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Running Tuesday: Injury Episode

November 23, 2010 by Hillary 7 Comments

Good morning!

Running Tuesday is off to a great start around here. I met a couple of my girlfriends for a 55-minute run through the Redwood forest this morning. It was snowing lightly before we started! 32* is cold when you’re wearing shorts – silly me. It was refreshing to say the least. I do love a muddy run every now and again.

What I do not love, though, is that I’ve been experiencing some pain in my knees as of recently =/ For as long as I’ve been running, I’ve never dealt with knee discomfort. I’m quite nervous, as I would hate to have an injury drag me down. I know knee injuries are not uncommon for runners, so do you have any advice for me? What should I do before things take a turn for the worse?

Have you encountered any running-related knee injuries?

Since it’s Running Tuesday and all, I think it’s about time I post my exercise from last week. My four three workouts are pretty pathetic, but it’s all I squeezed into my crazy week. It’s the start of a new week, and so far I’m 2 for 2 [yesterday was a rushed 32-minute run].

tuesday
  • 32-minute treadmill run [4 miles]

30 minutes @ 7.5mph [10 ea. @ -0.5, 0.0, 0.5 incline]

2 minutes @ 8.0mph

  • abs, arms, stretch
wednesday
  • 1 mi. indoor track run @ 7:45
  • 1 mi. indoor track run – not timed
  • 16-minute treadmill run [~2.1 mi.]
  • 4-minute treadmill walk
  • 8-minute bike
  • abs + rear end
thursday
  • 20-minute spin [7.5 mi.]
  • 20-minute treadmill run [2.6 mi.]

8 min .@ 7.5mph / 2 min. @ 8.0mph

6 min. @ 7.5mph / 4 min. @ 8.0mph

  • push-ups, planks, squats, stretch, etc.
saturday
  • Girls on the Run 5K [walk/jog]

Ok, all caught up!

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To warm up my chilly muscles after my freezing run, I whipped up one epic bowl of oatmeal:

  • 1 c. water
  • 1/3 c. rolled oats
  • 1/2 ripe banana, whipped in [ate the other half]
  • ground flax + cinnamon
  • pecan [with cashew] butter – holy yum!
  • cacao nibs

If you want a taste of the most incredible pecan butter, go enter my Nutty November GIVEAWAY!

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Time for a hot shower and then a much-needed haircut – woot woot!!

Cheers to another Running Tuesday,

Hillary

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Stay tuned for recipes!

Filed Under: Running Tagged With: Artisana, Breakfast, Oatmeal, Running Tuesday

Running Tuesday: Superwoman Series

November 9, 2010 by Hillary 11 Comments

Hey All! It’s the second day the week, so you know what that means… it’s Running Tuesday – hooray! I want to put it out there that it may seem like I’m a big copycat, seeing as that I talk about Running Tuesday weekly on NN on the Run, and it’s a Skinny Runner trademark, but that’s not entirely the case. It was never my plan to inherit Running Tuesday, but well… since I love running and I love Sarah, it just sort of happened. Speaking of Skinny Runner, I want to congratulate her on running an amazing 9th marathon in NYC!

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Thinking about this week’s Running Tuesday and the recent NYC Marathon gave me the idea of the Superwoman Series. Basically, I’ll dedicate a post to an inspiring female athlete. First up: Skinny Runner.

A few of SR’s inspirational qualities:

1. She’s run 9 full marathons since her first in December 2009 and 19 half-marathons total.

2. She rocks the running skirts and compression socks like nobody’s business.

3. She takes photos while running like a cheetah – mad props.

4. She’s speedy, but humble.

5. Her blog is a total hoot! I love her sarcasm.

6. & she tells it how it is.

SR

[courtesy SR]

After yesterday’s rest day, I’m hoping to slip on my Asics today for a run – indoor, outdoor… something. If you don’t hear from me later, come back manana. It’s a VERY special day around here.

Now go get your run on!

Hillary

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Do you read Sarah’s running blog? If not, you should!

Who is a superstar to you? Share the love!

Filed Under: Running Tagged With: Running Tuesday, Skinny Runner Blog

Running Tuesday: Embarrassing Stories Edition

October 20, 2010 by Hillary 28 Comments

Running Tuesday: 1 mi. ITR… crash

Running Tuesday Wednesday: 2 x 1 mi. ITR + 20 min. spin + strength training

I know it’s Waffle Wednesday [hope you celebrated!], but I was too busy getting stitched up in Urgent Care yesterday to get around to write my intended Running Tuesday post. It was a special Running Tuesday post too – more marathon reviewing and details – but that’ll have to wait ‘til later as I have something more pertinent to share…

Caution: icky images.

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Black & blue from shoulders to shins.

I still can’t believe it happened… I laugh a little inside every time I replay the image of the incident in my mind; though, it was certainly was not funny [to me] at the time. Believe it or not, I ate sh*t on a treadmill. Pardon my language, but there’s no better way explain it. Yes, the first workout after running my blissful half-marathon up, down, and around the hilly streets of San Francisco, I biff on a treadmill – how does that happen!? Oh, the irony.

Story

Hillary hops onto a treadmill, as she has every other day this semester, to see the computer “error-ing”. She notices that the treadmill to her right is empty, so she hops right off the malfunctioning machine, takes a step [or two?] onto the adjacent treadmill and SMACK! In the blink of an eye, she was face-down on the floor in the middle of the gym [at “rush hour”]. She bolts straight up and straddles the running machine as if she didn’t just flail down a conveyer belt. Spectators ask her if she’s alright. “Fine… yes, fine”, she replies in utter shock. The kind gym-goer a couple machines to her right informs her that her chin is bleeding. Yes, it was. In fact, her second half-marathon tee was now saturated in blood. Thank goodness she had a ‘sweat towel’ handy.

Before getting any more attention, she carefully climbs off the deactivated machine completely embarrassed and walks to the locker room – holding a blood-stained cloth to her face – which couldn’t have possibly been any farther away.

After checking out the damage, she calls her roommate from her phone who was able to quickly rescue her from the hidden corner of the locker room. A couple transitions later and Hillary and her roommate were on their way to Urgent Care.

“Stitches for sure”, the smart-alec of a doc exclaims.

Moan.

1 shot, a needle, and a bit of blue thread… and she was put back together again.

 
questions

1. Was it my mistake that I didn’t notice the treadmill was running!?

2. Why on Earth was it running without a runner!? There is NO reason for this. There is paid staff patrolling all areas of the recreation center that are constantly turning off unwatched televisions and keeping an eye on the equipment.

3. No, I was not distracted by my iPod [forgot it!], cell phone [never with me at the gym], or eye candy.

I don’t know who’s to blame here. All I can say is GRRR… and beware of irresponsible gym-goers.

The positives

1. I have one heck of a hilarious story to tell the rest of my life.

2. The damage could have been much worse. Thank goodness I still have my two front teeth… and the 3/4 inch-long split is slightly under my chin.

3. I get to look like a badass with a bandage on my face, and I don’t have to worry about a Halloween costume ;)

 

Very thankful to still able to run on my two feet with a smile. Tomorrow’s Thursday!

Toodles,

Hillary

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