This was a lighter week of training since we travelled the weekend and this week I was just exhausted from work but there are people who work harder and train harder than me so I need to chill out.. ;)
Monday- 40 minutes lower body lifting and 20 minutes (3800m) on the rowing machine. My favorite way to start my week!
Tuesday- 3 trail miles in 28:05 plus 20 or so minutes of upper body
Wednesday- 3.3 miles on the treadmill. I did five 800m repeats in the midst of slower running and it felt good to go fast again!
Thursday- Dinner and tv night with my boo..
Friday- Upper body lift before we left for our road trip!
Saturday- In between breakfast with friends, lunch with family, hanging out with other friends, and a dinner date and another hang session (we are booked up every hour when we are out East haha!) I squeezed in a good 5 mile workout on my MIL's treadmill (that is STUCK in the uphill position!). An episode of Law & Order was necessary for my sanity...
Sunday- A quick 2 miles on that blasted uphill treadmill because I stayed in bed a bit too long before church! Trying to remember that something is better than nothing! 13.3 miles for the week.
On another note, I've been feeling a lot of back pain recently and just a lot of neck and back tightness. A couple of days (not simultaneously) have been so bad I can barely bend down and tie my shoes! I hate going to the doctor so I kept putting it off but it was really affecting my mood, energy level, and my motivation to run (but not to lift, strangely). My fingers were getting "tingly" too, especially when I woke up in the morning which made me feel like I had carpal tunnel! I was off yesterday so I finally went to the chiropracter, and he did an assessment and told me a) my scoliosis is pretty bad (worse than I thought when I was younger) but there's nothing I can do about it b) my neck is messed up.. I have something called "subloxation" ("one or more of the bones of your spine (vertebrae) move out of position and create pressure on, or irritate spinal nerves") which LEADS to problems in the finger tips and general soreness and could also be the cause of my sinus issues (which relieves me) and c) If I weren't an athlete I probably wouldn't have experienced this to this degree because it happens from long-term use of muscles and falling and catching one's self. That on top on scoliosis means I'm pretty messed up! He gave me an adjustment, told me some ways I can better lift that wouldn't cause additional stress to the muscles, and wants to see me a couple times a week until I feel better. I think nipping this problem in the bud and learning how to manage it will allow me to continue to do the things I love and stay healthy! He also talked to me about he never recommend that anyone run a marathon because the extreme amount of stress it puts on your body. Just when I was considering signing up for a fall one! ;)
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