Training
To do.
Thank god for long weekends, because lately, the list of things I have to take care of in this 27 year old body has been growing. Between diabetes, my hip, my knee, and my wrist issues, here’s the short list of things I’m supposed to do every day: Tendon gliding exercises for wrist Ice my [...]
Putting me back together…
Soooooo, two doctors appointments and approximately 9 kajillion x-rays later, I think I’ve got a plan for putting my body back together. Upper limbs first: My hand doctor was disappointed to hear that I still wasn’t at full strength in my right hand, a year plus after carpal tunnel surgery, so he immediately took some [...]
Pain in the knee…and hip…and hand.
I’m falling apart people. Not literally – but well, almost. The knee problems I discovered last year while training for my half marathon have returned full force, and now also seem to affect my hip. Yep, that’s right. I might as well be 90 years old with the way my right hip has been acting [...]
All that matters is that you get up again.
I just had to go to a boxing class Thursday afternoon. I had more work and things to do ahead of me, and a full day already behind me, but I was so glad to make it to the gym - I needed to blow off some steam after a long week that was still far from [...]
Triathlons were made for people with diabetes…seriously.
I had an amazing revelation this Sunday at the Super Seal Triathlon: Triathlons are great for people with diabetes because there is a place to put your stuff. No – I’m serious – this made a HUGE difference to me. Let me explain: In most organized sports competitions, you have to park somewhere super far [...]
Swinging while biking. No really, its possible…
On Saturday we went out to do the 30 mile Tour de Cure bike ride with our volunteer committee, and also a few of the researchers who have received ADA funding for their work. It’s an informal “pre-event ride,” that we try to do every year a week or two before Tour. It’s an awesome [...]
Low mileage…
I somehow managed to book either a social bike ride or cycling competition for almost every weekend in April, so I thought this past Saturday would be a great time to get out on my road bike and a little training. One of my rides is a team triathlon coming up on April 11th, and [...]
There’s no budging it…
When it comes to exercising in the morning before work, I can be stubborn about a lot of things. Things like: “No, it simply cannot already be 5:00am.” Or “I’m actually not going anywhere, in particular the gym, without an espresso.” But there’s one thing that’s stubborn on its own almost every time I head [...]
‘Betes and the boats…
I love trying new sports, so you can imagine my excitement when my boyfriend said I could come along to his Outrigger Canoe Paddling Practice on Mission Bay this past Wednesday night. I participate in a variety of sports – it’s not unlikely for me to go running, biking, and kickboxing all in the same [...]
And speaking of Olympians…I’m not one…
Ok, considering I just posted about the Olympics, I am feeling a little loser-ish about the post I’m about to write, but I just gotta get it out. It’s officially training time for the San Diego Tour de Cure, with the event only being 8 weeks away. Last year I barely trained for the 30 [...]
