Wow, Cherrypie, great job! I don't know how marathoners do it. Anything past a half-mary distance and I am seriously miserable. And that was waaay back when before I hurt my back. I won't be doing that mileage again.

Great job on the 17 miler!


Today I did 4 miles on my treadmill. Last Friday I did my first 5k race in years, since before I injured my back). It was a fun time!

I only did 2.4km yesterday in an attempt to burn off unhealthy food lol :)

Cherry so glad you're back!! I was checking in with your blog to make sure you were ok. Sorry about what you're going though & hope you're doing better.

Thanks so much lm - I am actually feeling really good the last couple of days. I did the elliptical yesterday, but just ran 7 miles at lunch and my Achilles felt great. I mean, it is still there, but after running 17 on Sunday I thought it would be killing me today and it wasn't. Good time - 56:13.

Tues-Did 5 mile run on the bypass in town. Maybe the tiredness I feel makes the workout more intense:) I got through it though.

Wed-Ran a few miles before work. Tried to do some Fartleks but need to save that for the beginning of the week when I'm not as tired. After work, did a kettlebell class. Very relaxing and a good work out too!

Not sure about today. I think its a rest day for me as well Friday...

I'm very proud of myself. I pulled my back out on Sunday carving a TARDIS pumpkin for Halloween. I've only pulled my back out a few times and it's always muscular and due to me trying to do something like pick up my 30-pound toddler as she's running away. Immediately, I couldn't stand up, so I laid on the floor and elevated my feet and then worked through some yoga poses to work it out. With my back the MORE I move, the quicker and better it feels.

By Monday, it felt great standing and walking but hurt like heck when I sat. So I went for a run. A little crazy but it was a slow run and I paid attention to my body. Tuesday I did some yoga to open up my lower back and hips. Wednesday I ran again. Now I can sit feel it when I sit but it's not nearly as bad.

Previously, I might have used this as an opportunity not to run but now that I have a better idea of what I really need (as opposed to what I want), I really healed faster. Yay me!

Tabbycat here.

Thanks for the encouraging story, Cherrypie. I'm almost 58 and just started running less than two years ago. I think my dream goal is a sub-35-minute 5K.

I ran a very slow 3.8 miles tonight (might have been 4 miles, but I'll be conservative and not claim a 4 mile run until I KNOW for sure it was really 4 miles). It's the longest I've done at one time. I wanted to meet the goal of the Lazyman Marathon challenge and I still had 3.8 miles to go and it's the last day of the month, so I decided to just do it! It's a modest triumph but I felt proud of myself. :)

I ended Oct with a nice 2.5 mile run in the rain :)

Yesterday there was torrential rain and wind when it was time for my run so I totally wussed out. Instead I ran up and down 115 stairs for an hour. Wow! I hurt wayyyyyy more today than after my 17 mile run on Sunday.

I feel guilty for not putting in the miles, but my soreness tells me that no matter how fit you are, when you mix things up you find muscles you didn't know existed!

October's totals = 137.6 miles running
Year to date: 1,197 miles

Jen

Cherrypie, Great job on the stairs! I bet that was a work out.


I did the "Million Calorie Burn 5k" this morning. I ran it in 28 min which is just 30 seconds from my PR. This one had some hills! I got first in my age group but they moved me to 2nd place Masters and when I went to get my award, they told me they only ordered a 1st place Master award. Of course, I was knocked out of an age group award so I got zippo:( They are going to send it to me. I was not impressed. I had a great run though.

Tomorrow I'm doing a training run in a park near me that has good hills! I'm excited.

Anybody else run today?