A little ride on Wed

Got the bike out and did a 5 mile ride. My legs are not used to riding so it was an effort the whole way. Also my butt muscles are not used to the bike saddle so I will have to build that up as well.

Tues not much better than Mon

Let the day get away from me yesterday and did not do much. Did spend about 1/2 an hour on the total gym doing various exercises.

Monday blues

Started to run yesterday and the legs felt really sore. The soreness confirmed what I already knew and that was that I have lost pretty much all of my fitness. My gain in weight is also a good indicator of my lack of fitness. Oh well.

I did watch the Boston Marathon on the internet. Kudos to Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher. I really admire what Goucher tried to do. With a few miles to go it looked like she was trying to take control of the race and break away. Trouble was the two other women running with her in the lead would not let that happen. It was a gutsy move, it just didn't work out. Still third place is nothing to sneeze at.

Day two

My legs were a tiny bit sore after yesterday's first run. I decided to do a bike ride this AM since the weather was so nice. The tires on my road bike were low, and I did not have a pump adapter to fit so I hopped on my mountain bike and road for about 6.5 miles. I know not much, but I am sure my bottom will be a little sore since I have not ridden in a while. This starting my training back up needs to be slow and easy.

Back in the saddle, so to speak

Back on February 1st while on an 18 mile run, I miss-stepped on some rocks and bruised/tore my plantar fascia on my left foot. What I thought would initially be a few days of non running turned into 10+weeks. Today I had my first run since the injury. Oh I am about 13 lbs heavier and I did not run very fast, but I slogged through 3.5 miles, and feel pretty good about the effort.

We will see what tomorrow brings. Hopefully I can get in another easy work out.