Weekly Rundown- That Was Weird
Hello!!! Happy mid-July (ack!) Somehow after being on vacation, this week was a tough one. It was hard to get back in my normal groove, and one of the cats has decided to welcome us back by meowing loudly in the middle of the night, so I haven’t been sleeping enough. I’m hoping that next week things calm down a bit. Before I get to the Weekly Rundown- Kim let me know that many of her comments were disappearing, and I found them in my trash, along with random comments from other people. I recently started using the Akismet plugin because I was getting so much spam. I guess in addition to the spam it’s dumping other comments here and there into the trash… anyway, I apologize to anyone who left a comment and had it disappear! I’ll be checking the trash regularly to retrieve any legitimate comments. Now on to the fun! I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah for this weekly rundown. Monday Since Sunday was a travel day, Monday was a running day! Hooray! Following my run/walk buildup schedule, I ran five minutes, walked five minutes, ran five minutes, walked five minutes, ran five and walked five. Somehow in all this I passed my street- apparently after being away for a week I forgot where I live- and ended up running a bonus two minutes to get back home. I’ve settled into a routine with my PT exercises- I do some of them before I run to get the muscles activated, then after the run I usually do my side planks, and then at night I do some more. If I don’t get to every single one of them, I do the ones I missed the next day. Tuesday Back in the pool! I had limited time so I did my “pool 5k” workout, where I do a short warm up and then “run” for the same amount of time- approximately- it takes me to run a normal 5k. More PT later in the day. Wednesday Running again, and it was an exciting day because the running now is longer than the walking. Six minutes of running and four minutes of walking, repeated three times. Strangest thing about this run though- when I started, both of my knees were killing me- what in the world???- I never have knee issues! I’ve had shinsplints, plantar fasciitis, hamstring tendinopathy, and all sorts of issues with my hips- but whenever someone asks “Isn’t running bad for your knees?” (eye roll) I can reply that my knees are perfect! So what’s going on? Both my knees were very achy, right below the kneecap. It went away as the run went on, but was pretty painful in the beginning. None of my PT exercises bother my knees, so I’m putting this on the ever-increasing list of Things That Make No Sense. Thursday Thursday has always been a dedicated strength day, so I’ve been doing all my PT exercises on Thursday mornings. Every single one! It was nice not having to do anything in the evening. Friday Another run! This time it was seven minutes of running/three walking, times three. Again my knees were very achy in the beginning. This might be the perfect time to mention that I’m not a fan of the run/walk intervals. I know some people use them all the time, with great success. I just feel like it breaks up my rhythm. For this run my knees were aching again and just as that was subsiding, I had to stop and walk, drat! Then I walked for three minutes and had to start running again… I would rather just run the whole time. Even in long runs when I’m tired, I hate walking (although I’ve definitely done it.) It’s so hard to start running again- easier to just stay running than go back and forth. Well, soon enough I’ll be done with the walking intervals- yay. PT exercises in the evening, of course. Saturday 40 minute pool run. PT at night! Sunday I really miss my Sunday long runs! But even though it wasn’t long, I did get to run today. Eight minutes of running/two walking, times three. Again, my knees were really achy in the beginning. Whatever. I gave myself an extra bonus minute of running at the end (my knees were completely fine by that point) because it was HOT and I just wanted to get home! I realized that with all the PT I’ve been doing for my hip, I haven’t done ANY upper body strength in weeks- I actually forgot that was a thing. So that will be a goal for next week! Do you like run/walk intervals? How do you use them? Anyone have a guess what’s up with my achy knees? – I must be doing something to cause this issue!