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November 16, 2004
Cross Training!
On Sunday I did not run even though it would have been a nice day to go out for a long run. I decided to take at least four days off from running to let my calf heal up. On Sunday morning I made breakfast for my Grandfather and then met my Mom for lunch. I was hoping my nephew would be there so I could celebrate his recent report card in which he got all A's and one B+ but he was unfortunately not there. After lunch I had to head back to school to work at the gym. I was able to do an hour and a half on the versa climber on Sunday and it did not bother my calf. Afterwards I lifted for about a half hour. I also iced my calf. The calf hurt walking around on Sunday, which was frustrating so I knew I made the right decision about not running.
On Monday I was going to get up to pool run but I slept in instead because I was feeling pretty tired. As it turned out my friend Dave was actually at the pool waiting for me to show him how to pool run. He has recently hurt his back while rowing and is looking for an alternative while recovering. I felt really bad and promised him that I'd be there on Tuesday morning. Monday afternoon I was able to do an hour on the versa climber before meeting with the head coach to do a little bit of post season wrap up. I thought the versa climber would be really boring but it was not too bad. After my meeting with the head coach I did another hour on the versa climber and then stretched my calf really well for about fifteen minutes and did fifteen minutes of ab work. My abs are so weak these days because it is the last thing I usually do on my lifting days and I usually skip them because I am pretty tired by that point of my workout. Today I have another lifting day so I am thinking I should start with my ab workout so I don't skip them because I think I need to work on that the most.
This morning I got up and was able to meet both Dave and Alison. It was really nice. Dave is training for the Honolulu marathon, which he intends to do with his fiancé during his honeymoon. Hopefully his back will be better soon so he can do some training on the road. However, in the meantime the pool should be very good for him. I was able to catch up with Alison on her half marathon that she ran this weekend and just chat about things in general. If I did not have to go to class I could have stayed in the pool much longer. We were in the pool for a little over an hour. It is definitely nice to have a consistent training partner at least once a week. Later on today I will do the versa climber for about an hour and then do my lifting routine. I am also going to try to stretch my calf at least 4-6 times today. It is feeling a lot better and I only slightly notice it when I am walking down the stairs. I would love to try to run three miles tomorrow. We'll see.. originally I told myself I'd take four days off but already I am getting antsy.. I guess if I don't feel it while I am walking down the stairs I will give it a try otherwise I'll hold out one more day.
Posted by mary at November 16, 2004 10:31 AM
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Mar- how does your leg feel today? I hope you are feeling better... more later
Posted by: Liz at November 17, 2004 8:33 AM