Week 1 of MS 150 and 1/2 Marathon training

So this was my first week of training for the MS 150 bike ride and 1/2 marathon.  Yikes - I can honestly say that I was tired.  As I look back on the week, not only was it busy with biking and running, but additionally there were a couple of other things going on that attributed to my being tired.

On Wednesday evening I slept overnight at my church on a portable cot.  My church is part of a program called "A Road Home".  Four times during the year, my church houses 5-6 homeless families for a week.  As a host church, members cook dinner, play with the children during the evening and sleep over night at the church.  I will only say that the cot's are not very comfy . . . and I only sleep on them for 1 evening at a time, the guests sleep on them for months at a time.  The families move from church to church - until they can find permanent housing, which usually takes 10-12 weeks.

Additionally, my son graduated from high school on Friday.

My bike training:
Saturday:  32 miles - included here, even though I previously blogged about it - it contributed to my being tired.
Monday:  15 miles - biked to work
Wednesday:  15 miles - biked to work
Thursday:  15 miles - biked to work

total bike miles:  77

My running schedule:
Saturday:  3.1 miles - Komen Race for the Cure
Sunday:  4 miles
Wednesday:  3 miles
Saturday:  3 miles
Sunday 5 miles

total run miles:  18

Last week was Bike to Work week - I biked to work 3 times for a total of 45 miles.  Best part was that the city had set up various tents along the cities bike paths and they were serving donuts and coffee.  So I indulged in a donut three mornings last week.  YIKES!!!!  I don't usually eat donuts - but they were so good.


My workout this week:

		Bike	Run
Monday		0	0
Tuesday		15	3.5
Wednesday		15	6 X 400
Thursday		0	3
Friday		0	rest
Saturday		38	rest
Sunday		11	5

I will be anxious to see if I can do it.  I think I can . . . I think I can . . . I know I can.  ;-)

I have to admit that my foot is bothering me a bit.  My stress fracture issues, seem to be irritated.  Top of my foot is slightly swollen - and the discomfort is more of an irritant vs pain.  I am going to take some ibuprofen and ice it for a little bit.  

Wednesday Wonders - short and sweet ;-)

Well today is the first day that my foot actually feels better. It has been two weeks to the day, since I hurt my foot - stress fracture of the 2nd metatarsal. I started walking in the "bootie" Monday. Up to this point I was walking with an extremely obvious limp - because it hurt. But as the day progressed I could feel that my foot was feeling much better. Tonight I felt like I was "almost" walking normal. . . well as normal as you can walk with a hard soled bootie on one foot.

I hope everyone stays healthy.

ENJOY the day!

The Recovery Starts

I went to the Orthopedic doctor this morning. The stress fracture is in my 2nd metatarsal bone. I have a little solid soled bootie to wear. The idea is to keep my foot from bending when I walk. I am not under orders to wear the boot - but I need to be careful walking - so I am going to wear it for a week and then make a decision about going back to my shoes - or continue with the boot. He suggested that I need to stay away from running for 4-6 weeks. To be honest he was more concerned about my high arches in my feet. He wanted to make sure that I wore good shoes . . . check and that I replace them frequently . . . check. The bone scan also showed that I previously had a stress fracture of my 4th metatarsal - the Dr. estimated that it probably took place 1-2 years ago. I must have run through it - I don't recall it hurting . . . certainly not enough to go to the doctor.

Anyway - the good news is that I get to ride my bike. I was going to try it out tonight when I got home - but didn't get home very early from work so will try it tomorrow after work.

Stay healthy out there . . . and listen to your body.

Waiting for X-Rays

Ok - as I mentioned in my last post - my foot started hurting last week. I didn't run on Friday or Saturday, figured if it hurt - I should rest it. I ran 5 miles on Sunday - although my foot hurt - it was doable. But once I stopped, I hobbled around for the rest of the day - it hurt. I put ice on it and took ibuprofen a couple times - woke up today still hobbling - and it still hurts.

Soooooo, I called for an appointment - Orthopedics could get me in next week, but I called my primary and was able to see her. I just got back from the Dr. - I had an X-ray and then came back to work and am waiting to hear the results. I am so hoping that Dr. Goggle and all of her Internet wisdom is WRONG. My suspicion is that it is a stress fracture of either the second or third metatarsal. But then again it might be a tendon pull or stretch, or what ever you might do to a tendon. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I will report back with the results.

I am feeling old. ;-(

TGIF

I am sooooooo glad it is friday.

Although I would love to totally relax this weekend - I have several things for church that I have to get done this weekend and I still need to finish our tax return. I am really upset with myself that I haven't gotten it done previously. It is almost done - but I need to find two 1099's for interest. This is so not like me - but it is . . . what it is . . .

Additionally we would like to finish replacing the other sidelight on our front door. The new sidelight is on the left - notice it doesn't have any panes.

MY RIGHT FOOT - has been hurting the last couple of days. I don't know of anything that I did to it. It feels bruised and is tender to the touch on the top of my foot - ????? what the heck ????? Did the google search - self doctoring - about the only thing that I find on the internet is that it could possibly be a stress fracture. That just can't be - I don't really run enough miles. It just can't be . . . it just can't be!!! You have got to be kidding . . .

This is EXACTLY where it hurts. ;-(

I am planning on running tomorrow morning - so we will see. I was planning on a 5 mile run this morning - but thought I would rest my foot - so although it doesn't really feel any different - I am going to try it tomorrow.

Enjoy the weekend.