Here we go again…
Last month I talked about learning the hard way to listen to my body, and as runner’s go I think I’ve gotten pretty good at it – until Tuesday morning. Let’s back up a bit…
After Saturday’s early morning bathroom injury, I felt perfectly fine on Sunday so Bill and I headed out for a walk. Monday proved to be completely normal while training my clients and I was pleased to feel so good while strength training and doing my yoga routine.
Monday afternoon, while writing a program for one of my clients, I hopped up from my desk to try out a moderately difficult core exercise I saw on YouTube (I always demo new exercises for my clients). With my feet on sliders I didn’t realize how quickly my feet would slide away from my body and put unnecessary pressure on my lower back. The second they slid backwards, I felt a significant dull pain, but it went away very quickly so I dismissed it. I spent the rest of the afternoon sitting at my desk writing workout plans and two blog posts.
Tuesday morning I woke up early to meet my friends for a run at 5:30. While unloading the dishwasher, I noticed a tingling sensation in my right leg. Already up and dressed for my run, I met my friends anyway. Even before the turnaround, I was lagging behind with pain/tingling in my right hip joint/upper leg and had to take a lot of walk breaks on my run back to my car. As a result, I left the parking area a little later and was treated to a fabulous sunrise. It was so gorgeous that I stopped on my way home to take this picture of the sun rising over the pond.
Suffice it to say that I spent the rest of the week training smarter and spent far more time walking than running in my walk/runs. During my run segments I focused extra hard on core stabilization and running form. On Saturday morning, I met a non-runner friend for a walk – a silver lining in my injury cloud.
Sitting seems the hardest on my back, so with three blog posts looming ahead this week, I just might find myself standing at my kitchen window to use the countertop as a standing desk. At least the view isn’t so bad…
Looking ahead to this week I have two linkups I’d love to have you join, my third installment of Race Linkup is set to publish tomorrow and this month’s interpretation of our Wednesday Word, nimble, will post on Wednesday. Also, I’ll be joining in on The Ultimate Coffee Date on Saturday.
Back to my workouts, here’s how my more cautious than normal workout week went down…
Fitness tools beyond the equipment in my gym that I used during the week included:
- Rodney Yee’s Complete Yoga For Beginners (affiliate link)
- Rodney Yee’s Intermediate Yoga (affiliate link)
- Rodney Yee’s Yoga Conditioning For Athletes (affiliate link)
- Teeter Hang Ups Inversion (affiliate link)
Cameras used for blog photography include:
- GoPro Hero 4 (affiliate link)
- Canon Power Shot Elph (affiliate link)
- iPhone 6S (affiliate link)
- And the occasional picture taken by Bill
- Questions:
- Which do you see more often, sunrises or sunsets? ~ Sunrises for me!
- Do you spend more time sitting or standing?
- Did you race this weekend?
Have a great week!
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No racing this weekend…but, stay tuned…the next three weekends are gonna be race-crazy 😉 I now have a convertible stand-up desk at work, so I try to spend my day 50/50 with standing and sitting.
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How great that you have the option of standing at your desk and that you take advantage of that option. Yay for busy race weekends!
I hope you continue to feel better! I’d say I definitely spend more time sitting (although when I was younger spent many years working standing).
I’m not usually outside at sunset or sunrise, but I typically see both — I’m usually eating breakfast looking out my bay window, and often see the sunset as I’m making dinner or cleaning up from it.
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How cool that you can see both the sun come up and set from your house. I can see the sunrise from my laundry room, but trees block the sunset.
Because of the way our house is situated I rarely see a sunrise but I did see the beautiful orange tint of it on Tuesday out the back window in my bedroom. I even took a picture of it to show my husband (who was away on business). I usually see more sunsets because my front porch faces that way.
I hope the feeling in your back does not become a problem this week for you.
Thanks, Meranda! How cute that you took a sunrise picture for your husband! 🙂
Being a morning runner, I see more sunrises! I love being up with the sun.
I sure hope your back calms down! Working on my post as we speak.
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Same here – I love bringing up the sun! And thanks, I hope it calms down quickly, too!
I often run at sunset.
Unfortunately I sit most of the day.
I ran 4.5 mile race yesterday
Oh cool – a 4.5 mile race is an unusual distance. Virginia Tech has a 3.2 mile race every spring to honor our 32 Hokies killed on 4-16-07.
I hope the back is better. It’s amazing how everything can be kicking along so fine them bam one wrong move. The body is funny we put it through so much but at the same time it can be so delicate.
I think I see more sunrises now but that will change.
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Thanks, Tricia!
Hopefully your back heals quickly! Sunrises for me. I do ALL of my runs in the morning – it’s just a little less hectic with my boys than if I wait until the evening – and then I’m wiped out. I also sit a lot at work – I’m a dental hygienist
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Same here – if I don’t get my run completed in the early morning or as soon as I finish with my last morning client, it probably won’t happen.
ooh hope your back is feeling better. I hate it when I hurt myself doing something not even running 🙂 I like that you track your sleep as well. I think I will start that too
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Tracking my sleep was a huge eye opener, and I’ve definitely improved on getting more sleep since I started tracking it.
Sorry to hear about your injury :/ I tend to try to run more than I should when my back is cranky, but sometimes it seems to help loosen it up and it feels better. I tend to be a stander.. I stand most of the day while at work, but it is very active standing as I work in the operating room. I have blogged while standing before due to back issues.
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Thanks, Christy! That’s good that running shakes out your stiff back. I think mine is a little more than that this time so I’m going to lay low for a few days and see if that helps.
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Oh Deb, I hope your back is better very soon! A few months back, I pulled something in my lower back doing deadlifts …the only way I could sit at my desk at work comfortably was to roll the office chair out and roll the stability ball in. I sat on that ball for about a week …felt great!
I love that you considered your injury a ‘silver lining’ in that you were able to spend some walking time with a non-running friend! 🙂
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I’m going to give my stability ball a try right now! Thanks for the reminder that I have that as an option. 🙂
I hope your back is better soon. I feel your frustration. I try and stay positive but it seems like there’s always something! I spend most of my time sitting. I’m pretty sure that is the sole cause of my cranky hips too. I would like to try one of those standup desks. I see more sunrises than sunsets. The one you captured is stunning! Thanks for linking, Deb!
Thanks, Holly, and yes, it seems like there is always something!
Eek. I’m glad you’re taking it easy! I hope you’re all healed soon!
I see more sunrises when running, but the back of my house is in prime location for sunsets and we have a lot of windows, so I see my share of those, too.
I spend a lot of time standing. Some days are more sitting, but standing seems to be the default.
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Thanks, Jenn!