Running on Empty

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I have been feeling wholly and completely unmotivated lately. This has made my regular running schedule a near impossibility. This comes on the heels of a soft-tissue injury to my lower right ribs - a vestige of my difficult pregnancy and an injury that has been re-awakened most likely by over-training.

I have been running three time a week , training on a rebounder twice a week , taking Pilates and a yoga class and resting one day where if i do anything it is a simple walk . Some of my workouts are more vigorous than others and i have started using weights in my workout and i fear this is what injured me. I have great muscle weakness in my upper body and my form suffers . It is easy to pull something if one isn't careful.
Oops.

Anyway , this injury is supremely painful and has rendered me virtually useless. I can't laugh or cough or pick up my son without feeling a painful twinge and a reminder that i need to rest it for it to heal.

So , it feels better this week but i have lost my drive and ambition along with the pain. You see , this is a curse of mine - if i slack off even a bit i lose my momentum . I need a good kick in the rear to get started again .
Any takers ?

Blossom on Board

I have been running now (officially) for 1 month.
My progress has been slow , but enjoyable and i am still doing it
which is the key point of all of this.
I want it to stick.

i am simultaneously embarrassed and elated to say i can now comfortably run 1/2 mile.

Some days this is seamless and some days it is more of a run , jog, walk 1/2 mile but it is a
heart rate- up -where- you -want -it- to- be 1/2 mile and that is what really matters.
I am moving and my heart is pumping and i am sweating and breathing deep , joyous lung-fulls of clean air and i feel alive in my body , something i haven't felt in a very long time.

I usually walk/run a minimum of 2 miles everyday so this usually includes bringing my 2 year old son . When i started this i actually broke the stroller which was pretty heavy duty but obviously not made for running. So , i went to the local REI and bought the new model BOB Revolution jogging stroller. I should have started running two years ago !! This thing is AMAZING. Expensive but worth every red penny ! It is effortless to push and the baby is so much more comfy and at home in there.
Last weekend we stopped and picked mulberries and Magnolia blossoms on the way to the park and i snapped this shot.
Under the Mulberry tree , just my monkey boy and me.



Now you know the real reason i run .
I need to be strong and healthy for my beautiful little boy.