So this is how my weekend went.
Friday night I managed to get to bed early but unfortunately my honey's tub was out of commission so I couldn't take a wake up shower. I guess since it is cold out again I may not need the wake up shower as much anymore.
Saturday I woke up got dressed and ready and ate my waffles with raspberry preserve as we don't have much syrup and we didn't have fresh bananas just really soft ripe ones. I took my honey to her colleagues to get showered and ready to work and I went off to meet the running clan. So besides the construction going on in certain streets on the east side, all of 5th was closed due to the German parade. Needless to say parking was a hassle. I saw a spot at the very last minute when I had resolved to put my car in a lot and practically stole it from someone. Sorry dude, I was in a rush and had just enough time to still make it to meet my group. Thankfully my car was whole! Yay!
When I met up with the group I find out we are running the bridle path of Central Park...8 loops total! All of us were not happy. It is suppose to be "softer" terrain and we were going to take it "easier" to be ready for our 20 miler next week. RIGHT!! It wasn't so bad the first 4 loops, you really have to tune out that you are going around and around. When we turn around to loop the opposite way, things got challenging. I think there was more inclines going the other way and running on gravel and trying not to trip on rocks got a bit more challenging. Needless to say on the last loop my legs were pretty much done and I even tripped. Thankfully I didn't fall but that trip did totally discourage me. I ran some more but then gave in to my desire to walk. I let the 2 girls I was with just go on without me. As I tried to walk I was hurting. I was tight. I tried walking on the grass but that wasn't helpful. I had a hard time walking and tried stretching but just couldn't. Finally on the regular path I saw the pacer with 2 other runners and told them I was done and I was going to go to my car. He yelled that I should stretch and I told him I was trying to and off they went. I tried to stretch some more and was almost in tears but I didn't cry. I walked down Central Park and to my car, and I think I might have just completed about 15 miles at the end of it all.
I went home and on my way bought some ice, my coffee and a breakfast sandwich. I was definitely going to take an ice bath! My first ice bath. I did it and it wasn't so bad. Maybe drinking coffee and wearing a long sleeve running shirt helped. I will definitely do it again.
Well the next day at my mothers I get a slight pain and when I go to feel the area I realized it was swollen. I iced it with some frozen grapes, hey it was what my mom had, and I bandaged it up. I realize then that it was a good thing I stopped running when I did because I could have made it worse had I pushed myself. I need to learn not to be too negative about things and take my training in stride. I will make it in the end but most importantly I want to make it injury free.
I was suppose to run yesterday and the plan was to run but with the swelling that was cancelled. I had thought about running this morning but since the swelling was still there last night I decided that I would attempt it at night instead just to give the swelling time to go down. Now I am at work sitting as I usually do and hope that my foot will be better for tonight. I meant to bring an ice pack with me but I completely forgot and I didn't even bring a bandage for compression. I was ill prepared for today. I don't think it is that bad and it was just the abuse my legs took from running on gravel and rocks, but i will take it easy and respect it.
Yesterday as I ate a healthy dinner I briefly watched the documentary "The Secret". Quite interesting and it had me thinking about all the things I want to accomplish and how I need to really sit down and focus on those things. 1. I want to finish this marathon healthy and happy and under 5 hours 2. I want to go on vacation after the marathon. I have been thinking Argentina but I am open to any affordable vacation so I have to figure out what exactly that is. 3. I want to thin out my body. I want thinner thighs and my flat belly back. I need to write down all I am grateful for and all that I want to accomplish. These 3 things are easy to accomplish so I have no worries about them but I really want to focus on bigger things such as being happy in a career or job doing something I enjoy every day and living in a home and being comfortable with my honey. The phrase: "Your wish is my command" sounds delightful!
Okay now back to my current reality and to tasks at hand. :)
Quickly eating wise:
Saturday:
Waffles with a bit too much raspberry jam
milk
Honey stinger chews
caramel macchiato
turkey bacon, egg white and cheddar cheese on whole wheat english muffin
almond vanilla biscotti from Starbucks
sips of v8 with lemon (new favorite drink!)
pork chop, eggplant and pear, asparagus
white slice
avocado salad with grilled chix
more v8 with lemon
Sunday
omelette with spinach and swiss
pancake
coffee
black beans with sour cream
english muffin with cream cheese
OJ
fruit tart
frozen grapes
more fruit tart
1/2 cupcake
chix with cinnamon
brussel sprouts
pumpkin
Monday morning
steel cut outs with raisins and chia seeds some 1 % milk and skim milk
2% latte
hard boiled egg with cheese
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