Well, currently I'm doing lots of physical therapy. Does that count? The original diagnosis was IT Band syndrome, but now they're thinking that it might be a pinched nerve in my low back. I've been fighting it for the last few months, and let me tell ya, it's getting old.
Yesterday I threw caution to the wind and went sledding for an hour and half with my son. Totally not on my recovery plan. But, some things just need to happen, ya know? In a normal winter, I'd be X-country skiing for an outdoor activity, along with the running, swimming and stationary biking. Right now I'm limited to pool walking, swimming (with no kicking), and upper body weights, along with a ton of specific low-body exercises and stretches. I've been on the super restriction for the last 3 weeks, before that I was still running some. (I was training for the Arizona half-marathon when it flared up. *sigh* That came and went this past weekend.) I don't do much of anything special with my diet - lots of whole grains, not enough fruits and veggies (though I try). I limit the refined sugar intake, don't do caffeine, don't do artificial sweeteners, and don't eat red meat. I don't eat much meat at all. So, most of my protein comes from beans and soy and such like that. I drink a ton of water - no soda, very rarely juice. I don't do alcohol except on special occasions. In the midst of heavy training, I'll do some special stuff - like having a recovery snack after a long workout (chocolate soymilk is good), and having cliff bars for long bike rides. I had just bought some honey stingers to use on long runs, but alas, I only got to do one run long enough to warrant that before I was sidelined. What a downer, eh? On 1/16/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deanna wrote: > > Things change fast, don't they? My kid is only 3 > > Hey Deanna - how is the training going? Are you still doing those > IronWomans? How about snow training? I dunno about you, but we got > dumped on yesterday ... I would figure that you did too. Do you do > anything special dietwise? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224819 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
