With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

Still a bit sore from Saturday's run.  I hopped on the elliptical for an hour and it felt great.  Didn't bother my groin at all.

I need to be more diligent about  my stretching in the pm and after a good work out.  Icing too.

Did another hour workout on the elliptical.  Did stretching after.

Thought I might try running in the afternoon, but I'm not ready for 90 degree running in 60% humidity yet.  I've got to work my way up to that kind of torture.

I did 30 on the elliptical, and then thought I'd try my luck at running.  My groin was sore the whole time.  I tried stretching it out, but it's still sore 8 hours later.  It's hard to stretch and ice through out the day when I'm in a classroom with students and teachers.

I'm sure my spaz move of falling down the concrete stairs on my way to lunch in front of 400 teen-agers did as much good for my groin as it did for my self-esteem.  It's really been sore since that "smooth move."

But I firmly believe it's nothing that a little pain medicine and a few more weeks off of running can't cure.  I just hate not running.  I've got to get serious about healing though, or I'll never be able to keep up with RAD for the first 1/4 mile of the race :-)

woke up extra early so I'd have time for my 1 hr elliptical and the errands I had to run before 630 am.

The hour workout was great.  I'm glad the elliptical is fixed.  I stretched a lot, and iced while I sat on the ball and worked my arms.  But by the end of the arms workout, I was ready for some sleep again.  I just leaned over toward the bed, and the ball tipped me gently so my head & shoulders were on the bed, but my pelvis and ice pack were still in place on the ball.  Then I took a very short 10 min nap.  It was glorious.  I wish I could take another one right now!

The ice really helped this morning.  It's just amazing to me how it can make the pain disappear. 

No running this morning, but that's okay.  I do want to heal, and I know running aggrivates it.  Since the elliptical is helping me get my daily workout and keeping my cardio up, I'm just going to stay off the roads a little longer.

I was back on the elliptical this morning.  It took me a while to get up to speed.  The machine kept blinking  "SPEED UP" at me. I did a 45 min workout and then a 20 min workout.  The longest workout is 45 min, so I can't pick a one hour program. 

I stretched afterward, but didn't have time to ice.  I think I'll regret that today.  I'm so glad it's Friday!!  I'm going to the baseball game tomorrow and we're sitting in the $1 hot dog, hamburger & beer section.  Free sodas, popcorn and peanuts.  All for an extra $5 entry fee.  It's only $4 to get in, so it's bargain date night!  I guess I'll be the designated driver.  I'll have to find an extra long and hard workout tomorrow morning so I can pre-burn some of those hot dog calories.  It'll all be worth it!

We went on a 7 mile hike with out backpacks on.  Mine was about 30 lbs.  It was good exercise, but the best part was the water habitat area we found on our journey.  Lilly pads, frogs, turtles, and some kind of otter that's been busy building a dam.  It was beautiful.  I'm so glad we went off the beaten path.  The trail was completly flooded over because of the little dam building critter, so we got to go on a little walk about and follow the train tracks back to the car. 

Over 2 hours of hiking.  Forgot my usual hiking socks & got a blister.  Lesson learned for next time!