my sorry ass hasn't worked out in a week. i even missed our group run last night to take care of a family situation. boooo! but i made up for it by running and swimming today.
am run: i find that it takes me a long while to get warmed up. and after awhile, even though i'm good and warm, the outer calf pain starts. i was able to keep that pain at bay during marathon training because i was going to yoga once a week, if not twice. in fact, i should get the yoga mat out now and do some warrior poses during idol.
though i did find that when i ran faster, the outer calf pain decreased. or maybe i was more concerned about my hard breathing. whatever it is, i know i just need to be patient and i'll get back in the groove. despite my pathetic distance, by the end i thought, "damn! morning runs are better than crack!" although we all know, i know nothing about crack.
pm swim class: i told judy about my rash and she said i wasn't the first person to mention that to her! she said even she gets little red bumps. so she's investigating.
getting back in the pool felt good. i've been away for 2 weeks, afraid of worsening my skin condition and/or contaminating the pool with whatever i had. luckily, i still had my mojo. today we refined my stroke even more, focusing on slicing my hand into the water by rotating my arm so that my thumb enters the water first. at the end of my lesson after swimming more laps, i practiced flip turns. these things are getting so easy!
i'd like to get another two-fer in again tomorrow. i've got some catching up to do!
4 comments:
Good for you! Keep it up, girl.
Good job! I find I have more aches and pains when I run in the morning -- I think it's my bdy's way for rebelling against me for getting up early.
As per the skin thing, I get itchy like that as well(allergies too). You could try some of the lotions that help: Eucerin has a very nice one that works. Or, take an antihistamine.
But, like you said, could be the pool -- or your skin's reaction to the pool (cholrine in particular is hard on sensitive/allergy skin).
it it so awesome reading about your swimming progress...reminds me of my high school/early college summers when I did swim instruction. And, your instructor sounds great - if she introduces paddles into your workout I think you'll enjoy that too.
Great job getting in two workouts!
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