As I am reading about bloggy friends running, I am getting greener and greener with envy. I need my runs! I need to charge my 'feel-good batteries or I am a mean, depressed person. No elliptical, no rower, certainly no stepper or bike leave me feeling with any sense of accomplishment. So yesterday, very carefully I ran for as much as... 0.5 (yes, half) a mile. I didn't want to re-injure my tendon but I had to see how the healing is progressing. Well, there was no pain but a lot of tightness. A few hours after the run I the pain returned but did not last long. I am a good girl doing my stretches and massages. The lump I felt a couple of days ago is practically gone. I am remaining optimistic. Maybe tomorrow I can try a tiny bit longer run.
In the meantime I am working on strengthening my muscles. Every time I read about any kind of training I find conflicting advice. The latest one is do fewer reps and heavier weights. I am thinking that instead of following one philosophy here I can alternate low reps with big load with high reps with lower loads. Today was my big weights day and I was surprised how heavy weights I can do if I stop at 8-10 repetitions. Leg press: 310lbs, chest press: 100lbs, lateral pulldown: 130lbs and so son. I can probably even increase those weights even more. Gosh, I feel strong. For my next strength workout I am planning lowering weights by 20-25lbs and doing 20-30 repetitions. By the time I can resume my running I am going to be really strong, which I hope will translate into NO MORE INJURIES! Question for those of you who are doing strength training: are you noticing you are less prone to running injuries? Which strength exercises, you think, helped you the most?
I need to write something about the tragedy that stroke Poland over the weekend. The crash of the plane with Polish president and other high officials on board killing all was a total shock to me. I have never had much respect for that president, a very polarizing, nationalistic and pig-headed figure but I cannot underestimate the human side of this tragedy. 96 people died near a place where 20 thousand Polish officers and intellectuals were executed by the Soviet regime. After hundreds of years of mistrust between Poles and Russians came the time when both nations came together to give respect to the dead of both tragedies. I am glad for that and hopeful that the new era will bring understanding and cooperation. Maybe it was the time for the old way of thinking to go with president Kaczynsk. Maybe it was time to make room for people who are willing to open the doors to a dialog. As always, I am trying hard to find the silver lining, I am sure there is one.
I need to write something about the tragedy that stroke Poland over the weekend. The crash of the plane with Polish president and other high officials on board killing all was a total shock to me. I have never had much respect for that president, a very polarizing, nationalistic and pig-headed figure but I cannot underestimate the human side of this tragedy. 96 people died near a place where 20 thousand Polish officers and intellectuals were executed by the Soviet regime. After hundreds of years of mistrust between Poles and Russians came the time when both nations came together to give respect to the dead of both tragedies. I am glad for that and hopeful that the new era will bring understanding and cooperation. Maybe it was the time for the old way of thinking to go with president Kaczynsk. Maybe it was time to make room for people who are willing to open the doors to a dialog. As always, I am trying hard to find the silver lining, I am sure there is one.
