According to my Garmin, this week, in 4 workouts, I walked a total of 7.62 miles which took me 2 hours 16 minutes and 31 seconds!!!
I also MET my goal of stretching 4 times this week after each workout. The stretching is obviously easy, but sometimes it was hard not to get sucked into the things I needed to get done when Bella and I got home, so deliberately stopping for 10 minutes to stretch definitely took a concious effort. I don't know if the stretching has helped my shins or me at all, but I know that it felt great and it couldn't have hurt anything.
To update, I really don't think I still have a "shin" issue. I DO have a lingering, annoying problem with my right leg/ankle/foot. It's an ache. It doesn't hurt, and there's nothing that I can palpate to isolate the area of discomfort. Sometimes it feels like my calf, sometimes it feels like my ankle, and sometimes it feels like the ball of my foot.
The ache doesn't stop me from doing anything but honestly, it is always there throughout the day. It disappears when I'm exercising but comes right back as soon as I stop. I'm sick of it not so much from the standpoint of discomfort, but because it causes this lingering worry in my mind that an injury will stop me from being able to progress with my running.
I know it sounds crazy to say (I really do love to sleep), but I LOVE getting up early to woggle. Especially on work mornings, it feels like I am stealing a little extra enjoyment out of a day that is otherwise filled with obligation. It is also really nice to begin the work day knowing that I've already accomplished (physically) what I want to accomplish for the day.
I do worry that as the running starts, and the workouts get harder, that I'll wake up and dread going out because I know the exertion level will be higher. Right now, all I have to do is get myself out the door, and then the walking isn't overly strenuous. I am hoping that since I've got the routine established as far as getting up, getting dressed, hooking up all my high tech gear and taking Bella outside to do her business, that it will help as things get harder.
Speaking of my routine, I was thinking yesterday, about how funny it is, how much stuff I currently have to "ready" before we head out. Here's a rundown:
- Wake up, and take a big drink of water
- Get dressed
- Take shoes and socks outside to put on while Bella does her business
- Fill water bottle.
- Wet sensors, and put on heart rate monitor
- Put Garmin on (putting paper towel under it on my wrist so it doesn't sweat too much)
- Put hydration pack on, hooking Bella's leash onto the pack before snapping it
- Put on Bella's collar
- Hook Bella's collar to the leash/hydration pack
- Step outside, and turn on Garmin so it can acquire satellite.
- And we're off!
Geez, imagine if I add an Ipod to the lineup.
Bella and I walked a bit later this morning because we slept in. It was pretty hot by the time we got out there, but the sun went under a cloud for about half of the time and really it wasn't that bad. No mosquitoes this morning which made me very happy! I carried a water bottle and douced Bella with it several times. Each time, she looked at me like I was crazy or like I was embarrasing her. She came home and swam and now she is enjoying some Sunday lazieness. I think she feels like she's earned it since she got her workout out of the way early.
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