Back At It

I finally went for a run again last night. I mostly walked, as my PT told me to go back slowly. I hope exercise helps me with my parenting. I think it will help relieve the stress of dealing with a 3 year old on a daily basis. Went about 2 miles.

Well I got the all clear to start running again on Friday and haven't managed to get off my ass since then. I would have to say that my motivation disappeared. I guess I need to go over to Runner's World.com and do a little reading. Maybe that will get me up and at 'em.

out of commission

I've been a bit out of commission becuase of the knee injury. I went to the sports med. doc and he said something about my kneecaps not being aligned right and sent me to physical therapy. I have been doing a bit of walking, but not much else, other than last night I played with my wii fit for about an hour. Pretty fun and I was breaking out in a light sweat from some of it, but overall, not much of a serious workout. Still, it's better than sitting on the couch, right?

2 mile walk

Went on a 2 mile walk with George and the girls last night (the girls were in the stroller). I'm feeling a bit discouraged about the knees. I went to the running store Saturday and they told me that I had the wrong type of shoes (the type the running store told me to get in the past), so I bought a new pair of cushioned shoes. I guess my two pairs of stability shoes will be relegated to weekend wear. I haven't run since last Thursday and my knees are still sore. I can't believe that I actually feel motivated and excited about running and now I'm injured. I made an appointment with a sports medicine doctor for next Monday.

3 miles

George and I took the girls in the jog stroller this evening. We went about three miles, but believe me, we did not run the whole thing. My knees were really bothering me. At one point I said I felt like an old lady jogging, and George told me I looked like one. I'm a bit worried about the knee pain. It wasn't so bad on Tuesday, but was definitely worse today.

Improvement

Last evening I did two laps around the neighborhood (approximately 2 miles) without stopping! This makes me very happy. I really felt like I could have run another lap, but I wanted to get home before Madeline went to bed and it was getting dark and that makes me a bit nervous.

Falling Short

Well, it appears that my plan to exercise every day is not going as I hoped. In my defense people have been sick around my house (including me to a lesser degree) with rotavirus all week. Yippee! I did run today and I made it around the loop in my neighborhood (including the hill I hate) once without stopping, so that's an improvement. All in all, I ran/walked 3 miles, and I would say I ran about 2 1/4 of that.