So it's been a while, but I'm happy (more like ecstatic!) to report that I'm back in action! I can't say that I'm 100%, but I'm feeling good enough that I've jumped right back into training and so far so good! The last few months have seen a lot of tears, a lot of temper tantrums (I just want to get back to the gym! Wah!), a lot of physical therapy, a couple trips to my hip surgeon, and a lot of being impatient...
Good news (scratch that, FANTASTIC news) is that I got official word (after an MRI w/ contrast in my hip) that I absolutely did NOT get another labral tear - or any other kind of tear for that matter - in my hip again. PHEW! That would not have been pleasant news as my surgeon made it painfully clear that second surgeries for labral tear do not have a very high success rate. So once again, PHEW! He suspects that I just made the labrum "angry". Ok, well, let's avoid that again ok? Apparently my hip has a temper similar to this Irish hot head... He also strongly suggested that I refrain from partaking in any more bootcamp classes because it's just asking for injury. That's actually a major bummer because I absolutely LOVED bootcamp. But if avoiding bootcamp = avoiding another hip injury then I guess that's just a smart decision.
I definitely did injure my back though, way back when I injured myself (Valentine's Day to be exact). I've been doing lots of back strengthening exercises, and I was going to PT consistently for a while, but I haven't been lately (it's getting harder to fit it in the schedule!) I still have some back pain and I still get some pain in my hip, but I think the benefit of training outweighs the pain, so I'm just going with it. I definitely need to ice a lot though.
We joined a new gym for the summer (Cedardale) as a family membership that has a bunch of outdoor pools, wading pool, shallow kid pool, playground and sprayground for the kids and the largest number of cardio machines I've seen in 1 place, plus an indoor track and indoor adult only lap pool, so I'm pretty psyched about all the different ways I'll be able to cross-train, plus the ability to run around the track on my run days if the hubs is traveling and I have to run at the gym for the use of the babysitting room (instead of only having the option of treadmill indoors). It also has a 2 bars, which I think pretty much rocks.
So today was the end of Week 1 of training (well, tomorrow is, but technically that's a rest day). I did my "long" run for Week 1 today - it was supposed to be 1 hour ~ 5mi, but I'm definitely slower than that. I've been following the 20 week Marathon Trainer Pro 26.2 for Pink training app on my iPhone, and I like it so far. When I say "run," I really mean walking/running intervals, which is the way this training program is designed. I don't want to run more than 3x per week because I think that will be too much stress on my hip, and I definitely don't want to run 2 consecutive days in a row. This program right now has me running 2 shorter runs during the week and then a longer run on the weekend, 2 rest days (for now), and 2 cross-training days. Pretty soon though (week 4 I think), one of the rest days is supposed to turn into another shorter run day (which will mean 4 runs/week AND running 2 days in a row every week), but I think I'll substitute that for another cross-train day.
I'm also loving my wireless headphones. The hubs had a pair and kept trying to convince me to try them, but because they look a little ridiculous and I thought they wouldn't be comfortable while running, I totally resisted. They're like headphones you wear around your neck instead of over your head and on your ears, and then there are wired earbuds that connect up from that. I thought the part that just hangs around your neck would bounce too much, but it doesn't at all, and I'm a big fan of them.
So...Week 1 down...19 to go!
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