Last weekend I had a pain in my elbow before I went to bed. I thought I bruised it, but when I woke up the next morning, I realized it was more than just a bruise.
That night I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned in bed trying to get comfortable so my elbow would stop hurting. In the morning my elbow was swollen, in pain, and red. Of course I tried to self diagnose myself and came up with elbow bursitis. I even turned to facebook to see if someone had any idea of what I might have. By the afternoon I admitted defeat and ended up going to an urgent care nearby. I waited for about 2 hours, but I didn't care; I was in pain.
They finally took me to the back and asked me some basic questions. After asking me these questions, they decided to take an X-ray of my elbow just to make sure there were no fractures. After the x-ray I went back to my waiting room to wait for the doctor. The doctor came in and gave me the good news: no fracture! She diagnosed me with elbow bursitis! (WebMD for the win!) She prescribed me with antibiotic to prevent infection and also pain meds.
After leaving the urgent care I try to drop-off my prescription at two different places and was completely unsuccessful. As I got into my car after the second failed attempt, I just started crying. I had ended up spending 3 hours in urgent care and felt like absolute crap. I was so over this already and I'd only been in pain for one day. When my husband got home that night and saw how much pain I was in, he had me contact the closest 24 hour pharmacy and drove me to drop off my prescriptions. They ended up filling the prescription and just like that - I had pain meds!!
Fast forward to today. I haven't really been working out which makes me feel crabby and lazy, but I can feel my elbow getting better. I did manage to workout some this weekend: a 6 mile run on Saturday and a warm-up run with 45 minute stationary cycling. It was awesome!! I'm definitely an individual that needs to workout to maintain my sanity.
I'm taking this week off from any weight lifting, but will continue to run. I had my half marathon this coming weekend, but I'm throwing the race to compete in a 10K for cash prizes. Before the injury I was pretty well trained, but right now I feel slow and not all there. I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best.
Anywho, I'll keep you all apprised of what's going on. It seems like I'll just stick to running this week and return to OTF the following week. No matter how much I miss OTF, I know that resting my elbow is for the best. Trust me; I'm as stubborn as they come. However, I know when injuries are serious, and I need to be smart and just relax or I'll make it worse. Until the next time, happy trails!!
The Start of a New Year...
Every year we make resolutions; commitments to ourselves on ways we are going to improve in the new year. Most of the times these resolutions are health related and are made with good intentions. This year I figured I would do the opposite. Instead of trying to be competitive and over the top with my fitness, I want to slow down and enjoy the things I typically don't have the chance to enjoy. I want to simplify my life instead of making it complicated, and I want to be more honest with the people I care about by communicating what I want or expect from them. These things don't seem hard, but they are to me. It's almost like I'm going against my current lifestyle. I hope these changes last, but if they don't then at least I can say I tried.
Now, regardless of my resolutions, I still make it a point to workout on the first day of the new year. Today's workout was my Orange Theory Fitness class. I took one of the trainers I typically don't take and ended up having a solid workout. His class was hard and consisted of the following"
12 Sumo squats with an upward row (15 pound dumbbells)
12 Backward lunges on each led with weights (15 pound dumbbells)
30 Running Men
12 low row with a deadlift (15 pound dumbbells)
12 knee tucks
150 Meter Row (under 35 seconds)
Now, regardless of my resolutions, I still make it a point to workout on the first day of the new year. Today's workout was my Orange Theory Fitness class. I took one of the trainers I typically don't take and ended up having a solid workout. His class was hard and consisted of the following"
- 12 Sumo squats with an upward row (15 pound dumbbells)
- 150 Meter Row (under 35 seconds)
- 12 Sumo squats with an upward row (15 pound dumbbells)
- 12 Backward lunges on each led with weights (15 pound dumbbells)
- 150 Meter Row (under 35 seconds)
- 12 Sumo squats with an upward row (15 pound dumbbells)
- 12 Backward lunges on each led with weights (15 pound dumbbells)
- 30 Running Men
- 150 Meter Row (under 35 seconds)
- 12 Sumo squats with an upward row (15 pound dumbbells)
- 12 Backward lunges on each led with weights (15 pound dumbbells)
- 30 Running Men
- 12 low row with a deadlift (15 pound dumbbells)
- 150 Meter Row (under 35 seconds)
- 12 Sumo squats with an upward row (15 pound dumbbells)
- 12 Backward lunges on each led with weights (15 pound dumbbells)
- 30 Running Men
- 12 low row with a deadlift (15 pound dumbbells)
- 12 knee tucks
- 150 Meter Row (under 35 seconds)
- 12 Sumo squats with an upward row (15 pound dumbbells)
- 12 Backward lunges on each led with weights (15 pound dumbbells)
- 30 Running Men
- 12 low row with a deadlift (15 pound dumbbells)
- 12 knee tucks
- 12 hamstring curls
- Ended finishing 50 meters before time was called.......
- 3 minutes at base pace (6 MPH)
- 3 minutes at push pace (7 MPH)
- 90 seconds at base pace (6 MPH)
- Two minutes at push pace (7 MPH)
- 1 minute at base pace (6 MPH)
- 1 minute at push pace (7.2 MPH)
- 1 minute at base pace (6 MPH)
- 1 minute at push pace (7.2 MPH)
- 1 minute at base pace (6 MPH)
- 2 minutes at push pace (7 MPH)
- 90 seconds at base pace (6 MPH)
- 3 minutes at push pace (7 MPH)
- 1 minute at base pace (6 MPH)
- 1 minute at an all out pace (10 MPH)
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