6 miles and counting...

Sorry I'm again behind in my blogging. I will do better. This past Friday I went to see a sports medicine chiropractor (I still love you Dr. Weigand! but he's my spine guy). Dr. Sherman came to practice a week ago Saturday and gave a talk on injury prevention and he treats mostly marathoners and triathletes with a few golfers thrown in. How cool am I that I'm going to see a doctor that only treats athletes!!!! The prognosis is in, I have tendonitis in my knees, which is pretty common. Basically my tendons in the knee area are inflamed and irritated. My kneecaps also naturally extend further than normal so it rubs against the bone already (I think that's what Dr. Sherman said, I'll have to ask again when I see him on Friday). My numb toes are definitely due to my shoes not being wide enough and Roadrunner Sports does not carry shoes nor can they order shoes wide enough for me. Most women would wear men's shoes but the length isn't short enough for me. I wear a 6/12 E in women's 7E for running and the smallest men's' come in are 7s which is the equivalent of a 8 1/2 in women's. I found some New Balance shoes online but I need to find out return policies, etc. I need either neutral or stability but not motion control due to my orthotics. Who knew buying running shoes could be so complicated?!? Dr. Sherman suggested Brooks so I'll search for those.

This past Saturday I ran, well mostly walked 6 miles. I had to train much earlier than the rest of the team due to a fundraising event (I worked concession stands for Peoria Sports Complex - they donate 9% of the profits back to LLS, and that percentage gets split among the volunteers who work that day) so I met up with one of my teammates who is also working the concession stand. However she's a walker and since there is safety in numbers, I stuck with her pace which is to walk 4 minutes and jog very slowly for 3. It was much slower than I am used to going but I will say that it was also much easier on my knees. Finally with about two miles left I left her behind (there were plenty of other people by this point) and proceeded to my 2.20 minute jog/walk. I'm trying to move to a 2.5 minute jog and a 1.5 minute walk but I was struggling big time this last Saturday but I finished and did all of my 6 miles and then proceeded to be on my feet for the next 10 hours for the next three days working concession stands. Boy am I tired!!

I will say this has been a very positive experience and it feels good to be giving back to a very worthwhile cause and organization that helps thousands of people. Thank you to all of those who have visited my pages and have donated. Please spread the word to all your friends and family! Please click here to donate.