One of Those Weekends...

Well... we've all shared our success stories of great races and workouts! And Liz has been kind enough to point out that not every workout can be a new record setting, PR kind of workout.

That was my kind of weekend... a not so good one.

Ever since my long brick last Sunday, my lower back/right hip has been bugging me. As well as my left shoulder. I knew what was wrong... my right SI Joint is and has been out of whack for awhile. It in itself has never caused me any pain, it just causes other issues that hurt. (shin splints, etc. :) And my shoulder doesn't like paddles very much. So it was a little ticked at me as well from some recent swims.

Well because of this reason and that reason, I haven't been to physical therapy but once in like 3-4 weeks. You know how it goes, something gets better and then you take your treatment for granted. So my SI Joint has basically gotten all locked up. And that dormant knot in my shoulder became not so dormant anymore. I went last Sunday and did that long ride where all of the muscles and tissues surrounding the SI joint got overworked, fatigued, inflammed, and finally started to actually hurt.

I nursed my body all week, but kept up with my schedule. It was just kind of nagging. And FINALLY made an appointment for physical therapy this past Friday, yesterday.

Thank goodness!!

My hip had gotten a lot better, but after a 3 hour ride on Friday, it had again gotten all jacked-up.

Needless to say, that workout sucked. I was ticked too because it was supposed to be all leisurely and such. Zone 1-2 stuff and the weather was beautiful, so my opportunity to go out and just kind of enjoy my ride was shadowed by the fact that my back REALLY hurt the whole time!

So from there to my MUCH needed appointment and thank goodness Laura made both feel a lot better!

Woke up today feeling pretty good! Went about my normal business. Finally got myself to the pool for my workout this afternoon and by this time when my left shoulder knots up and then finally gets better... the typical pattern is that the knot in the right shoulder shows up. Not sure if it's because my right shoulder compensates for the left when it's fatigued and so the irritation just goes from one to the other, but regardless, I spent my swim with my right shoulder bothering me. AND I found myself really tired. But I told myself to stick to my workout. Work through it and keep pushing to hit those numbers.

Well, didn't happen. I wasn't really bummed about it because I figured I did what I could do. Pushed like I was supposed to and checked it off of my list.

Ok... on to my Long Run, which honestly wasn't really all that long. 1:15 with only the last 20 min at Tempo pace.

Started out feeling ok. But didn't take long to realize that again, this wasn't going to be one of those feeling great, things going awesome kind of workouts.

My heart rate was too high from the get-go, while my pace was slower than usual. Didn't think too much about it because I was supposed to do a long warm-up, so I just kept it easy and kept chugging along. Before too long though.... you guessed it... that right hip had decided it'd had enough. But since Laura said it'd be ok to run and I knew what the issue was and didn't think I was really hurting myself, I stuck with it.

I told myself to think of it as training to push through pain. It wasn't anything unbearable, and by the time I got to my 20 min of tempo work it was just SAD....

I was pushing the zone 3, but at a pace that should have put me in zone 1. S...L...O....W, but yet felt like I should have been setting new records with the effort I was giving it.

FINALLY finished up, again feeling like I'd done all I could and couldn't feel bad about myself because well... You can't win them all.

Tried to stretch it out, but started really hurting at this point. By the time I got home...... I am hobbling. My right hip is KILLING me :(

Ice bath... advil....stretching in every which away that my body can contour to try to reach those places, heat, more ice, and now rest... I'm trying to recover.

At least tomorrow is my off day, so hopefully all that is FLAMING will settle! And I don't have to worry about either suffering through yet another losing workout OR skipping it, which is what I'd probably do if I had anything on the schedule for tomorrow.

It's not a TOTAL loss... I've learned to NEVER skip out on PT again at least not for that long when I'm training like I am! I'll be back first thing Monday morning! :)

I'm continuing to learn the push points of my body.... the I can work through this kind of pain vs. the I've had enough, let's re-group kind of pain!

And I'm continuing to learn how to deal with the it's just not going to happen, but don't give up and keep trying kind of workouts!

So... if you've had a not so good day and the LAST thing you want to read is about everyone's GRAND workouts and breakthroughs... feel free to come here and read about the NOT so good ones!! :)

Tomorrow is my Cooper's 5th birthday! And of course, it's supposed to be unusually cold here tomorrow! I swear.... It NEVER fails! :)

But cold or not... we will have a great time at his and Gracie's Barbie Princess/Hot Wheels Party because well..... Cake + Ice Cream + presents = ALWAYS FUN!! No matter what!!

Good luck to everyone racing IM AZ tomorrow!! I hope that day for everyone there is the PERFECT race day!!

K :)