Recovering from micro-fracture surgery :(

Seriously...I put on 4 pounds in Vegas! I now have some motivation to get back at running! ha!  Ran 5 around the neighborhood that I grew up in.  My mom babysat for me. 5 in 41 and felt pretty good except my knee started throbbing at mile 3! I will be buying an elliptical this week, so any input would be great.  So far the advice I have is Costco and it has to have the bigger stride.  So, off to Costco I will go tomorrow!

Ran around Little Cottonwood with stabbing knee pain in my right knee! SWEAR WORDS!!!

Does every one who stayed in all winter have to be out jogging today???  I am stuck icing my knee on the most beautiful and warmest day so far this spring!!!   I ran through snow storms, rain, freezing cold temps all winter and now they are enjoying my nice weather! BOO!!! haha!

I'M MELTING! One week with nothing but laying around and trying to stay off my feet!.  I got on the scale yesterday (first time since Vegas at 112.0) and I was 107! WHAT?  Are all of my muscles disintigrating?!  Deeeeppppprrrrrreeeeesssssseeeeedddddd! It is cold and rainy outside today, so at least I won't be seeing too many runners out today that I feel like running off the road in my Suburban! :) ha!

Oh, and just found out I got into the St. George Marathon! If I can just get this knee better, I will have something fun to look forward to!

I rode the bike for a little over an hour.  My knee was fine, but my hip was hurting.  Seriously....If it is not one thing it is another!  I see an orthopedic surgeon on Friday to see about my knee that has hurt since the marathon and my hip that has been hurting for 8 months. Yippee!

On a different topic...I have been trying to memorize the presidents and one interesting thing about each of them. While I was walking around Costco yesterday I saw a movie series by HBO on John Adams, so I started watching that while I peddled away on my bike.  I loved it.  Can't wait to see more.  I am going to make myself only watch it while I am in my dreaded basement on some machine...I hope that will motivate me since I can't go outside for a run! 

5K with three of my kids and two nephew on Saturday morning at my son's middle school.  My 4 year old ran almost the entire way! It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! It kept bringing tears to my eyes.  He ran so hard and was trying so hard to win.  He only sat in the stroller on 3 hills and that is because I made him.  My 7 year old girl ran her heart out too.  It was so much fun!  My baby and my little girl came in before my 13 year old did!  He was too busy walking with some of the cute girls, but kicked it in to gear when one of his friends passed by him.  My two nephews were troopers too! Such a great day!  Great that my knee and hip didn't hurt at all too!   

 Went home and peddled away on my bike for an hour and used my new Concept 2 rower that I am in love with right now.   

Went to an orthopedic surgeon on Friday and he said that I have Right knee IT Band Syndrome and Right Trochanteric Bursitis....YIPPEE!  Six weeks of PT and no running....but since I ran on Sat and no pain, I am thinking it must not be that serious??!!!  

 Just got news that they are FINALLY delivering the elliptical and setting it up!  They were suppose to come last week....then yesterday....we'll see if they actually show up! Super excited! 

I couldn't resist getting out today for a run.  Blue skies and sunshine! I told my hub that I was just going to run until it started to hurt and then I would walk.  He said, "ya right. You will run the whole thing".  Well, I did stop at 2.5 to chat with a neighbor and it was hurting so I walked for a bit and ran the rest of the way home.  Sore, but not too bad!

 It was so cool to see all of the Hillcrest High Football team out riding their bikes along Wasatch Blvd for their 50 miler while I ran.  I was cheering them all on.  My nephew is one of them.   At the corner of Wasatch and South Little Cottonwood were 4 Hillcrest cheerleaders cheering them on.  It was a fun morning!

The mountains are so incredibly beautiful right now! I wish I could have done 10 and then ran up my Bells trail...instead I came home and mowed and edged the lawn.  It probably would have been better on my knee and hip to run up the trail and back. 

 I get to go do another charity event this afternoon.  I am kind of donated out right now!  Don't know how I will do the charity thing since I have a puking kid today and my hub just left town...yipppeeeeee!!  If I get some time I will ride my bike for an hour.   

Physical Therapist appt today at TOSH.  Great guy, very helpful.  Made me watch myself run in slow motion.  Taught me how to run properly.  Told me I have left side weakness (which I already know) and that is why my right hip and knee are trashed.  Gave me some exercises to do to strengthen my hips and core.

I've had left side weakness on and off for 10 years.  Told by a neurologist after the birth of my second baby that I had "textbook MS".  Not something anyone wants to hear.  After a year of terrible neurologic symptoms and IV steroids, I gradually got better.  My left side has never been the same and I still have problems with it every now and again.  

My left leg is so incredibly sore tonight after working on all of the strengthening exercises.  My right leg feels great.  

He told me I need to run fewer miles, just do speed work and then cross train.  It makes me a bit sad, but I am glad that I am as healthy as I am, and I qualified to run BOSTON! That is amazing since 10.5 years ago I went out for a one mile run dragging my left leg and crying the whole time until I reached my mile point.  Life is never dull.  Hope you all enjoy what you have!

 Ran one mile in 7:10.   

30 min on bike, core workout, 2 miles in 15....then off to a funeral the rest of the day. 

Never did find out....DO ELLIPTICAL MILES COUNT BURT?

75 minutes on the elliptical.  15 on the rower.  Core workout.  I acutally haven't done it yet! hahah! Okay, okay...I am getting to it right now! 

Got my lazy butt out of bed early to run this morning.  I have too many things to do today and couldn't wait until kids were out of the house and my 7th grader was home to babysit because it is jr.high late start day today.

5 miles at 47 minutes! Really....sad, I know! I was a huffing and puffing! Felt good to be out in the canyon. Mtns are beautiful!  NO PAIN! I am only suppose to be on 2 miles...but couldn't resist!

75 minutes on the HELLiptical! 

I ran 5 in 45 minutes this morning at my  moms.  I wanted to stop and walk before I even hit a mile! I was huffing and puffing so hard that I about cried!  

Six weeks without running and I am completely out of shape again!  The elliptical and bike do NOTHING to keep your endurance up!  I looked at my Garmin at mile 4 and realized that if I ran the last mile in under 8 then I would be at 45 minutes for 5 miles.  I ran as fast as I could with both knees stabbing me and got to 5 in 45 and honestly thought I was going to pass out.  Everything started to get dark and I was a sweaty mess....and I never really sweat! SAD, SAD DAY!

 I ran an extra mile tonight with my kids at Dimple Dell trail near Granite Park with lots of horse poo poo.  My right knee was stabbing me. Why won't it get better? I am feeling pretty sad for myself tonight! :(