Yesterday I woke feeling miserable, and the only exercise I got was shoveling snow. Twice. But despite that, I managed to have a very good day with my eating, I managed to successfully babysit 4 kids all day, and I felt pretty good at the end of the day. Part of that was due to the fact that I finally got a doctor's appt to see someone about my IT band problem. I can't get in until next Wednesday, 1/14, but I got an appt with a doc at the U that comes highly recommended by a friend I trust.
This morning I biked on the bike trainer for 20 min then headed off to weight training. I had a good workout and did a bunch of stuff for my abductors and adductors, hoping that will help with the IT band problem. My knee is feeling a lot better today than it has, probably from resting it so much. The biking is a bit iffy, though - it doesn't hurt, but I wonder if it is hindering my recovery? I have read quite a bit that leads me to believe it might not be the best. I think I'll just use it sparingly until I see the doc next week and can ask her what she thinks.
Tomorrow I am going to swim. I got a swim cap today (the kids nearly dismantled Big 5 in the few minutes it took me to pick out a hot pink one) and so I think I'm all ready. The suit I have is not that great, since the Finis suit I ordered was the wrong size (mislabeled box) so I had to send it back, and so I'm going to wear an old suit I've had around for a while. It doesn't fit the best but should work in a pinch. I will just have to make do with it until the replacement suit arrives in a few weeks. I'm a little nervous about swimming at a new pool, alone - but hopefully I can figure out which lanes are for the really slow people like me :).
OK, off to bed - need my sleep so that I can have the strength to face whatever food temptations come my way tomorrow.
2 comments:
Re: swimming and feeling slow.
Unless you are an Olympic swimmer, you can always find a pool where you will be the slow one.
I had a conversation with this guy who was just kicking my butt at a workout: he was intimidated at the Big Shoulders 5K swim, where he swam 22 MINUTES faster than I did! :-)
Mind you I finished "in the pack"; albeit at around the 33rd percentile.
You and I could easily share a lane; to a good swimmer we'd be of roughly the same ability.
Besides, given how quickly you pick up technique (and I know you put lots of work into your walking but still, few adapt as quickly as you did), well, you'll be improving dramatically in no time.
So glad you found a doctor, and that your outlook is improving! It's really tough to be on the injured list.
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