Weekly Rundown- New Adventures in Cardio
Oh, hi there! Let’s see… when we left off last Sunday I was finishing a great week that was derailed at the last minute by pain in my calf. My goal for this week was to a) heal up that calf, b) do lots of cardio, and c) follow Sally McRae’s advice to do something to make myself stronger every day. Let’s just see how that played out! Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting this Weekly Rundown. Monday My calf was still feeling sketchy, so I went to the gym and spent 40 grueling minutes on the bike. I was a little cranky, and failed to take a photo. Later in the day I did an upper body strength workout. Tuesday New day, new calf! I had a great 2 mile walk with no pain. Later in the day I did my hip stability exercises. Wednesday One hour of cardio, which broke down like this: 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes on the treadmill, including two pain-free miles of running. Now that I’ve banned the Stairmaster, the elliptical is my machine of choice. Later in the day… Caroline Girvan deadbug workout. Thursday Another 2 mile walk… and a lower body strength workout. At night I watched the Miami/Ole Miss playoff game and GAH!!! I needed to turn it off and go to bed, but there was no way to turn that one off!!! Did anyone else watch it? (I know Jenn did!) Not only did I stay up until 11:30 to see the end, but then I couldn’t sleep because I was so hyped up. Friday Ouch. This morning’s alarm was painful. I got out for a one mile walk, one mile run, and then went to the gym for 30 minutes on the elliptical. Later in the day I did a short upper body strength workout. Saturday This has been a pretty great week! I haven’t felt the calf since Monday, and I went out for a planned 5 mile run… but not even a mile in I felt that calf pain again, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I was able to continue running, but after 3 miles decided it would be smart to call it quits. There may have been some cursing. Later in the day I did a Caroline Girvan abs workout, and some wall sits- I’m trying to improve the strength in my quads since they get so sore after my long runs. This was a discouraging way to end the week. I originally had a long run planned for today, decided to push it back to Wednesday, and now instead of a trail run it will be a 4 hour bike/elliptical/treadmill extravaganza (yep- send thoughts and prayers my way). Onward!!! Get with the program, calf. How was your week? Are you watching football playoffs?— GAH!!! THAT BEARS GAME!!! Anyone else dealing with niggles right now? Top photo by Andrew Valdivia on Unsplash