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Chiropractor Week 2 Recap!
Chiropractor Week 2 Recap! I can’t believe week 2 is already in the books! Daily recaps is below. Cliff notes: Started rough, ended more positive! Monday. I am feeling sore and uncomfortable. I had another adjustment today. My whole right side is more tight than when I started. Hoping it’s a get worse before it gets better thing. The doctor recommend that I try and sleep with the at home wedges and rollers. I went for an after toddler bedtime two mile run on the treadmill. I am running only two miles still and now extra slow. The first mile felt a little rough, the second mile felt better. Tuesday. …
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Chiropractor Week 1 Recap!
Week 1 of chiropractor work in the books. Chiropractor Week 1 Recap! I think Thursday last week was technically appointment one, but I didn’t fully tell them I was committed to the full treatment plan. So that appointment was more of a basic adjustment. The appointment started with an assistant showing me the warm-up exercises and establishing me as a routine client. The process at this particular office is unlike any I have been at before, but I like it. You start by scanning in and completing a series of four exercises to warm-up your spin. Then you see the doctor for the actual adjustment and treatment. After you lock…
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Training Update & Chiropractor Care
This is a much delayed and much needed training update! The problem: Just in case you haven’t been following along for a while, I have been having off and on pain in my right leg. I thought it was shin splints, then tight calves, then maybe my Achilles. Really pin pointing the source of the pain was becoming a guessing game. Anything over four miles and anything faster than 8min pace seemed to bring on the fatigue. I knew my training plan was good, and I was definitely not over training based on heart rate and other biometrics. Getting Help! I decided I needed to seek some help. In the…
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Week 10 Recap. Sad New.
This week was kind of a bust. My ankle and lower right leg have been acting up a little bit over the course of last week. I would feel the pain slightly when I was running, but a lot more when I was just sitting. It was an achy feeling. I am hoping it is not achilles tendonitis. I decided to let it rest this week in hopes that I can get back up to solid running next week. We close on our new house on Wednesday and start renovations over the weekend. We will hopefully move in at the end of May. I am going to need running to keep…
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Week 9 Recap!
My week 9 recap, running went great this week! I started the week off strong, then hit a little slump, but managed to finish extra strong. While I did great with the running, I didn’t do so great with the strength training. It is like I know it is important, but if I am short on time I would rather run. Next week I need to be way better. Week 9 Recap: Killed it on the running. Failed on the lifting! Monday: 5 Miles with Speed work. I did a 2 mile warm up, then 400 meters at 8:34 pace, 400 meter jog, 800 meters at 8:00 pace and 800…
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Week 8 Recap
Without sounding like a broken record. I am proud again for this week. It has been harder to plan runs with family in town and unpredictable toddler schedules. I was able to hit my training plan goals this week, after making a few needed adjustments. Week 8 Recap: Monday: 4 Mile Easy Run Tuesday: Off Wednesday: 4 Miles with Progression Run in Middle (9:13-8:13 Pace Increasing every 0.5Miles) & Lift Thursday: Off Friday: 6.5 Miles Stroller Run Saturday: 3.5 Mile Easy Run & Lift Sunday: AM 4 Miles – PM 2 Miles TOTAL: 23.5 (My Lifts were the 4 basic compound lifts, Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Shoulder Press. 3×8). I am…
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Week 7 Recap and Getting My Life Back Together!
Wow, it’s been a whirlwind of a few days. Mostly fun, but very tiring. This will be a getting my life back together post and a week 7 recap. Things have been crazy for a week or two but ended up getting extra crazy. It started Tuesday morning at 4:15am, I ran 4.5 miles on the treadmill. Felt great, but can tell my treadmill is still tilting to the right. The whole right side of my body was screaming for most of the day. We then got into the car around 10ish and drove to Disney. We stayed at a Disney resort for two night. Result was a lot of fun,…
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Week 6 Recap and Last Few Days
Week 6 Recap and a recap over the last few days. Things have been all over the place. I have not done a good job managing my time or stress level! This week consisted of restarting our housing search, putting in an offer on a house and going through all the negotiations. We have an accepted offer and are now going through the process. We have done this twice before, but it’s always a lot. I also haven’t been sleeping great. We have been a little off our normal schedule with visitors in town, and I have chosen sleep in the morning over running. Sleep is definitely important, and helping…
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Fun Filled Day
Today was long but a fun filled day! We started with a preschool class and then headed right to the zoo. Things are crazy busy this week because of Spring Break for our local school district and a ton of travelers and tourist in the area. Even though it was crowded we had a blast! It’s always so nice to get out of the house and do some activities and let the kids run! We will all sleep good tonight. The weather was also perfect. Mid-70s and sunny. It was one of those days that you just had to be outside! After dinner I snuck out for a three mile…
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Rainy Day and Daylight Savings
We are struggling over here! Between daylight savings time and a rainy day, we are all bored and cranky! It’s been the first bad weather day we have had in a long time. Didn’t realize just how much being outside in the sun really helps us throughout the day. We watched a lot of movies and played a lot cars. After the kids went to bed I was able to sneak out and run four miles on the treadmill. No one is more surprised than me that I got this run in. I was running all the scenarios in my head for how I could take today off and still…
