 minutes to get my legs ready to go.  :oP  Oh well... I need to keep plugging along. I'll get there eventually.

4.5 miles ~ 55 minutes

5 Miles

Another walking and chatting day.  :o) 

4 Miles

I could not bring myself to get up this morning at 5:00, so I decided I'd run on one of my favorite trails after the kids left to school. Then the kids left... I could not bring myself to leave the house. The trees were about touching the ground and it started raining. I just wasn't in the mood to get stuck 3 miles from the house in the pouring rain. SO I hit the treadmill. BLECH!! I only lasted 2 miles then I just bit the bullet and went outside. It felt AMAZING! The wind and sprinkling of rain... I should have done my trail.  :oP

2.15 miles (treadmill) - 27 minutes (of PURE torture!)
1.85 miles - 22 minutes (lovely!)

"SONG OF THE DAY"
Could've Been Me - The Struts

7.15 Miles

Finally made it to another "long run".  :o)  A good friend of mine drove up the canyon with me and then we ran down and then took some trails until we got to my mileage I was suppose to have.  She was a good sport because she hadn't run more than 4 miles... but she kept up with me and my slow pace.  :o)  It was a beautiful morning and I'm glad we went. My right leg took a while to warm up, but after 2 miles it was fine. We did a lot of walking towards the end... maybe the last mile was walking...I turned my Garmin off while I was stretching and never turned it back on, so who knows how long we walked.  :oP   Thank goodness she started her timer on her phone. Any way... good run... good company...good for me.  :o)

7.15 miles ~ 1 hour 30 minutes

"QUOTE OF THE DAY"
Running must be the only aspect in life in which "It's all downhill from here," is literally the best thing you can hear.

Crossfit Day!

I forgot to post this morning... I decided to go to Crossfit. I was so tired and just wanted to go back to bed... but I went.  I guess the owner wanted to do a tribute to 9-11-2001... so in remembrance for the warm up we did 911 meter row, 20 sit-ups, 01 pull up. :o)  I kept pretty good timing with the rowing... 2:09 minutes per 500m.

Then we did 3 rounds for time (I finished in 15:23) "Helen":
400m run (I got back on the rowing machine... don't want to mess up my legs with sprinting)
21 kettlebell swings (26 lbs)
12 pull ups

Again, I wasn't the strongest, but I did beat the "competitive" one in the class.  :o) I didn't lift as much as her on kettlebells, and I had a band to help with my pull-ups, but I beat her time and I could tell SHE WAS BUGGED.  :o)  I'm the wimpy one in our class... but I was sure tough today!  :o)

5 Miles

Another chilly morning. I was so cold when I woke up... that changed within the first quarter mile.  :o) That's about the time my music died. I'm no good without music... or at least something to listen to. My running paces were a lot slower than they are with music. I didn't seem to walk as long, but my overall pace was a lot slower than usual. Oh well... I got up and went out.  :o)

5 miles ~ 1 hour 3 minutes