Yesterday I tried to give the run thing a go. Even though my foot was still injured it was feeling a little better and I wanted to see if a new pair of shoes would help. Well I ended up turning back after 1 block in and the foot is still in pain. I wanted to do something other than swim so I headed to the gym to try out the cross trainer. I see people on the cross trainer all the time but I have never tried it out, so I booked 30min session on it. I ended up only doing 20min because my balls of my feet were getting sore. I don't know if I was doing it right but I don't think that I should be feeling pain down there.
The good thing about yesterday was that I register in almost all my races for the summer. I have been putting it off to see how my foot is going to be but if I wait to long I might not enter into any. Also by registering for this races it will get my butt in gear.
My goal for the summer is to get in as much training as I can while I am in school and to use all these races as a good building tool towards Muskoka 70.3 in September. After that race it looks like I will be focusing back on my running get ready for another marathon. I have not decided which marathon I will do but Phoenix is on the radar. Depending on the group consensus is were I will race. I am not a big fan of racing a marathon but I do like the training with the group and also I like to make a vacation out of these races.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Frustration
I have not blogged in a while because I have been frustrated with my training. One thing to another has lead me to not be able to train.
Just over 2 weeks ago my training was going great. I was starting to focus more on speed but it soon came to an end. The flu was going around my family which started off with Miranda not feeling that well for a few days. On the Wednesday I got home from class and was getting ready to go coach and then a swim but Makayla ended up throwing up everything that she was taking in. This went on until Friday before Miranda took her to the hospital to get check out. We were worry and even called tel -a-health on Thursday to see if we should take her in. Well we were glad to have taken her in on Friday because the doctor said that she was extremely dehydrated and that if we waited any longer it would not be good. That night I ended up getting the flu and it was the worst I have ever had. It took me almost a full week to get over it. Well Makayla ended up coming home after 5 days in the hospital but it took a few days more before she was back to her self. I am glad she is back to normal it was hard seeing here in the condition that she was in.
I thought that with the flu gone I could start trying to train again. It did take a day or two to start to feel better at training without feeling so drained in energy. This didn't last long. The top of my right foot was very sore and made walking and running unbearable. So back to taking the time off and giving my foot some time to rest and get better. I don't know what I did but it is very sore to walk on. This has gone on for a week now and I am getting very frustrated with not being able to train.
I am hoping that this will go away by Monday as I am icing my foot every 15min now. I have to keep telling myself that this is just a set back and that not to push it because I might be out longer. Well Muskoka is in 3 weeks and I need to focus on the my swim and bike and hopefully when my foot gets back I will be able to get my run back quickly.
I did get in a swim today and was looking at biking but with Miranda working and with the amount of homework I am hopping to get out on my bike at 7pm.
Just over 2 weeks ago my training was going great. I was starting to focus more on speed but it soon came to an end. The flu was going around my family which started off with Miranda not feeling that well for a few days. On the Wednesday I got home from class and was getting ready to go coach and then a swim but Makayla ended up throwing up everything that she was taking in. This went on until Friday before Miranda took her to the hospital to get check out. We were worry and even called tel -a-health on Thursday to see if we should take her in. Well we were glad to have taken her in on Friday because the doctor said that she was extremely dehydrated and that if we waited any longer it would not be good. That night I ended up getting the flu and it was the worst I have ever had. It took me almost a full week to get over it. Well Makayla ended up coming home after 5 days in the hospital but it took a few days more before she was back to her self. I am glad she is back to normal it was hard seeing here in the condition that she was in.
I thought that with the flu gone I could start trying to train again. It did take a day or two to start to feel better at training without feeling so drained in energy. This didn't last long. The top of my right foot was very sore and made walking and running unbearable. So back to taking the time off and giving my foot some time to rest and get better. I don't know what I did but it is very sore to walk on. This has gone on for a week now and I am getting very frustrated with not being able to train.
I am hoping that this will go away by Monday as I am icing my foot every 15min now. I have to keep telling myself that this is just a set back and that not to push it because I might be out longer. Well Muskoka is in 3 weeks and I need to focus on the my swim and bike and hopefully when my foot gets back I will be able to get my run back quickly.
I did get in a swim today and was looking at biking but with Miranda working and with the amount of homework I am hopping to get out on my bike at 7pm.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Back to School
I am back in school now for the final push until I graduate in December. It looks like there is going to be tones of reading but it doesn't look to be that bad of a read. I am very excited to be going to Belleville for my clinical. I really missed being in a hospital last term when we had to do a community placement but now I am back. This placement I believe is in the Labour and delivery area. That is going to be exciting because I like working with children and this might be an area that one day I might try out in my nursing career.
The next 2 weeks is going to be a trial period for me to figure out my workout schedule. I don't want to overload my weeks with to much training even thought I would love to do that. I have to find a balance that will work for me and at the same time have enough time and energy left over for the family and to get in all my homework done. With figuring out my scheduling for training I am going to try and see if I can put a few group workouts every week into my plan. I really do enjoy training with everyone and it seem to push me to the next level which somethings I can not get there by myself. The only problems I see with going to group workouts is that I will have a time limit and I can't waste it talking or standing around at the start of every workout.
The next 2 weeks is going to be a trial period for me to figure out my workout schedule. I don't want to overload my weeks with to much training even thought I would love to do that. I have to find a balance that will work for me and at the same time have enough time and energy left over for the family and to get in all my homework done. With figuring out my scheduling for training I am going to try and see if I can put a few group workouts every week into my plan. I really do enjoy training with everyone and it seem to push me to the next level which somethings I can not get there by myself. The only problems I see with going to group workouts is that I will have a time limit and I can't waste it talking or standing around at the start of every workout.
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