Well what do you know, didn't know I had it in me I walked again today... would have to say it felt great except for the pain in my ankle and hip from the impact of jogging yesterday. Well DD and I did another 35 minutes today and I am excited... maybe I will shoot for 2 more times this week.
Well, I am going back to walking instead of running - not only because of the warmer weather coming, but my right knee has been bothering me on and off since I started running again - added to an old ankle sprain (right side also), I think I had better switch to lower impact fast walking (I can walk a 12-13 minute mile when I get going, and I love to walk). I feel the knee a LOT going up and down stairs, and do not want to cause any more damage!
So I am going to buy a decent pedometer this weekend and start aiming for 10,000 steps (abt 5 miles) most days. I'll let you know!
Lidian, I'm so sorry you have to stop running. I always envied you when I read your posts... I used to LOVE running, but weight and deteriorating joints have taken their toll...
The pedometer is a GREAT idea!
I loved my old pedometer, Ellis, but then it broke and I never could find the right sort of replacement battery and so on...I am sorry to give up running, I do like it a lot...DH said maybe I could do it gently once in a while, and maybe I can. I WAS planning to stop when it got all hot and humid though.
I also had a hip joint issue on the SAME right side after both pregnancies - the doctor said it probably loosened after delivery & THAT finally cleared up though every once in a great while I feel it. Thing is, being fortysomething & not twentysomething, and all these little right-leg issues...well! Course when I WAS twentysomething I didn't WANT to run. When I was at U of T I ran around King's College Circle once with DH (then DB!) and it was about 35 degrees out (and 11 pm!) and I hated it! HE used to run occasionally, little 7 mile jogs with his pals, and thought I would like to try (ha ha).
I have been working in my yard. 2 hours Monday, 3 on Tuesday, 2 Wednesday, 4.5 Thursday and 1 today. I mean WORKED! I dug up half the front yard with a shovel by myself!!!! I then seeded and raked. I have dug up saplings that I didn't want. I put in bushes and shrubs. I planted flowers and weeded and pruned. I have mowed and weed wacked! Tomorrow I work on my veggie garden! This is harder than walking or the gym but a whole lot more fun!
Yay! I exercised today!
