Week 2, Day 5 (revisited)

Well, today kinda sucked. I spent all morning/afternoon at my sister's house helping her out with some stuff, so I didn't have time to work out at all. I should also mention that yesterday, I apparently overdid it on the strength training because I ended up pulling a muscle (or two) in my left arm. I'm pretty sure it's the Coracobrachialis. I don't really know what it's called, but thanks go Google, I can act like I know what I'm talking about. To put it simply: I broke my armpit. I iced it off and on yesterday and today it's a little better. To be on the safe side, I'm not going to do anymore strength training this week.

The Caps/Flyers game started at 4:00. I caught the beginning of it and then went to run some errands with my sister. Scored myself some vegan Doritos, by the way. Not the healthiest thing in the world to eat, but it's okay; I mostly got them just for the novelty of having them. I haven't eaten Doritos in ... about 15 years? These are way too spicy for my liking, but I'll give them a nibble every once in a while. Also got some almond meal from Trader Joe's so tomorrow I'll be making some chocolate crescent cookies. Again, not good health-wise, but they're a test recipe for a cookbook, so I'm simply doing my duty as a tester. See how I justify that?

Anyway. When we got back to my sister's house, the Caps were tied with the Flyers and the game went into sudden death overtime. Sis and I then decided it was time to go to the gym. We got there at around 7:30. When we walked in, all the treadmills were being used, but after we changed and came back out, a couple of them had opened up.

Do you know what they had on one of the TVs? Hunting. Who the hell watches hunting when they're working out!? I take my glasses off when I run, so at least I didn't have to see it. I got the third treadmill in, which is good because it's right in front of a big fan.

The run went well. It's weird, though. I always feel awkward and stumbly when I run on a treadmill, but out on the track or on the road, I feel fine. Maybe it's because at the gym, I feel like I have an audience. I'm good at tuning everyone else out, though.

At any rate, I had a good run. This time around I remembered the jog bra and my running shoes.

That's about all I have to say. Treadmill runs are boring.

Looks like rain on Saturday, and I think the news said something about SNOW? I just transplanted all of my sweet peas the other day. Now I gotta worry about snow? And I'm dropping my car off on Monday, so it looks like I'm walking to the track all next week. Last night, I took Tank for a half-walk down the mountain. I was feeling antsy and figured it'd be good for both of us. Tank is almost back to his regular slim self, the bastard. I wish I lost weight as easily as my dog!

Oh, and some guy is coming to till the garden, so yay for homegrown veggies! This'll be my first attempt at gardening. Wish me luck.

P.S. The Caps lost. The game on Saturday will pretty much decide things. Saw a guy wearing a Flyers jersey when I was out today and I wanted to kick him in the head.

My exploded spelling rib

Yesterday morning, I turned to take Pignacious out of his cage to give him his daily meds and something went *blump* in my left side, in back under the ribs. I couldn't breathe for a few seconds and then the pain set in. I'm not entirely sure what happened, possibly I pulled a muscle or popped a rib. Afterwards, I had a lot of trouble remember how to spell certain words, so some of the folks at the PPK said that I exploded my spelling rib. Even though it hurts to do so, laughing helps.

I iced my side for 20 minutes and then spent most of the rest of the day with a hot water bottle. The week and a half prior to this, I hadn't exercised or ran at all because I've been sick. Yesterday was going to be my first day back to working out, and I had to go and injure myself picking up a two pound guinea pig.

So, between illness, inclement weather and guinea pig-related injuries, I don't know if I'll ever run again.

Today my side feels a lot better, though some pain remains (for some reason) in my left shoulder/side of my neck. I really wanted to work out today, but knew I should in no way push myself if I didn't feel 100% better. I'm hoping to start up my runs again on Thursday. Fingers crossed I won't have to start all over at Week 1. Though I guess the bright side is, at least I wasn't eight weeks into my training when this happened.

My sister bought this book today called Walking Your Blues Away: How to Heal the Mind and Create Emotional Well-Being, by the incredible, wonderful, kick ass Thom Hartmann. I’m thinking I might pick myself up a copy to bring with to Florida. I leave on December 8th and return on January 11th.

I do plan on bringing my workout tape with me (Mom only has a VCR) so even if I don’t run, I’ll still be getting exercise. I guess I’ll just use canned vegetables for hand weights.

More salt on the wound? I got my Last Resort Bra last week and have been unable to take it out for a test run (pun intended).

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HUMBUG.