Weekly Rundown- Moving Forward
Well, it wasn’t an exciting week around here, but since nowadays exciting seems to equal bad, I’ll take it! The only change in my foot situation (which I like to call the “deluxe” version of plantar fasciitis) is that I had a mindset shift. I decided to stop babying it so much, and proceeded (cautiously) to add a fourth day of running to the week. This week I’m linking up with Deborah and Kim for their Weekly Run Down! Monday Monday was my day off, as usual. Tuesday 3 mile run. I’m sure running slowly, but it feels great. After running through the sweltering Florida summer, we’re getting our reward this month. Beautiful morning temperatures in the 50s! I did the Gauntlet Plank Workout after this run. Wednesday This title of this blog could also be “The Reluctant Strength Trainer.” If I could just run every single day I would be in heaven. Since I live on planet earth though, I’ve been very good about strength training twice a week. I do squats, deadlifts, and pullups (using a band to assist- dreams someday of doing an unassisted pullup!) Lately I’ve been adding some single leg exercises as well, and on this day I did single leg squats. Funny thing about this photo! This was as low as I could go, and it felt like my thigh was parallel to the floor. Ha ha… not quite! Looks like I have some work to do. Thursday 2 mile run. This was my added 4th day of running so I kept it short. But it felt great. Followed up with Gauntlet Plank Workout. Friday 3 mile run. My foot felt fine, even after running two days in a row. Victory! It was a busy morning so all I did was run (living the dream!) Saturday Strength training again, and this time I did the Runners Touch. This one is hard if you’re not used to it! I’ve done it on and off throughout the years, and one thing I like about it is it takes a lot of foot strength to keep your balance. I need more foot strength right now so I’m adding this into my routine several times a week. Sunday Words can’t really describe how much I miss doing a long run on Sundays. I miss getting up early and heading out for 2-3 hours with my gel and podcasts. SIGH. Today I ran 3 miles and guess what- it’s way better than 0 miles so I’ll take it. It’s hard coming back from an injury but I’m going slow. I’ll get there eventually! Followed up this run with the Gauntlet Plank Workout. One last thought. You know that question “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” (34, by the way. That’s not my actual age- that’s my imagined age, ha ha). The other day I came up with a similar question- “What would your body look like if you didn’t know what it looked like?” In other words, if there were no mirrors and you just had to go by how your body felt. With all these planks, I think I might have a six pack! It’s settled, I’m getting rid of my mirrors and just going by feel! Hope everyone has a great week!