Recovering from micro-fracture surgery :(

8 in 1:07 and I was so sick! I honestly didn't think I would make it back to the bathroom without having an accident! I think I have had a flu this week.

I went to the doctor today because I haven't been feeling well.  I have auto-immune problems and thought I better go back in just to get checked out since I have had low energy lately.  Test results came back today and everything is great!  My thyroid is perfect and no auto-antibodies.  I got down to 103 pounds a year and a half ago without trying now I am back up to 109 with a normal thyroid function.  Last year I didn't have a reflex in my left leg.  I have had left side weakness problems on and off since I had my second child.  They think I have MS.  

My doc told me that I am under weight and need to put on at least 7 pounds and I would feel better.  I eat really well and don't feel like eating most of the time....I just feel kind of sick and everything runs through me.  I think it must just be from running and exercising a lot lately.  I was suppose to run 10 yesterday and I just couldn't make myself get out in the cold and snow.  We have shown our house 4X this week and I am about on burnout from cleaning non-stop!  

I think I need some time off to get back to wanting to run and enjoy it again.  I hate the last few weeks that build up to the marathon.  My body is exhausted and I have no energy! I think I am just old! :(  I did get an email from the Boston Athletic Assoc. and they said they will be mailing me my packet this month.  I am excited about that and hope my body can keep up with the training so that I won't run a 5 hour marathon!

Downed Pepto Bismol this morning and was suppose to run 14 today and I just couldn't do it.  Zero energy.  I was running 9:30 min miles.  Bad day.   I hope my body gets better soon.

Skiing with my family tomorrow.  I will spend the day on the bunny hills in hopes that I don't hurt a leg! 

DONE!  Ran all over Holladay to Big Cottonwood and down to Creek Road and back to Holladay (Yes, it is spelled this way) with a friend.  She asked me to take her husband's place and run the Moab half on St. Patrick's Day with her since her hub decided not to run it.  Sounded fun to me, but didn't sound like a lot of fun for my hub to hang out at a rented house with a bunch of kids while we run, so he is staying home.  :(  Have I mentioned that he loves that I run? Ha!

3 miles of hills

Hike with the kids.  I'm counting the miles. :)

My cute crew of 4!  haha

Ten in 1:22 (8.2 mm average).  I felt like crap today.  I have been recovering from laryngitis.  I haven't been able to breath for a few days.  I had a sinus headache, so I downed some Ibuprofen and made myself get out since the marathon is 5 weeks from today.  I have had one thing after another lately and I really need to have my miles up.  I don't know how I am going to do at the marathon. :(

Ran with a neighbor, her daughter and my son (James).  We started training for the Bryce Canyon Half in July.  I hope they make it.

Ran 8 with a friend and then 2 miles at pace.  Moab Half on Saturday.  I will not be getting a PR! ha!

I decided to not go to Moab at the last minute.  The reason why I was going is that I was going to be able to bring my kids and all of our kids could play at a big ranch house up in some canyon while we ran the half.  

Ballet West decided to add two practices on Saturday for The Little Mermaid ballet that is coming up.  So, all of our girls had to stay behind and Rick was going to have all the girls sleepover and drive them to dance all day.  James, my oldest decided that he didn't want to go either.  I then felt like I was being too selfish by going with my friend and leaving Rick with a house full of kids!  

We had a fun weekend with a house full of kids since James had two friends sleepover too. I love St. Patrick's Day.  I'm glad that I didn't miss out on the Leprechaun that runs around our house all day and turns our milk green and leaves gold coins.    

I ran 16 out in the wind and some rain.  It was not fun!!!  I was feeling bummed that my friend was running the half with beautiful scenery to look at while I was running on the streets around here dodging cars. 

Two, three mile repeats.  Just under 8 mm.  MISERABLE.  I thought I was going to puke.  I wish I was in better shape!

Beautiful day!  I ran 8.4 with my friend Cheryl that I will be going to Boston with.  We met at the Smith's on Bengal Blvd and ran to Pepperwood and back along Wasatch Blvd.  It was a fun run.  It kicked our butts! ha!

Ran 1 mile with my 13 yr old.  I am trying to get him to exercise instead of play on the computer.  He doesn't have many friends so the computer has taken their place.  It is kind of heartbreaking.  There is only so much of a friend a mom and dad can be. He is training for the Bryce Canyon Half in July.  We are starting slow.  I hope he can lose a little weight and start to enjoy exercise along the journey.  

I'm not really sure about the milage today.  I might be more like 23??  My Garmin and my friend's weren't accurate since we both turned them off a couple of times and forgot to turn them back on. ha! Whoops!  

I ran about 21 with my friend in the morning and a little later in the day.  We started in Holladay and ran to Sugarhouse Park and around a couple of times and up through the Country Club and back to Highland High for the drinking fountain and back to Holladay.  I wasn't dead at the end of the run and another 5 would have been fine.  :)

Does anyone else have this problem???  My feet are so sore!  I am not injured, but I have been afraid to run the past two weeks because my heels feel bruised and the sides of my feet hurt and the tissue in my feet is tender.  I think all of the pounding is just a bit much on my poor feet!  I have run 2 X 18 milers and 2 X 21 milers now, not to mention all of the teen long runs in between.   I was planning on running 8 to 10 tomorrow, but I think I am going to let my feet heal a bit.  I REALLY don't want to have an injury this close to Boston!!! Any advice?

I have been trying to eat high nutrient foot.  I have been blending tons of mixed greens, flax, berries and trying to keep my diet really clean and good.  I have tried to be a vegetarian and vegan before, but I just didn't feel good at all.  My body needs meat!  I try not to eat too much meat and keep most of it organic.  I always use and eat organic eggs.  Any advice on eating before Boston?  

Another problem....I am terrified that I am going to turn into diarrhea lady durning the marathon.  I haven't had a problem with it this week (thank goodness), but I have lately been so sick during and after my runs.  The harder or longer they have been the worse it is for me.  Yesterday's run was great and I didn't have any problems, I am hoping for the best on race day and not hitting a POP every few miles!  Do you take any kind of Pepto or anti-diarrhea medicine  before a race or long run?  I am such a novice and I don't know how I qualified for Boston.  I am not a real runner, I just love to run! HELP :)

2 with my son

I'm on the verge of tears today. I had to drive my daughter down to Rick/Eccles Stadium at the U for her science fair project.  I kept holding back the tears as we drove there this morning.  I am hoping this is just hormones and I am not really this pathetic! I am pretty sure I have plantar fasciitis in my left foot.  I have stayed off of my feet for almost a week, icing and heating.  My hub suggested that I go and buy different shoes and see if that helps since I have about 20 pair of Asics, either Cumulus or Nimbus.  

I went to a new New Balance store and they had me stand on a computerized foot thing and told me that I stand on the outside of my feet.  He gave me some new shoes and some orthotic inserts.  He said that he was trained by a podiatrist.  I ran 18 the next day and they felt good.  My foot still hurts though and is burning and throbbing almost all of the time.  I also tweaked my knee at kickboxing  this week and I keep having stabbing pains in my right knee and my right hip is hurting again from my old problem with bursitis!  I am falling apart.  My body just can't handle the miles when I am up around 40 miles per week and running high teens or 20s.  I don't know why everyone else can pump out the miles and I can't!  It is frustrating me.  

My 18 mile run was a disaster.  I thought it would be soooo easy since I hadn't run for a week.  I was huffing and puffing when we would get into the 7s.  How pathetic!  It was an extremely slow 18 and it about killed me!  I was really hoping to be in good enough shape to run a 3:30 at Boston.  I then decided that even if I was in the 3:30s that would be okay.....now I don't even think I will be able to qualify for Boston at Boston! I will need a 3:45 to qualify because I will be 40 at the next Boston marathon.  I just really wanted to qualify in the youngest age group.  I feel like I was in a lot better shape a month ago.  :(

We are heading to Washington DC this week for Spring Break.  We just found out yesterday that they accepted our request for a White House tour.  I am worrying about how I am going to get my runs in while on vacation.  This is one of the reasons that my hub hates my running because it interferes with his schedule!!!  

SWEARWORDS!  I have unbelievable luck!  Instead of just tearing up, I have been sobbing today.  Felt great this morning, my foot has been feeling better, knee and hip have still been having stabbing pains now and again, but nothing serious.  Met my nephew and ran 3 in 23, walked a bit and ran another three in 23.  I felt like I was going to puke so we walked for about a half mile before we started another repeat.  After about a half mile my knee started hurting so bad that I had to stop and then I couldn't put any weight on it or bend it at all without HORRIBLE pain.  I half walked straight kneed and hobbled trying not to cry holding on to my nephew.   I called my husband and he was NOT HAPPY!  He called in a personal favor to an orthopedic friend of his that operated on Tiger Woods a few years ago.  My appt is at 4:30 today.  I will most likely not be running Boston.  I am so heartbroken!  I am not training for any more marathons.  I am only running halves from now on.  My body just can't handle training for fulls! :(!!!!!