Missing In Action

Wow, I have not written in quite some time and I don’t have an excuse. At least not one that matters.

 

Since my last posting, my 7 month pup broke her hind leg, it was a spiral fracture and quite serious. She was in the hospital for two days and we picked her up on Monday night. No learn to run for me that night because I wasn’t leaving her. She is doing fine and has a plate in her leg right now. No cast, stitches on the inside and still in some pain. She forgets it’s broken sometimes and darts off and I think it hurts her enough that she limps (3 legged run) for a few minutes.

 

So for my L2R, even though I was unable to continue my outside training sessions, I did keep it up on the treadmill and did one more minute than what the class was doing. I find it much easier to run on the treadmill than I do outside. It is easier on my back and hip as well. What I’ve done for that is I had 3 visits with a Physiotherapist and she performed some Inter Muscular Stimulation on my lower back and hip (ouch is all I can say). But it worked…. Amazing really and had I known about this ability years ago, I may have been out of pain sooner.

 

Then the following two Mondays I was in Mazatlan and was unable to attend the L2R classes. I did 3 days of 7:1x3sets in the gym at the resort but it was so HOT it was unbearable. They didn’t have air conditioning… can you believe that – In a hot country with a gym and there is no air conditioning…. I sweated buckets and I’m not exaggerating. Then on the Friday, we went deep sea fishing and with the rocking of the boat and my unsteady feet I walked right into this engine cover that stuck up from the floor. Now it had yellow tape on the front and back, but not on the side, which is where I came at it from. I hit my toes dead on and it really hurt. As the day progressed, my little toe on my left side swelled up and turned a lovely shade of purple. I rarely bruise but I sure did this time. I throbbed all that night and was extremely sore. I could not walk very well with any sandals on my feet (barefoot was better). Must have walked funny with no shoes to make up for any pressure on my toe. However I got up the next morning and did attempt to put on my running shoes which lasted all about 2 minutes. So now almost a week later, the swelling and bruising is almost gone but I still can’t put my foot into an enclosed shoe. I’ve very bummed about not being able to exercise.

 

So yesterday I did an hour of my Cardio Party in bare feet and I managed well enough. Had a good upper body workout anyway. And then last night I hit my toe again and it brought tears to my eyes. It absolutely sucks. So I have to face it that I have to take the time to heal the toe and take it easy. But that doesn’t stop me from doing any strength training and I’m going to focus on that until I can run again.

 

And for Food, well while on vacation, I took a food vacation too. I didn’t eat all that healthy while there and all the food is not prepared in the healthiest way. But I didn’t gain any weight and that is good for me. So now that I’m back, the vacation is over and although I can’t workout cardiovascular, I will have to ensure I eat very clean.

 

So back to blogging and being accountable to myself.

 

TTYL