I ran 6 miles!
so i haven’t logged anything in a really long time but i HAD to remember running 6 miles!! how exhilarating! i went out with my training group on monday night and ran a little over 4. at the end i pushed hard and felt my first out of control wheezing episode. if that happens again, i’ll be consulting a doctor.
anyway, 6 miles is HUGE for me. i am SO EXCITED. now i just have to push my pace!!
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I survived Cowtown
Well, after a couple weeks laying off the knee, I went out to run an easy 5K at the Cowtown (http://www.cowtownmarathon.org) in Ft Worth this weekend. There were about 7 from my training group running the 5K and we had a bunch more running the half marathon. We only had one marathoner (who had just run the Austin marathon two weeks ago - crazy!). Anyway, more about me. Haha!!
It was really cold that morning and the wind was brutal. It was whipping and tearing and cutting all over and we ran straight into it at the very start. Yikes!! After a couple of false starts (we made quick friends with people in front of us haha) we got going. I was excited to “racing” again and was looking forward to a good run.
A few blocks in we lost one of our coaches to a fall and another that stayed with him. Shortly after that I lost sight of my running mates. Two of them had taken off and two of them were behind me.
All in all I did alright. I’m doing my best not to explain away my time. I did what I did and gave it an honest effort. Most of my struggle was mental and emotional. Recognizing that though helped tremendously. I stopped only twice - once to give my knee a quick rub down fearing that it was about to start hurting and once in front of the Cathedral to say a quick prayer. (Yes, really.)
I ran with the Arlington FD for a while which was fun. They were chanting or singing or whatever it is they do. They were huge! I laughed as I let the last of them pass by thinking I’d love to keep up with them but there just wasn’t any way that was going to happen.
Unfortunately something went wrong with my timing chip and my official results are unavailable. I talked with the timing people though and they’ve been extremely helpful in helping me to get it recorded. Obviously I’ll never know exactly what my time was but based on the information I myself had, and based on the times of runners and coaches ahead of me, we figured I finished somewhere between 38 and 40 minutes. Not great, but not awful. I’ll take it.
Thanks for all the encouragement! Let’s keep running, okay?
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Training Run with RunWell Training
This was my first training run in a few weeks and I felt really good about it. I ran with the newest of the newbies and eventually ended up pacing/leading for a few of us. We ran a little further/longer/harder than I had intended when we broke away from our little group but it was still good. We did mostly 3/1s with a few longer walking breaks towards the end. (We had a girl with some swelling in one of her knees and another that just seemed to be tiring out.) We had a strong finish at the end but I was playfully angry that I had short legs and couldn’t catch the gazelle in front of me. Haha! Overall, it was a fun run and I’m glad I’m back out there!
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 03/02/2009
- Time: 18:15:00
- Total Time: 00:42:00.00
- Calories: 274
- Distance: 2.8 miles
- Average Pace: 15:00/mile
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Cowtown 5K
This is a rough guess on my time since my chip didn’t work. The wind was BRUTAL when I was running in it. (I got breaks down certain stretches only to be hit again rounding a corner.) I walked some and ran some. I experienced little discomfort/pain in my knee. Mostly a mental battle, I was happy to have finished.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 02/28/2009
- Time: 08:15:00
- Total Time: 00:39:15.00
- Calories: 323
- Distance: 3.1 miles
- Average Pace: 12:39.49/mile
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Torn ligament, torn cartilage?
So I blogged a few days ago about a knee injury. The longer I sat to think about it (I was forced too - I’ll explain in a sec), the more and more I realized just how seriously silly I can be sometimes.
After about a week of hobbling around, trying here and there to run a little, I could no longer take the pain and moseyed on down to the ER. They asked me all kinds of questions about the initial injury and the pain I was experiencing. When forced to actually think about it, here’s what I came up with:
The initial Boom! Clank! POP!! was at least a month ago. I stood from a stool to stretch my legs out because my knees were kind of sore. I had been helping a friend move that day so it didn’t really concern me too much. But as I stretched out my left leg, my knee popped backwards. Yes, hyperextension. (Not fun!) The pain was intense to say the least. I never did check to see if it was swollen. I just shrugged it off as best I could (wasn’t easy) and went on with my life. I felt the effects for about three to four days but then didn’t notice it hardly at all.
Then I started running.
Last Thursday I went out for a run before choir rehearsal and couldn’t run more than a few seconds without wanting to scream from the pain I was feeling. Deciding I’d rather walk a short distance in the time I had than to keel over where no one would find me til morning, I took it easy on myself.
By last night the pain was so intense I wanted to cry with every step I took.
Two hours and one X-ray later (and many rounds of “Yes, I really ran on it for two weeks,” with various staff), I was told I hadn’t broken a bone and based on my presenting symptoms, would need to see an orthopedic specialist. So they immobilized me, put me on crutches, handed me a script, and sent me away.
The expressions on the faces of some of the medical staff there were priceless. I wanted to laugh but was in so much pain, I mostly just smirked. Yep. I’m silly sometimes.
So needless to say I’ll not be doing any kind of running in the next few weeks. With no medical insurance, it may be a few MONTHS before I’m able to hit the streets again.
The crutches are already a pain in the neck. I have moments of wanting to ditch the crutches, tear off the brace and break out in a full sprint but am fully aware I wouldn’t make it three feet before falling over, swearing in pain.
*Sigh*
P.S. In my last post I said my knees looked relatively the same. Apparently that was my wishful thinking. A friend gasped when she saw my knee last night and the nurses each commented on how clearly swollen the left knee was. Whoops.
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Knee injury - ow.
So, I don’t yet know what I’ve done to my left knee but I do know whatever it was, it’s painful! I’ve been limping around for about two days now and the pain only intensifies. I iced the first day and put a heating pad on last night.
I don’t even know how to accurately describe the pain - much like my last knee injury. That one was my RIGHT knee and injured while skiing. Ugh.
To the untrained eye, both knees look relatively the same. Slight differences here and there. To my touch, they feel a bit different, the left one being more swollen-like. It FEELS like it’s the size of a softball though it’s not that swollen at all.
And it hurts. A lot.
… and I really want to run! *Sigh* Soon enough, I suppose.
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Training with Runwell
slow run. still felt blah.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 01/21/2009
- Time: 19:00:00
- Total Time: 00:00:00.00
- Distance: 2 miles
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My lungs hate me
So I had a good run on Saturday morning and a few more good ones throughout the weekend. (Yes, I ran too much, I know. I had a runner’s high and pushed myself too hard.)
Last night, however, was positively awful. After about a 1.5 miles or so of jungle run drills, we turned around to head back. Our group of 7 had dropped to 4 with three turning around at the mile mark. When the four of us (including our coach) turned to run, I told them I wasn’t sure I was going to make it. Sure enough, before even a full minute could pass, I felt like I was going to keel over. I had to walk.
Coach sent the other two on running the whole way back at a slow, steady pace and she stayed by my side as I fought through both physical and emotional setbacks.
I’m giving it 60 days.
I used to run a lot. I played soccer for years and years and years. But I’ve been out of practice and out of shape for almost two years. When I didn’t just fall right back into things as if I had been running the whole time, I got frustrated - angry, even.
I hate being slow. I hate having lungs that feel like they’re not getting any oxygen at all. I hate that I panic when that happens, furthering the problem.
But, this too shall pass. Coach was really supportive and nurturing and reassuring. She made me feel less pathetic and assures me it will come if I keep pushing through. So that’s what I’m going to do.. keep pushing, keep trying.
I want to lose this weight. I want to run a half. I want to finish something I start.
Blah.
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Training with Runwell
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 01/19/2009
- Time: 19:00:00
- Total Time: 1:00:00.00
- Distance: 2 miles
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Ow.
There are muscles in my legs that I didn’t know I have that are sore today. There are muscles in my legs that I’d forgotten I have that are sore today. And I’m going out tonight for a social run.
What in the world was I thinking?
And why in the world am I so HOOKED?
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