After voluntarily submitting to another session of torture on "the rack," my PT tells me it's to be 3 months without running...THREE MONTHS!!! I have a marathon in less than FIVE months! Luckily for me, I have discovered the joy of "water running," and so maybe I'll survive after all... :D
So I began today with an early trip to the gym, where I warmed up on that stupidly hard elliptical machine, then did an upper-body workout (chest, shoulders, back, triceps, and biceps) and then spent a few more minutes on the elliptical before I stretched out. Later on I visited the Pysical Therapists for decompression, had the hard news delivered, and went home to try to figure out what I was going to do about the running. Then this evening, I tried out a bit of spin class, which I realized after about 20 minutes was going to be a bad idea for my back. So I switched to the recumbant bike, did another 20 minutes of high intensity spinning, and wrapped it all up with a another mile on the elliptical from hell. Then Ben and I went to the pool and, for the first time ever, I tried "water running." Guess what? It was really FUN! I sweat like crazy, and felt like just maybe I might be able to continue training for the marathon! I did 45 minutes of water running, then finished off with a 20 lengths swim. All in all, I feel much more positive about my workout tonight than I have since the diagnosis. Yay! | 