Weekly Workouts #2

My life is busy so fitting all of this in gets a little crazy sometimes but I do it for my own sanity.  I love the way I feel after a good run or lifting session.  The endorphins power me through each and every day.

Monday, 9/9: BBM Day # 8 - 8 Count Body Builders (these are no joke!!)
                      5 mile bike ride

Tuesday, 9/10: 3 mile run, 1 mile treadmill incline walk

Wednesday, 9/11: 3.5 mile run

Thursday, 9/12: 3 mile run, 1.5 mile treadmill incline walk, arm workout

Friday, 9/13:  ab workout

Saturday, 9/14: 5.5 mile run

Sunday, 9/15: rest

As you can see I am not fitting in all of my Bikini Body Mommy workouts.  It is proving to be a little difficult to fit it all in but I am doing them when I can.  Just keep on keeping on!


~Jessica

Weekly Workouts #1

Happy Tuesday! 

My plan is to recap my workouts for the previous week from now on.  I should have gotten this posted yesterday but life happened and I didn't get it done.  As I told you last week, I am half training so a lot of my workouts consist of running but I also started the Bikini Body Mommy 90 Day Challenge.  It started on 9/2 but feel free to join in!

Week of 9/2/13 - 9/8/13

Monday, 9/2: BBM Day #1

Tuesday, 9/3: BBM Day #2
                      3 mile run

Wednesday, 9/4: BBM Day #3 (cardio day)
                            3 mile run

Thursday, 9/5: BBM Day #4
                        3 mile run

Friday, 9/6: BBM Day #5

Saturday, 9/7: Rest

Sunday, 9/8: BBM Day #6 (cardio day)
                     4.25 mile run

As you can see I took Saturday as my rest day and did my BBM cardio on Sunday which was also my long run.  In the future I plan to do the cardio/long run day on Saturday as it is supposed to be.  My son had a football game on Saturday morning and then we spent the rest of the day on the boat with our friends.  It was too nice of a day to turn down an invite like that and it was so hot that I figured Sunday would be better for my run anyway. And for once I was right!! :)

PS....My boy attended his first middle school dance Saturday night!!  So sweet.

~Jessica
                    

Back In the Saddle...

I guess I was never really out of the saddle but I haven't been posting here.  Oops!   Life has been crazy, but a good kind of crazy.

Our son kept us super busy playing ball all summer.  He goes all year round with one thing or another.  Currently he is playing football and fall baseball.  We love it though!

We did head out of town for a couple of fun weekends which was so great for our family.

I have still been running and lifting weights.  Being busy isn't going to keep me from taking care of myself.  The same can't be said for my house at all times :)

Over the summer I ran a couple of 5k's.  My current PR for a 5k is 24:51.  I also ran a 5 miler.  Running a half keeps popping into my head and I keep squashing it down.  And then I thought, why not give it a shot.  I started Hal Higdon's Novice 2 half training program this week.  Guess I better start looking for a half to register for.

I will leave you with a family picture from one of our weekends out of town and I will be back soon to update you on how my running is going! 

Thanks for reading!

~Jessica

Injury Update

In my last post I talked about seeing the podiatrist and where things stood with my foot.  I was able to run but at about 1.5 miles into my runs my foot would start to hurt.  It wasn't as bad as before but still not right  I decided to try some KT tape to see if that would help at all.

 

While it did seem to help some, I could tell that something still wasn't right.  I had made an appointment with my chiropractor when my foot started hurting but he is amazing and really hard to get into.  It took 4 weeks for me to get in.  I finally had my appointment last Wednesday.  I explained what the podiatrist had said about it being peroneal tendonitis.  He said that he agreed but that is an outdated term and diagnosis.  This particular chiropractor uses the Graston technique.  He worked the muscles on the outside of my right leg.  If you are looking at the picture above, he was working just to the left of where the tape is going up the side of my leg.  When he felt that was loosened up, he worked along the side of my foot.  It is somewhat painful in parts but it is one of those hurts so good things.  He told me to rest a day or two and try running.  I am so glad that I am here telling you that I have had almost no pain when running.  I have run 5 times since last Wednesday.  Those first couple of runs were 2 - 2.5 miles but the other 3 were over 3 miles.  At the very end of the runs I can tell that something just isn't right in that area on the outside of my foot but it is not painful.  I went back to him today for a follow up and he worked my foot a little more.  He thinks I should be good now.  I am so excited to start slowly increasing my mileage again.  I am definitely going to ease into it so I don't overdo it right now.

If you have an injury, be sure to rest and see a doctor or chiropractor.  I am positive that if I hadn't gotten it checked out it would still be bothering me.

Happy Friday!! 

~Jessica

Peroneal Tendonitis

Last Friday I went and saw the podiatrist for my foot pain.  After I explained what was happening and he examined my foot,  he came to the conclusion that I had peroneal tendonitis.  According to the doctor, the cause of this is unknown but it is common in athletes. 

via footeducation.com

He taped my foot really well and instructed me to leave it on for 72 hours.  Start taking Aleve or Ibuprofen 3 times a day to reduce inflammation and after removing the tape, ice for 20 minutes daily.

 

 Monday morning I removed the tape and my foot felt great.  He told me that I could try running at any time but to stop if I had any pain and to ease back into it.  Monday afternoon I ran a mile.  It felt great.  Tuesday I went and got fitted for new shoes since my current ones were reaching their mileage limit and I wanted to eliminate anything that may be causing the issue.

This afternoon I went for a run and stopped at a little over 2 miles but felt great.  Hopefully things have cleared up.  I am still taking the Aleve per doctor's orders and have been icing for at least 20 minutes a day.  Today I iced right after my run and will ice again this evening.

I can't say enough good things about Runners Gate.  If you are from the Twin Cities area, I highly recommend you check them out.  They were so helpful and did not rush me in any way. I spend an hour trying on different shoes and running on their treadmill.  And when I realized my keys and cell phone were locked in my car, they let me use their phone to call my insurance company and allowed me to hang out in the store while waiting for the company to come unlock my doors.  Oops! 

I got some new snack bars today......

I can't wait to try them out!  I have heard such great things about them. Definitely going to break into them for my afternoon snack.

And now I leave you with a picture of me with a couple of nasty cold sores :(

 

Baseball season has started for my boy so even though we had 6" of snow a couple of days ago we are off to a tournament this weekend.  Forecast says 70° and sunny!  Sure hope they are right!

~Jessica

 

Down and Out

My thoughts and prayers go out to the runners, spectators and all others affected by the Boston explosions.  It is such a senseless act.  Incredibly sad.  Runners unite!

I wore my Get Lucky! 7k sweatshirt in honor of Boston.....

Last night I ran 3.25 miles in honor of Boston.  I have been having some foot trouble so struggled through it a little.  I have an appointment with a podiatrist on Friday and with a chiropractor on Tuesday.  I am so frustrated.  If you are a runner, you know what I am talking about.  The feeling I get from running is incredible and I'm really struggling with taking time off.  Hopefully I will be able to report back with some good news after my appointments.  Until then I will settle for the bike and elliptical.

~Jessica

Get Lucky!

I am a couple of weeks behind but on March 16th I ran the Get Lucky! 7k in Minneapolis.  I signed up with a friend back in October.  I didn't necessarily train for this race because it isn't much longer of a distance than a 5k and I was running 4 or 5 milers here and there so I knew I just wanted to keep up my running base going in to this.  March in MN can be super cold or it can be super warm.  You just never know what you're going to get.  Well this year it was super cold!

I was scrambling around the morning of the race because my son was playing in a hockey game early that morning.  I went to the game for as long as I could and headed out early for my race.  I got there and oh my goodness, there were people everywhere!  I never found my friend that I signed up with so I ended up running the race solo which is fine.  I'm not one to chat during a race anyway.  I crossed the start line about 30 minutes after the gun went off.  I just tried to keep moving while waiting because it was about 15°.  Once I crossed the start line, I weaved in and out of people the entire race.  It was frustrating but what do you do?!?  It had snowed a bit the night before too so the roads were slick.  But with the poor conditions, I did pretty good.  I ended finishing in 40:40.  With better conditions I could have done quite a bit better but I will take it.  I would definitely sign up for this race again because the atmosphere was so much fun (lots of people and bagpipes playing along the course) but I wouldn't go into it aiming for a PR because I would more than likely get too frustrated.

And now I will leave you with some crappy race pictures....

You're welcome :) 

~Jessica