Category Archives: Workout
mother may i?
as we all know or at least the three people who read this blog and spammers, my name is valerie and i suffer from persistent shin pain. and i’m sick of it. and it must stop now. i’m tired of playing the runner’s version of mother may i; i take two steps forward and then [...]
jagged little pill
this post has been sitting in my draft folder for several days, it’s not too late to hit publish, is it? where did i leave off? oh the week before last i managed to get in three decent runs. the first one was on wednesday, my first day back after being shut down by the arthritis [...]
just enough
i know, it’s been a while and i hated not being able to work out last week, but there was nothing i could do. too many things hurt at the same time and it wasn’t worth it nor did i feel like trying. i feel better today, well enough to get in a decent workout [...]
i haven’t got time for the pain
i can’t explain the shin splints yesterday or today, but gave it another shot. here’s what happened: i ran the first mile (slowly) in 11 minutes and 07 seconds – it hurt and i was mad. i stretched, removed my compression sleeves, tied my shoes and ran another mile. i finished mile 2 in 9 [...]
too tired for words
today’s workout is brought to you by the .pdf below. iFitness_Log_18-Aug-11 on a sad note, i could only run a mile today before shin pain took me down. i was feeling weightless after my upper body workout and was cruising nicely on the treadmill until i heard my feet slapping the belt. i knew it [...]
