Ankle massages

When name twin (My soccer team mate. We have the same first name, and almost the exact same last name! We became friends instantly lol) was working on my ankle at my Massage Therapy appointment, it didn’t feel as though she was doing much to it at all. But when I walked out the door as my appointment was done, it felt so much looser than my left foot which is 100%. I love it.She just told me to take it easy on the treadmill for the next little while and do ‘small runs’. Small runs to me, means 500 meters and long runs are 4k. Small runs to her though, is 4k. So I’m alright to keep on truckin’ on my “Learn to Run 5k!”

Written in my Sports Medicine chart, was something about my right knee. I’ve always had this tendon or ligament fall over my knee cap when I was doing squats/lunges and it’s been a royal pain since I was in my late teens. I just never did get it checked out because it hasn’t been painful. I can just feel it “snap” over when I bend. It doesn’t happen all the time when I bend my knee, but it’s definitely there most times. Name twin told me that it was my quadriceps muscle flipping over my knee cap! I’m not sure how she is going to end up fixing it, but it could also be due to my ankle and the heel spur I had in my foot as a child.

So much of it makes sense! Jeesh!

I go back to have another ankle massage next week then I’ll stop going to her as my work’s insurance doesn’t cover much massage therapy. I’ll be doing physio with her co-workers. I’ll be going to the same people that worked on the Boyfriend’s shoulder when he separated his shoulder blade last year. Apparently the guy that I “chose” (I don’t even know why I got to choose, but whatever) is a half ironman finisher. (The boyf is a FULL ironman finisher heh heh.). So that will be neat to talk to him about stuff I already somewhat know about, hey?

Soccer starts up after Mother’s Day. Hope I’m good to go with that ankle brace!!

Oh! And Jeanine is giving away two $15 gift cards to Starbucks. Nice huh? Enter here.

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Tuesday dual run

I went and did my running class outside today! We keep taking different routes which is great for keeping things different. I live about 3km’s away from work and the gym and guess where we ran today? Right by my apartment building. I totally wanted to stop and go in… and sleep. Sort of. But it was only half way through, so I had some juice left in me.

We ended up doing 4½ km’s where we ran for 3 minutes and walked for 1. ¾’s of the way through I was getting tired of it (since we just looped back at the half way mark). I kept up the pace with the 5 people running ahead of me, and by the end of it, we couldn’t see all the others + the instructor! Guess it’s safe to say we were clippin’ along! I love that feeling.

Apparently by June (June 20 will be our first 5k together) we should be able to do a 25 minute 5k! That’s my goal, yo!! See on the right and bar there? I haven’t ran a race since 2008. Eek, hehe.

Can you believe that I decided to run more once I was done with the run outside? I have no idea how miles converts over to kilometers, but I ended up running 2.0 miles in 21:08 on the treadmill today, besides Scott. He had a half hour left of his endurance run and I decided to “waste time” by jogging too lol. It was a brutal run for me inside on that treadmill, mainly because I was completely pooped by the end of my 4k and I just pumped out another 2 miles (# km’s??). I ended up running at a 5.5/mph (I think that’s a 10:5-something minute mile? Then every four minutes I ran at a speed of 7.0 on the treadmill for 60 seconds. It was bad at the end of mile 2, I kept having to grab my stomach from having a stitch.

Copying Susan‘s way of documenting her run. This is mine (well, on the treadmill anyway)

Minutes Speed – MPH Incline
0-4 5.5 0
4-5 7.0 0
5-9 5.5 0
9-10 7.0 0
10-14 5.5 0
14-15 7.0 0
15-18 5.5 0
18-19 7.0 0
19-20 5.5 0
20-25 3.5 0

Then a 5 minute cool down to bring my crazy heart rate back to normal.

So who’s watching the playoffs? I am – kind of. Boyfriend is an Ottawa Senators fan, so it’s on the teeveeeee now. They’re losing! :(

C’MON SENS!

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My eats

What I’ve been eating the last few days. I think tonight I’ll be making the pita pizzas with chicken.

Mini quiche in cupcakes. Will be making these again! They have 1 whole egg per cupcake holder thing. Some broccoli, mushrooms, cheese, and red pepper! I served it with a salad and potato pancakes.

I just need a better idea on how to keep the eggs from sticking to the paper. Maybe non-stick spray would help?

Paninis are the best comfort food for me right now. I just dislike the fact that it scratches the roof of my mouth causing uncomforts  while eating :( Though not as uncomfortable as googling colon cleansing reviews with your pop’s around! What!?

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