Fortunately my running buddy did not bail on me, and her showing up ready to run made me go ahead with the plans. It in fact turned out not bad. It rained lightly during the run, and got pretty hot and humid towards the end, but I took a full 2 minutes off my last run time, so I was ok with that. I felt my knee twinge a little at the 4k mark, and was a little concerned since both the physio and Dr have warned me that I can easily blow out my knee as I have never quite corrected all the damage done to my ankle since I had all the pins and screws put in, but it held out. Both my knee and ankle are a little sore at the moment, but nothing they wont recover from with a few days rest.
The downside to the light rain was DH did not take his camera....although I will give kudos to him and the kids for still coming to watch and support us. I gave them the easy out and told them they could stay at home, but they chose to come and stand there with umbrellas and cheer us on. Anyway with him not bringing his camera, I only have one picture to prove I ran, it was snapped on DH's cell phone as I am about 10m away from finishing, and although I am smiling, (the kids were hanging over the railing on the side waiting to high 5 me), I look huge...its horribly unflattering....so no pictures will appear online from todays race!
I think I will give running a bit of a rest, like slow down to once a week for a bit and try and squeeze some p90x workouts in to try and firm up some of the jiggly bits. Jiggly bits?? Yes that's exactly what Princess said to me the other day when I was outside tanning. In a loud voice she announced "Mommy your belly is jiggly!" I think I heard the neighbour snigger on the other side of the fence....
I actually did something wild this week, I bought a bikini! No, don't anyone panic. I have no intention of wearing it out in public. I thought that while the kids are splashing in the pool in the backyard I would try and tan my ghostly white stomach for a change....my thinking is that tanned jiggly bits may look better than white jigglys? Why I worry about that I have not idea, its not like anyone actually sees that except DH, and he knows better than to say anything, especially if he ever wants to get laid again in his lifetime.
Anyway hence the need to perhaps start the p90x, maybe if I can lose another 20lbs and firm up the jiggly bits, one day I may just be able to wear that bikini out in public!
Oh, to get rid of the jiggly bits! Is it true that an ankle injury effects your knees? My running has really gone down since I sprained my ankle about a year ago - get runner's knee. Well done on your 5km race.
ReplyDeleteHi Kath
ReplyDeleteI broke the bottom of my tibia and dislocated my ankle really badly a few years back. It was left dislocated for far too long and I ended up with a bit of nerve and soft tissue damage. Add to that two surgeries and a rather large metal rod with I think 7 screws in it and you get the idea of the state of my ankle. It still swells just from overuse, and I can no longer balance on that one leg, hence I tend to over compensate with my knee, and that leaves me open to blowing out my knee. I guess if your ankle is worrying you, it's natural to try and adjust your gait with your knee?
J