It's been a long time

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted. Needless to say, my last try at running again didn't turn out. In the last year I've been through surgery (it turns out I have "bone on bone" in my knee), two different types of injections, etc. and nothing has helped.

I won't let that deter me, though. I am going to try again. Hopefully I will be posting more soon!

New Beginning

I am going to start running again. For the next month or so, I will work on getting stronger by doing my Pilates workouts and working out some at the YMCA (as my schedule permits, with working two jobs). Once the weather is a bit nicer (so I don't fall and injure myself yet again) I am going to SLOWLY start running outside. Ares needs the workout too!

And, if my knee starts bothering me again, I will get over my stubbornness and go to the doctor.

I haven't run since last Spring; I just miss running too much to not go back to it!

As soon as I do my first outside run, I will post it in my blog.

Still not running

I'm still on my self-imposed break from running. My plan is to try again in March or so, when the snow clears. In the meantime, we have a Y membership; I just have to find time to get there :)

Temporary Break

I haven't posted in a long time. I keep re-injuring my knee, so I'm done running, at least for now.

Long Time No Blog

I haven't done ANY running so far this year. Until today that is. Well, actually I was taking Ares for a walk last night and it ended up being a short run. My knee felt fine; granted it was only a few blocks.

So, today I decided I was going to try an actual, planned run. Ares and I are both so out of shape! I have some new shoes I purchased a few months ago from a running shop. So, Ares and I got up and around and decided to go for it.

It was just a short run -- only two miles. And the last mile was much slower, with a lot of fast walking mixed in. The funny thing is that Ares got tired, too.

My knee was doing fine until we got home. Ares decided to chase a squirrel. He got the leash wrapped around a tree and actually had the squirrel by the tail! I strained a bit getting him away from it. My knee is OK, but I can feel it a bit. But I'm hoping it's just a "twinge", and that's something I can live with.

I hope this is the renewal of my running. I have really missed it. I am going to try to very slowly work back into this. My plan for this week is to run a few days, and keep them short runs.

Gotta run ...

No blogs for a while

OK, while out running the dog yesterday (Wednesday) I fell and hurt my knee -- yes, THAT knee. Being the stubborn person I am, I went ahead and took him for a short run around Riverside park (twice) and back home. It wasn't worth writing a blog about (less than 2 miles) Then I walked on the treadmill -- the first time it's been used in 2009.

Well, that was really stupid. Today my knee is swollen and it really hurts :( I should have just come home and elevated my leg.

So, I'm going to stick to walking the dog outside for now; no outside running. I will be using the treadmill to try to rehabilitate my knee, but I need to take at least a week off.

I will start blogging again when I'm back running outside. There are often breaks in the winter weather, so if my knee heals quickly I may be back at this sooner than I expect.

Gotta run ...

well, I guess walk instead

Short Sunday Run

It's windy and seems a little cold today. I guess with a wind chill of about 17 degrees all but a husky would consider it cold! I didn't really feel like going for a run today, but I knew Ares needed one. So, off we went. He has really become accustomed to running in Riverside Park, so that's where we headed. It was icy on the way to the park, so I had to watch my footing very carefully.

There were several other dogs at the park. It's nice to see other dogs at the park, but I don't like that fact that so many of them aren't on leashes. One dog came up, with her owner, and introduced herself. She was an older dog that we have seen before. She was clearly under the control of her owner. But, as we were running around the park, there were two other loose dogs that came running out of the woods. It was a little unsettling so we ran (and I mean RAN) to the other side of the park. Before we got around again, their owner came out and walked them out of the park.

Anyway, we ended up with a very short run. We ran a bit over two times around the park and then back home. It was 2.90 miles, but I figure any run makes the day go better.

Gotta run ...