I am a redneck mom . . .or at least I was for a hot second

On Saturday Chris and I took Riley to the Dogwood Festival along with Tiffany, Cory, Nichole and Finn. We had a great time despite it being Africa HOT outside (seriously it was 92). We walked around for a little while before finding a shady spot to relax in the grass. Of course my boy with all of his boundless energy was in no mood to just sit so we all spent a little time chasing Riley around the park. And that's when it happened! Riley spotted a fountain a little way down the park and took off running. Tiffany and I both chased after him and we figured that we would dip his little feet in the water and that would be good. Oh no, not my son! After a few minutes of splashing his little feet he wiggled his way off of my lap and into the fountain! Holy crap! He was in the fountain up to his waist and happy as a clam! So once he was in there we let him stay for a few minutes (it couldn't hurt, he was already soaked) but everyone was staring. Oh well! We had our redneck swimming pool moment and then got out and Riley was PISSED! He kept trying to get back to the fountain! Well Christopher I guess we have to put the pool up now!

Better or Worse? Not really sure. . .

I can't really tell if the running is getting better or worse. I mean I'm feeling better about the running, but my shins still HURT. Normally my shins don't hurt until the mid to end of my run, but yesterday they started hurting right from the beginning. So yeah I don't know. I came home and iced down, but they are still very sore to the touch this morning. I can feel the knot on both shins where they are fractured. I'm just hoping they stay only stress fractured and not end up full on broken. I keep thinking that I'll be out running, step wrong and a bone will come shooting through my shin. . .eww i know!

Okay this isn't so bad

While I'm still not in love with running its not sooo bad. Mind you I'm still hurting a lot with my shins, and they are sore to the touch I am able to push through as long as I take it easy between runs. So that means I've had to quit aerobics for the time being and quite frankly that sucks! I love aerobics and I'm really got at it, but these race people have my money and I'm determined. So I have finally progressed to week 2 of my podrunner series and I think I'll end up making it through week 8 of 10 before my race June 6, thats not too bad since I had to take two weeks off to let my shins rest. Week 2 kicked my butt yesterday, but I think a lot of that has to do with pushing the jogger, but like I said before I can't just leave Riley at daycare when he is been there all day so I'll deal.

Thanks to my Nike+ kit I am at least able to see that I am getting a little faster with the running. When I'm running I am doing usually between a 9 and 11 minute pace, so that is good since I was shooting for 10. My only problem now is working on my endurance! I am still running intervals (with the intervals getting progressively longer) but its still intervals. I'm hoping by race day I can at least run a pretty good stretch at once and only have to take two or three walk breaks. The path I'm running right now is about 2.5 miles and I do that in 30 minutes and considering how much I'm walking I can probably get that down to 22-25 if I was running more than walking. . . so its good.

I know I won't win the race, I want to finish and not embarrass myself, the not embarrassing myself is key! So here is hoping!

Riley's Easter Videos

Here are Riley's Videos from the Easter Egg Hunt! :-)

Run sans ipod means no nike+ data

Sucks! I left my Ipod in Chris' car so I don't have any data on my wog today. I feel cheated! I mean I know how far I went and all, but I don't have it to log into my nike fit program so I won't get credit for it. BOO! Oh well! I guess the point is I did it and I know it. My shins still hurt pretty bad and I've given up aerobics at least for the time being. I figure with probably fractured shins I can't do everything. So I'm sticking to wogging only for now. Lets all hope the pain doesn't get too much worse so I don't embarrass myself come June 6th.

Running Again

So today was my first run in two weeks. Two weeks of waiting and hoping that whatever was going on in my shins would go away. Well today I got my answer. Pretty sure I have a stress fracture in at least my left shin. After two weeks of no activity I should have been good to go if what I was feeling was just shin splints, but my left shin is still in lots of pain. I made it through my run okay. I did 2.03 miles in 30 minutes on my walk jog walk jog, not too bad. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow for something different so I'm going to ask if they can look at it while I'm there and hopefully I will get some answers. I am still planning on doing my run on June 6th, even if I have to walk it, but it would be nice to cross the finish line running.

Update

Its been over a week since my last workout (running or otherwise), I feel like a total fatass, but at least my shins are feeling better. I'm going to wait til the weekend to test them out, but I think I've healed from my stress fractures or whatever the deuce was wrong with me.

That is all for now.

Pretty Day . . Pretty Pictures

I am no Nichole, but it was a pretty day today so I decided to try to take a few pictures of my Beanie boy. Here are a few of the better ones. Enjoy!

This is my attitude!

Alright bitches here it is . . .

1- I hurt! I hurt a lot! It hurts to walk, it hurts to run, it hurts to climb stairs and it hurts to squat down and play with Riley

2- F-it! I will not let this shit keep me down! I took on this challenged and dammit I'm going to finish it even if I have to walk my 5K I'm going to finish it!

3- The wrapping has not helped, oh well! I'm going to gut it out (but take it easier) until Spring Break (April 10) then I will go see the doc, I don't have time til then and honestly people its only one more week!

Call me Mummy. . .

In a last ditch effort to avoid going to the doctors about my shins I am trying to wrap them for a little extra support. (This in addition to the ice massages and motrin) I'm going to give it a few days and see if it helps, lets all hope it does. I'm fighting karma and irony on this since I finally have the motivation to run and my body is trying to fight me. Well bitches I'm fighting back! I'm going to do this damn 5K even if I have to walk the entire thing! So there!