Minor Back Injury = Major Pain

Major pain in the A@*!!! It's been 4 days since my last run and I'm really having serious withdrawals!!! UGH! I want to be RUN-NING (Forest Gump).

I have learned a valuable lesson, however. I need to be cross training as well as run. I need to take 2 days each  week and do some weight training! This is crazy! I feel like I'm not as toned in my upper body as I was a year ago either. I know better than to just run for exercise, but running makes me soooo happy I don't like to skip even 1 day of it.

HMMMMM....

Also, I'm going to have to invest in Bikram yoga. It's kind of tough to do when I'm taking tennis lessons. I mean, how much monthly budget does it take to maintain your health and fitness and performance?

So $100/month on tennis lessons. $110/month yoga, $80/quarter for health club. Plus tennis tournaments, 5K entries, I'll be buying a bike soon. And, I have a maid that cleans house every other week Can't leave that out of the budget!!! NO WAY!!!

Then... there's finding time to do all of this.

M-F run (or walk) 5am,
Tues evening tennis lesson, alternate weeks? swim on off weeks
Wed evening yoga
Thurs evening Mixed Dbls tennis league, Sat morning USTA tennis league... Sunday run/swim or run/bike... I'm going to need a day off once in a while when the heck am I going to cross/strenght train?

Maybe with my tennis ambitions, I can't do a triathlon this year? But I reallyl want to!!!!

Perhaps, for the moment... I just set a short term goal to get my back well. Then I'll have to prioritze all this other stuff.

Here's the bright side of this: I'm having to prioritize all of my athletic ambitions instead of trying to recover from some major injury or illness. There are many people that are not able to enjoy the good health I am currently having.

Run, Gram-MAW! Run!

I'm not sure why... but I had one of the best runs I've ever had this morning. It felt so easy and I pushed myself so much farther than I normally do. I shaved more than 1:00 off my regular pace.

I think I was pacing myself a little differently and when I felt my heartrate get up - I readjusted my pace and just kept going. Fitness Level test was a 5 today as well and I burned 520 + calories.

Not bad for an Ol' Gram-MAW!

Good article to pass along

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Weekend of debauchery creates a set back. I've been so good for so long. And this weekend I was SOOOOOOO bad.

We went to San Antonio, ate, drank a lot & now I feel terrible.

I have a big week ahead though. 1st tennis lesson Mon. night. I'm going to swim Tues. evening. Doubles tennis Thurs. night. In addition to my morning runs.

And then Sun. morning I run my 1st 5K at the Komen Race for the Cure.

Wish me luck!

On a side note: We saw dozens & dozens of cyclists today in the LAF ride on the back roads to Wimberly. Very inspiring!

Wow it's raining really hard. So I just did a little workout....just to get my heart & lungs pumping.

Walked .25 then took off & ran a mile. Feels good to be so dedicated to fitness that I would brave this weather. It really wasn't bad. However I can't use my phone the way I like in this rain. Can't get my precious iPhone wet!??

Love yourself today!

Perfect weather for a run! 70 & light rain. I'm supposed to see my tennis coach tonight but 80% chance of rain. I'm glad I got in 3 miles just in case.

What are you doing today that's GOOD for you? Nobody but you....

I had a tough workout this morning. I had to stop suddenly between miles 2 & 3. But I soon resumed and even ran a good 3rd mile.

I'm also enjoying the imapmyfitness app on my iPhone. It automatically saves the stats of my run. I like to also add my mental stats then Twitter it here. I hope it's capturing.

I also got to see a shooting star as I finished. Now how many people can say that this morning?So many good things happen when you take the time to be good to yourself. What did I wish for? Better go buy a lottery ticket!