45 minutes on the Arc and 2+ miles walking. Perhaps a dog walk later.
Can’t believe we may be in for a snowstorm on Sunday/Monday – could get 8 inches or more! What??? Now winter decides to show up? So wrong in so many ways.
Glad to hear your headache is gone, romani. Hope the rest of the pain also subsides soon.
Day off today (both work and fitness) as I had an upper endoscopy this AM. Neither the doctor nor I anticipate anything more than treatable reflux.
Ankle seems to be fine. Planning yoga/walk/run this weekend as usual. Hoping the possible snow (on the first day of spring) does not happen.
Weights this morning and yoga later on today. My calves are achy so just recreational walking, no attempt to run!
Pizzagirl, do you do foam rolling?
C3Baker, I occasionally take “Vitamin I” before my long runs and immediately after. I hope the cherry juice will help - there are published studies that suggest it does help with inflammation. I am not sure if capsules will do much because whatever is the active compound(s) could be lost due to all the processing that is involved to extract the fruit. I would stick to the juice concentrate - the studies seemed to use the real juice! I can eat sour cherries without any added sugar, so if you can stomach unsweetened juice, pick that to minimize the calories.
If you are drinking the juice before or after a long run, surely you can afford the 120 calories, right?!
@FallGirl my son and his finance are heading to Virginia tomorrow afternoon for a long weekend with a friend planning to leave Monday morning to drive back to Ohio via Pittsburgh. I sure hope that stupid spring storm does not materialize!!!
Hoping to get out for a nice long walk after work today. The wind has been fierce here the last couple of days!
I started doing the tart cranberry thing at the “request” (ahem: constant nagging) of my mom. last week. I’m not sure if it’ll actually help but I figure these things can’t hurt.
BB - no, but maybe I should. The barre/Pilates/DaVinci studio I go to has something called Yamuna Body Rolling.
I was asking sabaray if she takes the tart cherry juice concentrate daily or just before/after long runs. Some of the literature talks about benefits besides just pain relief and that would come from taking it daily but I’m not sure I want to add 120 calories on a daily basis (I need to save room for treats!). But since sabaray says she does it before/after long runs, that’s what I’ll go with. It is certainly worth a try and I want to stay away from ibuprofen for now - I had been taking a lot of it. And I agree with doing the juice concentrate and not the capsules - better to get it in its’ natural form.
FallGirl - I’m glad your ankle is doing better!
I sure hope the snow does not materialize for anyone. Enough already!
@GertrudeMcFuzz – I like to do a race or big event about once a month-- I find more than that is too much. I do 5Ks and about four 10Ks a year, but I don’t have your fitness level.
Have been taking it easier the last few days - mostly weights and yoga. Saturday I am meeting a girlfriend from my previous job and we are going to walk the 606 (our version of the High Line in NYC) and do Shred 415, which neither of us have done before. She’s only 20 years younger than me and ran the Chicago marathon in 2014. She knows to call 911 if I can’t keep up! But brownie points for trying!
Here is the link to Shred; it appears similar in concept to OrangeTheory. I tell you, if it takes working out with the hipsters in Wicker Park to motivate me, so be it!!
I was wondering what “Shred” was! So basically interval training. Let us know how it goes!
So, just came in from 3.5 miles in 35 mph winds!! But, close to 60 degrees. I think things are cooling down so I was happy to get out even if it was super windy.
TRX. Stretch. Core. Mile warmup. 10x266, 2x400, mile warm down.
I drink tart cherry juice. Antioxidant. Good for muscle soreness, arthritis help and mostly I like the taste. I try to hide it from my son by hiding it in the frig but he manages to find it. The concentrate costs me 7 bucks a bottle!
5.1 mile day. I’m exhausted from my trip and waiting in airports for much of 2 days. Need a good night’s sleep.
Don’t we all!
“20,000 steps despite having to sit on my butt 5 hours without a break!”
@BunsenBurner , I wish I could follow this thread closer, but it is way too overwhelming! Are you on a vacation or some sort of major exercise break? How do you have time to do so many steps every day, unless you are running really, really fast?!
A mile is about 2000 steps. I try to do 6000-8000 steps a day over what I run. If I run 7 miles, that plus walking and “life” puts me over 20000. Bunsen walks a lot. Airports help with steps.
My average for last week (which is probably pretty average of a week for this time of year) was about 17,000 steps a day. That includes running but I only average 10-12 miles a week running. I do walk the dog ALOT and there are days in my job where I am moving a lot. At home I don’t sit down any night till probably 8pm. The better the weather, the more steps I’ll have just because I like to be out doing things - plenty of yard work and gardening to keep me moving in the warmer months!
So my wife insisted that I get evaluated for sleep apnea because I would constantly roll over onto my back at night, snore and make strange breathing sounds, plus I frequently seemed tired in the morning and not refreshed. Went to an ENT who did an exam and told me I have a significantly deviated septum (no surprise there, years of full contact martial arts can tend to cause that, lol). The ENT had me do a 3 night home sleep study hooked up to a goofy machine and sure enough I have mild sleep apnea. The ENT wanted to prescribe a CPAP machine or palate surgery. No way I was going to do either of those for what was clearly positional obstructive mild apnea. Instead, I bought a TempurPedic pillow designed specifically for side sleeping and a cloth chest strap that has stiff, dense foam blocks sewed into the back of it where it wraps around my mid and upper back. It creates a physical barrier to rolling over in my sleep onto my back. It seems to be working fine. My wife reports no more snoring or strange breathing sounds. The only problem is that I seem to be having dreams where I’m wrestling with a boa constrictor, ;).
HAHA^^^^ Good for you for finding/creating a non-invasive solution! Sounds like it’s definitely worth a try! Palate surgery sounds delicate in a rough way!
Bus, ha-ha, yes, that was our very active mini vacation - the beach is about 2,000 steps from the hotel. 
Made collecting steps easier. Back to reality though because Mr. had a very important (not) meeting to attend.
Michael, that is hilarious. I read your post to Mr., and he high-fived you. Excellent solution. Mr. uses a body pillow on the right side and me on the left to keep him from rolling over into his back.