The past three days for Annie
Ok so after my whole knee situation I decided to put up the cash and finally join a gym. I know running on a treadmill is not the same but at least it is something and the ice outside right now is kinda bad and just getting back into action I wanted to go easy.
Here is the breakdown:
Saturday - I woke up rolled out of bed and headed to the gym with a new look, ok I had been out of working out for 2 weeks it was a total life changer. So I went to my new gym (BSC, ya I used to make fun of the over priced yuppie gym but you know what I actually love it….it has a pool and each piece of equipment has a TV!!!!) and took up a treadmill. Now I will share my lack of being in a gym since 2007 with you, I got on one and sadly didn’t know how to work it…it was one of those resistance ones and needless to say I switched treadmills. I got on it and after a mile warm up my knee was killing. I decided to listen to my body and go over to the bike. I turned o n the tv found my football game and went at it. I was suppose to run 6 miles so I did the equivalent on the bike (1.5 miles on the bike equals 1 mile running). So for you who can’t do math I’ll do it for you, I rode the bike for 9 miles. Oh ya I also worked on my abs hard, I am still feeling it two days later….
Sunday - Well I was afraid that I worked my little knee too much on Saturday cause I was feeling it when I went to the gym in the afternoon. I was going to take it off but then I thought about a guy I know who ran the Disney Marathon in the morning and ran it in 3 hours, and ran it before I even got out of bed….ya so I got my lazy butt up and went to the gym. I just did a mile warm up and then went on the elliptical trainer for 20 minutes which I think was a big mistake cause that hurt my knee like hell, you would think it wouldn’t…wouldn’t ya??
Monday, today - well my knee hurt all day and I wasn’t planning on going but I was suppose to run 3 miles….I was sitting on the couch with my roommate and was like ya I’m not going…he goes you are never going to finish a marathon…well Mike thank you for motivating me….haha I got up changed and left…he said he will always use guilt and peer pressure to get me to do something.
So I timed it so I got to the gym just before the Nova game started. I warmed up with a little sports center then started pounding the treadmill right before the game. Well for my fellow bloggers who I know didn’t watch the game but for my readers who are reading this and did watch the game you know the first half was not a very good one. I started off ok running not feeling any pain, I was just running it easy 11 minute miles (I was still concerned about my knee and didn’t want to push it). Well as the game went on I got angry so after the 3 miles I relaxed and walked it out, thinking ok I am done…well then Wright went crazy and so did I….in order to make myself not look like a crazy jackass at the gym I decided to run again…and well folks I found my calling all I need is a tv in front of my with basketball games on and I will run my little heart out…I ran 3 miles in a fast pace….around 8 mins a mile (ya may not sound so fast to you guys but that is fast for me). And damn gina I mean damn gina it felt good but I was seeing myself get very angry very quick and thought I might miss and step and fall off the treadmill so I decided an extra 3 was enough….I was getting so mad that I couldn’t even watch the rest of the second half and left the gym..so I went home to my neighbors (the Crooks aka my second family) and stretched and talked out my anger of the game…haha. No matter how mad I get Kenley can make it all go away. Also I had a problem my little hamstrings were killing me and were very tight so I enlisted Drew, the oldest, to help stretch me out…haha He did an ok job, poor kid is only 6 :)
Ok sorry for the long blog but I have been lazy about blogging…. :)
FYI - Nova won :) So Pitino you look like a ruhtard in that white suit
