Update

I followed through with my plan to do a little swimming today. I swam/kicked laps for about 30ish minutes. I did very little with the jog belt, but feel like I got a pretty good workout in . I'm definitely more tired following a water workout than I ever was with jogging. I'm guessing it's because it involves more muscle groups?!? My arms have certainly felt the impact of "freestyling it." I hope that they're starting to show some of that hard work too!

Hope you all have a great night and a wonderful start to a new week!

Short and Sweet

This post is going to be just that, short and right to the point. I'm pretty much keeping up with my activity here on this blog. I should be keeping some sort of a workout calendar for a quick visual of my activities, but I have yet to do that.

So on to the point--I swam laps again on Friday evening. I swam for approximately 25 minutes (including kick board laps). It was a bit difficult because I had worked all day and was pretty tired. On top of that the water was super warm, quite like bathwater. The air was actually cooler than the water so it wasn't very refreshing. Nonetheless I completed the swim.

Yesterday (Saturday) was a "rest" day filled with cleaning and lots of play time with the family. Sometime today or this evening I plan to head to the pool for another workout. I have yet to decide if it will be laps, water jogging, or a combo of the two. My foot is STILL bothering me. I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever be able to run again. If I do get to run anytime soon how difficult is it going to be? I wonder how much of a setback I'm going to incur. I guess I'll learn that answer once this darn heel heals (haha....heel heals! I'm such a dork).

Anyway, happy Sunday and happy running!!!

Running in the Water

I know that I said I was going to play with my aqua jogger this weekend, but I did it today instead. I swam laps yesterday and had planned to rest today and do more laps tomorrow. Well, as usual, change of plans! Last night I decided I would go ahead and head to the pool this morning for a little experimentation. I took my i-pod, set it to Carli's week 9 podcast, strapped on the aqua jogger, and hopped in the pool. I had forgotten how strange it feels to try to run while floating! I'm still not sure if my form was correct, but surely I had to have burned at least a few calories. Don't you think?

I definitely need more practice with the belt though. I think that I'll try to search online for some water workouts that utilize it or at least some suggestions for how to get a good workout with it. If nothing else it's a good way to mix things up.

Oh, by the way, I did find some time yesterday to catch up on my reading. I enjoy seeing how you all are doing with your runs. Keep up the good work!

Swimming

My heel is feeling quite a bit better but it's not 100% yet so I'm still not running (boo!). I don't want to jump back into running too early and risk further injury and delay my healing, so I'm trying to be patient (this is not one of my strong suits).

On a happier note, I have been swimming instead. I've always liked to swim, but when compared to running it's so much easier to roll out of bed, slap on a pair of running shoes and take off. When I want to swim I have to put on the dreaded bathing suit, drive to the pool (I know I shouldn't complain, it's only 3 mins. from my house), fish out all of the critters that don't need to be swimming with me, and hop in. Then when I'm done I have to dry off, collect all of my stuff, and drive back home. It's definitely more time consuming and more of a hassel, but let me tell you, it's a kick-butt work-out! Now that part I like! In 30 minutes I feel like I'm getting a total body workout. When I'm done, I feel exhausted yet invigorated (if that's even possible).

I've pretty much decided that I will continue to swim even after my heel is pain free and I'm running again. It's just that good, folks! For the most part I'm swimming the majority of my laps free-style. I also have a kick board. When I get out of breath I kick a few laps to recover. So far I haven't broken out the aqua jogger. I think I'll do it this weekend when I'm not on such a tight schedule and will have a little more time to experiment. I'll let you know how it goes.

I sure hope you all are doing well and making good progress. I've been really busy lately and am behind on reading, but promise to catch up later today or tomorrow. I'm anxious to see how you all are doing and feeling.

Happy running!