fun

I ran with my sister when I went home. We ran around Lake Elizabeth twice and did stretches when we finished. My ankle felt fine. The next day we ran the fun loop (honestly I named it that to dupe people into running it with me, if I named it loop full of hills and makes some people want to die, no one would agree to run it with me right?).

So far it's looking pretty good. I played sports for the first time in months today. I need to work on wind sprints... a lot.

Thanks God for Your gifts.

- run for life

new!

I finally got my new shoes. I switched to Supernovas rather than my regular Response. I decided that it was time for a change. I hope that different shoes will help as I train myself to run differently, more efficiently and re-train myself for speed rather than distance... well for both rather than just one.

They're so pretty, I'm so excited. I am going to begin with my running regime tomorrow in combination with my Zumba and other random exercise things that I do. Here's to the New Year, to a rebirth if you will. God gave me a gift, I must utilize it to glorify Him.  It's going to hurt, but it will be worth it.

- run for life

do you only wanna dance?

I miss dancing. Not just the for fun dancing, but dancing routines, hitting each note, being sharp, and performing. I wonder if there is anything around here for adults. I wish there was club dancing like there is club volleyball and other sports. I wouldn't mind doing competitive ballroom dancing either. That would be glorious.

The music filling your ears, your heart pounding. If I could dance forever, I would. God where can I go? Your gifts are going unused Lord and I don't want to waste anything you've given me. I also need to run more now that I'm not sick. No consecutive days. Here we go.

-run for life

PT-follow up #1

Glory be! I was so excited. Today I did the GAIT study at PT. It was interesting to watch my own foot falls. I learned more today: my right foot pronates more than my left - Mr. Howell thinks that it could be because subconsciously I'm trying to protect my right ankle. I have to re teach myself to use my right foot properly and do exercises for it. The best news of the day: I can run. There are a lot of stipulations that go along with that, such as: no trails, no consecutive days, no soccer for 8 weeks minimum, buy new shoes, etc.

I am so thankful that God is allowing me to reconstruct my workouts in a safe environment with someone supervising me. This is exactly what I need to do so that I can regain my speed and endurance. I was going to attempt to do this beginning in '09, but December 2008 doesn't seem like a bad plan either. I still need to get access to a pool so I can swim every other day so that I don't get out of shape... which I feel like I already am since I haven't run for a full month! Argh, that's so long!

Running is a gift from God.  I know that He has a plan for me.  I have to keep telling myself that if I don't run now and do what I'm told, I will be able to run for a lifetime.

-run for life friends

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pt - initial evaluation

I went to see the physical therapist today. Normally I don't like spending a lot of money on things like health... which seems ridiculous because my health is probably the most important thing God's given me. Well, now I have health insurance and I'm using it!

It was interesting. I learned: my right foot is a half size bigger than my left, trauma to a body part can either stunt growth or cause a growth spurt, my body compensates a lot for the half size difference-causing my ankle to hurt a lot!, the squishy thing on my foot is actually a muscle that helps my toes to curl up..., I have peroeal tibial tendonitis-fancy words for inflammed tendons in my right ankle. I have to wear an ankle brace and stay off my ankle as much as I can until I go back in two weeks. Dr. Howell said I can bike and possibly swim as long as it doesn't hurt when I point my toe/kick. He said pool running was okay because my foot remains flexed.

I'm going to have to do exercises to try to get the muscles in my right calf to be the same size as the ones in my left. I'd like to work on my left toe muscles too, so that my squishy parts of my foot are equal too... ha, ha.

I guess this blog is turning out to be my treatment log instead of a running log... Happy running for everyone else, I hope I will be able to join you on the trails soon. As they say, it's better not to run for a little while so that you can live to run another day.

- run for life