Wowzers. I'm feeling close to being back! My shoulders have been in therapy since late January and it was finally determined I should go see a shoulder specialist. While I put off that appointment, I continued to basically do NOTHING with my upper body :-( I also switched to a higher pillow and it seems to have helped. While getting my foot taped up the other day, the doctor asked why he hadn't heard back from the specialist yet and I had to admit I had put off the appointment, but assured him my shoulders feel a bit better...although I'm not really doing anything with them...
So he said to go ahead and do some light workouts and see how they feel. I did a little bit the last two days and although not perfect, it gave me some hope...
SO today I decided to do a full Body Rock workout and it went ok. Just ok. I didn't lighten the load on my sandbag and it was really too heavy for me to be doing presses and I can tell I'm still holding myself funny in the plank position and my butt is too high in mountain climbers and yadda yadda yadda...I STILL did it! and I shared part of it with you here today. 50 seconds on, 10 seconds rest, 4 exercises, 3 rounds. It's a start.
Never think you don't have time or room to workout. These workouts run an average of 12 minutes long and as you can see, I used about a 3x6 foot area in my husband's office.
Now........>>>>the run.
My scheduled run on Saturday was to be 10 miles. I got taped up on Friday and felt fabulous on Saturday. The first 1.5 miles were on the road and I was a little worried when my arch started to bug me, but by the time we got to the trails, I was good to go. We ended up doing somewhere between 12 and 13 miles and other than a nice big trip on a nice big root - it was golden. Golden, I say!! More on this later!
7 comments:
You're legs are golden! Glad your run went well.
Wooo Hoooo! great that the run went well :)
yes, 12 minutes in a little box...never not enough time nor enough room...you make it work :)
Sounds like a good run other than that pesky root.
Hope your shoulders continue to heal, girl.
Oh Julie this is such good news!!!!
oh my word. i've got to do a body rock work out. they intimidate me a little though. wish I had a sand bag. Got the timer though!! :) Great run!!! way to go. glad your body is recovering!
That's a lot of squats, even without weight! Your legs are rock-solid.
I am REALLY excited about your run. This is GOOD news! Bring on the half!!
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