I didn’t go to the gym early this morning. My second daughter (we’ll call her “Beta” [she’s 11]) has been ill and was up last nite. I had to tend to her (that whole parenting thing, you know), so when four:ten rolled around, I yelled NO! and went back to sleep.
Ok, I didn’t yell… I mumbled “… not going… too tired…” to The Man and promptly passed back out.
I waited until later, and went around ten-almost-eleven o’clock. On the treadmill, I started with three minutes of brisk walking, then upped the pace and started to run. I paid attention to my stride, focusing on the landing of my feet, trying to avoid the dreaded heel-strike. It’s harder than it looks, after a life-time of being a heel-striker. However, it’s working. Pain is down to a minimum, and my ankle only started acting up when I slowed my run to a walk. That is when I started stepping differently as I walked, landing more on the balls of my feet than I would normally. And the pain… left. So I really think it’s all about the gait, the stride, the step. As this is only day two of The New Walk/Run Style, we shall see. Here’s to hoping!
I ran a total of fifteen minutes altogether (a first for me!!). Seven minutes, then two, then four, then two more. I was pretty pleased.
After my run/walk, I stretched for several minutes. It felt great. Then I decided to go ahead and give the Stairmaster a try. It’s something I’ve wanted to try since I started going to the gym.
I did twenty minutes, 1.06 miles, 40 “floors”. And it was not easy. One of the strangest workouts ever; very low impact, but really got my heart rate up. I sweat like a crazy woman; I was sweating in places I didn’t know you could sweat! I simultaneously felt awesome and like I was about to tip backwards in a sweaty heap.
I feel sore in places I haven’t in a long while, but so far, so good. I guess we’ll see how it affects me on the morrow. Hopefully I can move more than just my thumbs come morning!
All in all, today was a good day. I am happy :)
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