Monday—Still in that crappy burned out mood. So I took another mental day and bagged my hour ride. Decided to just veg out some. And felt a bit better for it. Watched a movie, got groceries. Just relaxed. I slept hard again last night. My boss reminded me that maybe I need to get in a massage for all my sore muscles…DUHHHHHH.. So I called my massage therapist and got a massage scheduled for tomorrow on my day off.
Tuesday—Had the day off today so I went to swim at YMCA at noon. And had my first exciting workout in a while! Felt good! I swam with no pull buoy for big sets, and felt good in the water. Ran on treadmill for 4- 6 min sets to zone three and felt good. Stopped at end of my workout and felt like I still had more in me. But later my back was hurting when done. I had massage scheduled at 5:30 pm. It was good, I thought my tight spots were back and IT Band, but Amanda worked a ton on my back/shoulder and my head, and then foot rub. It actually felt really good, she said my IT band was okay, and most of my problem with my shoulders, which I knew to be true after she got to work. Wow, they were super tight and sore.
Wednesday—Swim was good, but shoulder felt painful , maybe due to massage, so I actually stopped 15 min early in pool , I took two vicodins tonight due to arm hurting L. Run was not bad, just an easy 30 min, so got it done with not much thought.
Thursday—Did one hour Yoga, decided I need to do something different, cause I keep skipping lifting and I just don’t have the desire to hit the wts and have all the pain in my back. So I broke open my Flexible Warrior routine on the computer, and I felt good when I was done, had a bit of a back pain later, but minimal. I did abs and I was a bit shaky but got it done.
Friday—60 min bike. Setup the trainer and did a easy 9 miles on it. Felt good, and happy I got on the bike.
Saturday-- Swim 1:30 and Run 2:00. I got in a nice easy 3000 yds in the pool this am, still some psych issues with feeling I need the pull buoy, but did better. I’ve decided that I refuse to have the same results as last week, and I’ve decided to switch up my plan and begin a 10/2 run/walk plan for runs over 2 hours to watch my back. I originally decided that I was going to do this to protect my back, but the stubborn side of me was trying to power through the workouts and I wasn’t listening to my body. I took a red bull at beginning before run and of course regretted it later(digestively that is). But the plan worked! I got in 9 miles and my back felt the best it has ever in the last few long runs. Much better than last week, where it hurt so bad I bailed on my 3 hr ride the next day. So I’m very happy with this. I’m going to incorporate it now into my regular training. I want to be able to complete all the long runs without having the pain. This may be the way I’m going to make it happen!!!!! Very happy!!
Sunday--- Today I had a 3 hr bike. Dave and Stacy rode with me. And I was very happy my back felt good the entire ride!! We got in 45 miles on the bike, the wind had picked up on the ride, but I managed to keep it going. They of course blew me away in the dust. I did need to stop for a Coke at the store to get some quick caffeine and sugar. But overall finally felt good again!
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