Yeah. Jared's kind of a big deal making the news and stuff. :) I am pretty pumped this guy is willing to spend some time working with someone as untrained as me. I am also nervous. Looks like I am going to have to schedule a follow up visit and go to Denver more often. I love Denver. I am still a little shocked that I am this excited about improving my form for an activity I largely dislike. Hopefully, improving my form will make it easier to do and easier to enjoy. I also picked up a new book at the recommendation of my brother. It's called Born to Run. I read it when I am at the gym and try to draw out motivation. It's a good book, but it isn't making me run any faster. Damn.
So my workouts for the week: I have been increasing my daily workouts to 80 minutes three times per week and then 2 two hour workouts as well. Saturday is either yoga day or rest day, Sunday is the opposite of whatever I did on Saturday. It has gone well. The weather was beautiful today so I did my jogging outside today. I wish it was strictly jogging, but there is still a lot of walking going on.
I still had my normal sessions with Jason. He continues to change things up each time we meet. So this week we did an exercise that made me feel like I was on a dog sledding team. The sucky part: I was the dog. Essentially I had on a backpack with a rope attached to a sled of weights and I had to walk as fast as I could for 40 yards, take a breather, then turn around and do it all again. I was just waiting for Jason to start yelling "MUSH! MUSH!" (at which time I would have punched him). Lucky for him, he didn't. It was hard as hell. Particularly when "the weight" on this thing was him. Yep. He stood on it and I had to drag him. Let's just say I was tired when we were done and on Thursday everything hurt. Walking was a struggle, sitting down looking more like falling into my chair, and getting dressed felt like cruel punishment. Note to self: DO NOT tell your trainer you "haven't really been sore for a couple weeks". They WILL, I repeat, they WILL find a way to make you pay!
My feet are killing me. Up until now it's mostly been the Plantar Fasciitis and cramping. The pain on the top of my foot has improved by lacing my shoes a little differently. Now my left foot, just behind the joint of my baby toe is killing me, as well as an area about an inch below my ankle. No swelling or redness, but really painful, particularly when I try to run. I fear that it could be the result of a bunion. I really hope not. My mom had surgery last summer to correct that issue. By the looks of my left foot, I will probably have this procedure to look forward to in the future as well. I am fairly certain this is a combination of poor form and my weight. I would really like it though if this pain would tone itself down for about 5 more weeks! Let me get through this training and my trip to Denver then I will be more than happy to tend to the pain.
I met a couple people at the gym that are training for the Iron Girl Triathlon in August. They asked if I was interested in joining their team. I don't think I am quite ready for that kind of endeavor. It's a sprint tri. I think a triathlon would be more fun, but I would need at least a year to prep for that. It would also take a significant cash investment. I would need to purchase a good bike and multiple swimming lessons just to try to get through it. Maybe if I get a BIG raise.
My nervousness continues to increase each day. I feel really good, but still very unready. This week will slow down at work (yay!!) so I will be able to get more sleep and can focus more on diet and exercise. So that is week 12 in a nutshell. Only 4 weeks from tomorrow! How scary is that? I just hope I can finish. Thanks for keeping up with me!
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