After doing all that crooked
running two Saturdays ago, my ankles couldn’t quite recover even though I kept
myself from running again since then. The pain in the past week was just too
much despite all the icing, compressing, and elevating. That means I didn't even bother preparing my running gear on Friday night and missed the
AREC training run this past Saturday morning. I even avoided walking so as not
to put pressure on the sore tendons, so the workouts for the past week have
been limited to the stationary bikes with a few bouts on the elliptical machine
and rowing machine. I even had to go overtime on the bikes one morning because
I lost control of my eating the previous day. There was a sale on cookies with
lemon flavored cream filling and they were so yummy that when I started eating
them, I found it hard to stop. I’m now trying to keep it down to three cookies
as dessert after a meal. Just one bout of mindless eating and you pay for it
dearly.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it
before now, that I’ve started using the rowing machine again. I find it hard to
do a rowing workout for extended periods of time so I do a sort of circuit
training among all the machines in my living room. I usually start off with
rowing for 5 minutes, followed by 5 minutes each on the elliptical machine,
spinning bike, and recumbent bike. That makes one set. I do three sets and I’ve
done an hour long workout while avoiding the boredom of doing it on only one
machine. Heck I only usually do 40 to 50 minutes on the recumbent or spinning
bikes if I use those by themselves. Five minutes increments on each machine at
medium intensity makes it more manageable and easier on the mind, rather than
thinking of it as a whole hour of working out. I turn the TV on for the rowing
portion, then turn it off and read the newspaper on the other machines. It’s
not as satisfying as finishing an hour run, but it’s enough to keep the endorphin
cravings at bay.
This is life with a bad case of
PTTD. Run a few weeks as the tendons allow, stop a few weeks when they protest.
By the way, I bought a roll of Kinesiotape from Walmart a few days ago but I
haven’t applied it yet. It was a surprise to find it at that store because previously
you can only buy them online or locally from podiatrists and chiropractors.
Although I think my PTTD is beyond help from Kinesiotaping, I’m willing to give
it a try. I’ll let you know how it works out.
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