Hello Runnerss!

It's now 9:50pm; I'm laying on my couch, ice packs on knees and watching Law & Order: CI. Great show by the way, not nearly at great as SVU... but whatever.

Anywho. i ran a mile tonight - little over 13 minutes. Oh well. Can't all be great, right? i was still happy. I did some arm exercises with my sexy 5lb weights. After that i did about 25 minutes worth of physical therapy. That consisted of..... well... all sorts of stuff - squat jumpy things (I'm great at explaining, huh!?), resistance band w/o and a step thing. Yeah, I'm awful at explaining. OH CRAP! Just remembered i forgot to stretch. Dang it. I'm really trying to be better at that. I never really thought it was all that important. There've been MANY discussions on that; as to whether stretching is good or not. I'm personally still not totally sold on it, but it was suggested that I do it by my PT woman, so I am.

What are your opinions on stretching?

Boz is at his volleyball league tonight. So i guess that'll be his workout for the evening. He's quite the active guy. Not only does he coach, he's also on a volleyball league, basketball league as well as a softball league.

Lovely. I've managed to give myself a slight case of frostbite.

Don't let this happen to you!

Day 2 for Jody & Boz

Hello fellow runners!

It's 8:30pm and I am waiting for my darlin' hubby to return home from coaching. He should be here relatively soon.... i think. Then we'll be going for our run. We both need it tonight. He had a rough night coaching and I just need it like I need a hit. I haven't had a good run in such a long time. I miss those nights/days where I could lace up and head out and run in which ever direction my little heart chooses. And be gone for long periods of time. Now I'm stuck with a crappy half a mile before I start to hurt. THIS SUCKS ASS.

Anyway, I'm gonna go ice my knees before Boz gets home. Hope everyone is doing well with their running!

Love to All.

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It is 9:54pm and we're back from our run. I have to admit we strayed from the training schedule. I was curious to see how my knees would hold up so we just ran. We did 1.4 miles in 17:34. So roughly a 12 minute mile.

Currently i am sitting at the computer, my legs propped up with ice packs on both knees. i'm very excited about how tonight went. i feel i could have *possibly* gone longer but i feel like i did more than I should already.

Boz felt great the whole time. Oh! i forgot to mention, we didn't stop at all! Not one stop, not even a slow down.

Tomorrow its back to running/walking as i should be doing. i just had to try it out, I'm sure you all understand.

Do As i Say, Not As i Do.

One of My Cool Running Verses

I have fought the good fight.

I have finished the course.

I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

Training Day One

One day down, a lot more to go. I did my running on the treadmill tonight - though i really should have done it outside. But i know how worried Boz gets when I run alone at night.....besides, i thought it best should my knee act up.

Run 1 minute; Walk 2 minutes. I don't know about anyone else but i hated when my minue was up and I had to walk again. I swear those 2 minutes took F-O-R-E-V-E-R. However, at times it was a blessing as my knees were giving me a little grief. While they seem to be doing a lot better than they have the past year, things aren't quite right yet. Nor did I expect them to be. The PT Sabine, thinks I'm pretty much good to go. Hmm.... not so sure I'd agree. The most I ever ran while seeing her was half a mile. Now when one is looking to run 13.1 miles in little less than 5 months.....its not so encouraging. But we'll take this a day at a time and we'll see what happens. Lord willing in 5 months I'll be leaving ya'll in the dust. ;o) kidding, of course.

Anyone else having trouble with their IT Bands? Mine were pretty tight.