So last Thursday my company held their first Annual Office Olympics. I was the captain of team Green Eggs and Cham, don’t ask about the name. There were various events such as compact discus, rubber band archery, stress ball dodge ball, and memo relay. So our team was doing very well and it was time to do the memo relay. For this event we needed to run around a portion of the office building one time and hand off a memo to the next person. Well I thought I would show off my running abilities and go really fast for my leg of the relay. There were a few tricky corners to get around. After my run I felt a little discomfort in my left ankle, but it went away after a while. I woke up on Friday and my ankle hurt. At times it was hard to put any weight on it. I had a long run planned for Saturday morning, but that was out of the question. Today I went to the Y to test out the ankle and I went .35 miles on the treadmill before I had to stop. So I am going to take it easy for the next few days and test it again on Wednesday or Thursday. I don’t want to push it and hopefully everything will be better by the 5k race on Saturday.
As for working out, since I couldn’t run on the treadmill, I thought I would test it out on the elliptical. BINGO! My ankle didn’t hurt so I did 4 miles in 30 mins. Before the elliptical I did a circuit on the nautilus machines. I drove home and grabbed my swim gear, went back to the Y and spent the better part of 30 mins practicing my breathing and swim technique for a distance of 400 meters.
As for working out, since I couldn’t run on the treadmill, I thought I would test it out on the elliptical. BINGO! My ankle didn’t hurt so I did 4 miles in 30 mins. Before the elliptical I did a circuit on the nautilus machines. I drove home and grabbed my swim gear, went back to the Y and spent the better part of 30 mins practicing my breathing and swim technique for a distance of 400 meters.
Last Friday was Brady's 3rd birthday. Reese was in daycare for the day so Brady had special time with Mom and Dad. We had alot of fun going to Toys R Us were he proceded to ride whatever bike he could find around the store. Then we were off to Chuck e Cheese for some games and then too Cold Stone for his free birthday ice cream.
Here is Brady making his birthday cake!!!!This week I will be going back into weight loss mode. I am going to bring down my running distance to 2 – 3 miles a day and bring back the elliptical and more strength training, and also swimming. I need to focus on my weight loss since I haven’t really been thinking about it for the past couple of months. Since August 1st I gained 5 lbs and now stand at 233. I don’t want to go backwards anymore. Lets Go!
5 comments:
What? What did you say? You're bringing sexy back?
Forget the Olympic gold man...it's just an illusion.
That sucks about the ankle. Is it swollen or anything? I hope it's nothing too serious. Take it easy, and do the R.I.C.E. routine, and hopefully you're ready for the race this weekend!
yeah I am hoping everything will be ok for the race this weekend.
That happens sometimes. We do so much training in a straight line that anytime we need to make sharp turns, we aren't really prepared for it. I hope it heals up for you quickly. Good luck in the 5k.
Take care of that ankle and good luck in the 5K!
I just started coaching my sons’ soccer team. My body hurt more after running around the soccer field for an hour with a bunch of 11 year olds than after my last sprint triathlon. I guess its time for some cross training in the off season.
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