I want to swim so bad. Stupid DH played this song last night when we were hanging out in our cool basement (no AC and it's hot!):
1. This summer I went swimming, This summer I might have drowned But I held my breath and I kicked my feet And I moved my arms around, I moved my arms around.
2. This summer I swam in the ocean, And I swam in a swimming pool, Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes, I'm a self-destructive fool, a self-destructive fool.
3. This summer I swam in a public place And a reservoir, to boot, At the latter I was informal, At the former I wore my suit, I wore my swimming suit.
4. This summer I did the backstroke And you know that's not all I did the breast stroke and the butterfly And the old Australian crawl, the old Australian crawl.
5. This summer I did swan dives And jackknifes for you all And once when you weren't looking I did a cannonball, I did a cannonball.
I sobbed with real tears. Swimming in the summer is the best, and it really breaks my heart that I can't do it yet.
The heat. I'm just not acclimating to it like I did last year, at least not for the evening runs. Pace/heart rate wise I'm OK. Like, the other night I went out for a fairly easy run, and was cruising along at an 8:15 pace. I didn't want to push it because of the heat, and breathing/heart rate wise, I wise fine. Still, I had to stop multiple times to cool down, because I felt sick. When I'm that hot, slowing down doesn't help, because I'm just out in the heat for even longer. It's so frustrating.
DH and I got up at 4:30 this morning and got some miles in before work. It was better, but the most I can get in before work is 6 miles. It will help for shorter runs, but I'm still going to have to do the longer ones after work. I also don't know how I'm doing to hit any MP miles. I'm not enjoying my runs right now.
1. Being so sick this year. I will be well for a few weeks and then het another sinus infection. I am looking forward to my appt. with the new ENT next week and moving forward with getting well.
2. My knee will never be 100% again.
3. My back injury. I am still dealing with it a bit.
I feel like I never going to regain my fast fitness.
Post by emilyinchile on Jul 11, 2014 11:43:40 GMT -5
I want to respond to so many of you with this:
wambam, I feel that way about snatches (I mean, leaving aside the fact that I can't squat at all right now). Getting under the bar for a clean is so much less scary to me because if it doesn't work, I just drop it, nbd. But snatches I feel like if I do it wrong I could drop the bar on my head or dislocate my shoulders, and it's scary! I know it'll be one of those things that just clicks for me one day when I'm not thinking about it too hard, and I hope that happens for you soon.
Susie, I also cannot nap. They just make me groggy and cranky. I used the app katinthehat is talking about for a while and found the same thing, I was dead asleep at the time I was trying to wake up, and actually waking up 20 min earlier made getting out of bed so much easier.
venice2007, I was feeling like that for a while when trying to up both quantity and frequency of eating, so I totally get it. Now I've gotten used to eating more often, and I am hungry all the damn time. Not sure which is worse!
Hugs to everyone who's injured or struggling with depression/just not feeling great about themselves. FWIW, I really enjoy all of you and think you are kind of fab
My struggles are mostly injury-related, although I'm feeling positive again today. I put 35 kg over my head without even thinking about it and only realized afterward what I'd done - this is a major step forward on the shoulder front. I also just got a new diagnosis on the knee pain plus a corticosteroid injection, so I'm hopeful that I may finally see improvement. So the struggle is still there, and I can't promise that tomorrow if I'm in a tiny bit of pain I won't be here posting about how my life is over and I'll never get better, but today is thankfully a good day.
My other struggle is with food, since I'm trying to educate myself on eating right for my goals and taking food as fuel seirously. It's pretty hard for me to eat the % of protein I want without going higher on fat/lower on carbs than what I want to be doing right now (not because I'm scared of fat, just these are the %s I want to try to see if I gain). It'd be easy if I just ate fish, but I want to eat beef and cheese and chocolate!
Food. I think my baseline needs have increased since I'm running around the hospital all day. I'm eating pretty much like I was before but I've been starving most days when I get home. Thus, binging on lots of crap.
My eating. I'm running more and doing more yoga so I know I need to eat more. But I cannot stomach all this food. I feel gross and feel like I'll gain. I know I won't cuz I need it but I feel like its so much food and I get tired if eating. Like I can't eat another bite but know I'm Way under cals. Eating more is such a struggle for a light eater. I've never been one to eat a lot so this is killing me. So Much food
Try to eat foods that are very calorie dense. 2 TBSP of nut butter on an apple or banana has 300 calories. It's a very small volume, so maybe you won't feel like you're eating a ton? Also try cheese, avocado, nuts, etc.
Doubt and diet Doubt - Every time I struggle with a run or I'm running race pace (and I think damn this is hard how am I going to do this for 26.2 miles?) I doubt whether a BQ is possible and think about getting close, but not quite there. Knowing all of the hard work I put in and knowing it didn't happen.
Diet - I want to live sugar free, but I crave chocolate and can't find the balance between indulging here and then and sliding back into old habits. I'm definitely a stress eater and I'm been a little stressed lately.
In spite of the suck-fest, I think this thread is a good reality check. Sometimes I feel like all of you are just itching to do your workouts everyday, and I wonder what's the matter with me that I can't get my butt out there on time in the a.m. I love being a runner and active, but sometimes it's so hard to get out the door!
Also, newbies, pay attention! I know a lot of these women seem like super woman, but they are human too.
Depression. That's what's tripping me up. I want to run, but I'm down and it's gross outside and I just want to hide out and not do anything even though I know it would make me feel better.
Also our crazy summer schedule and my wife's regular weekend overtime.
((bluedaisy))
I'm sorry you're struggling right now
Thank you. I'm actually starting to feel like I'm surfacing a bit, but it's still a struggle and it's hard to get back into things, you know?
Post by bostonmichelle on Jul 11, 2014 12:42:02 GMT -5
Hugs and hairpats to everyone!
I've been really struggling with the humidity and my breathing. I really need to get a heart rate monitor I think but I'm trying not to spend money at the moment, but I think I'm going to do it. Twice the week I've run without music and I can hear my breathing and its not good so I may have to see if I can get into a doctor to get an inhaler. I used to have problems breathing and running when I was younger, but this is an asthma sounding after just running a half mile and I was running 6 miles no problem earlier this year.
Also I haven't been sleeping well and having strange dreams and then I can't fall asleep.
Thank you. I'm actually starting to feel like I'm surfacing a bit, but it's still a struggle and it's hard to get back into things, you know?
I absolutely know. It's hard to transition from just flailing/trying to get through to thriving again. Even if you're not deep in those same feelings, it's hard to shake survival mode.
Gigantic nursing boobs,a wicked oversupply, and an elimination diet. Even if I exercise right after pumping or nursing, my back kills me from being so top heavy. It's hard to contain 40 Gs. (wilted) Below are before and after nursing Baby V photos of my chest:
40G?! I have nothing to say except that I hope your husband is a boob guy!
In spite of the suck-fest, I think this thread is a good reality check. Sometimes I feel like all of you are just itching to do your workouts everyday, and I wonder what's the matter with me that I can't get my butt out there on time in the a.m. I love being a runner and active, but sometimes it's so hard to get out the door!
Also, newbies, pay attention! I know a lot of these women seem like super woman, but they are human too.
This! We all work hard, but we also struggle. It's not like it's easy for us to get up and sweat every day!
Doubt - Every time I struggle with a run or I'm running race pace (and I think damn this is hard how am I going to do this for 26.2 miles?) I doubt whether a BQ is possible and think about getting close, but not quite there. Knowing all of the hard work I put in and knowing it didn't happen.
This was my biggest fear. I said many times, "I would rather miss it by 5 min, than miss it by 30 sec." I totally get it.
Some advice from someone who was just recently in this place, (and please feel free to tell me to stfu). You can only control so much. It helped to take my workouts one at a time. In the end, would it be enough? Who knows, but my only job at that point, was to hit the workout in the plan. Did some of them feel difficult, and did that mess with my head? Of course, I was running on tired legs and everything felt difficult, but you have to get to a "whatever will be will be" place. The toughest part in training is the mental part, right? Want it, and fight like hell for it, but know there will be other races.
Having that realization really helped me. I went into my last marathon with an eerily calm attitude, and I relaxed during the race and just treated it like another Sunday long run. I thought of all of the people who chase a BQ over & over & over again. I couldn't beat myself up if I didn't nail it on my first attempt. I had prepared, I knew I was in the best shape I had ever been in, I knew those 4 1/2 minutes were within my reach, but if I came up short, it was not the end of the world.
I think you're going to kick some serious ass, but if on race day, you walk away with a 20 minute PR and not a BQ, please know that all of your hard work still paid off! (But you're totally going to do it!!)
My eating. I'm running more and doing more yoga so I know I need to eat more. But I cannot stomach all this food. I feel gross and feel like I'll gain. I know I won't cuz I need it but I feel like its so much food and I get tired if eating. Like I can't eat another bite but know I'm Way under cals. Eating more is such a struggle for a light eater. I've never been one to eat a lot so this is killing me. So Much food
I have the complete opposite of this problem! I want ALL THE FOOD, ALL THE TIME!
Wanting to eat all the things and not wanting to run anymore. I can find an excuse to not go almost every day.
I like running and accomplishing races, but it takes me so much motivation to get out the door.
This is so me right now. I was sidelined for 6 weeks with a torn ligament and now that I am able to run again I am just killing myself with eating and no running. Every day is another excuse. It's also a vicious cycle for me because when I'm not running/working out I don't sleep well. Not sleeping well equals too tired to run and so the cycle begins....UGH. I am going to get out and run tomorrow. I'm determined!!! Besides I have a race Monday might
Besides finding time & motivation to get out the door & exercise, it's really "eating all the things!"
Sugar. Pastry. Chocolate. Chips. Cheese. Wine. Beer -- a delicious wheat craft brew or IPA with a hunk of citrus. Ah. I love food. Luckily so far my activity outweighs my caloric intake. I hope it stays that way forever. ..
My gripe about running is the way the heat and humidity wipe away any desire to run. Polar Vortex, I'm banking on your presence this coming week.
My gripe about Cross Fit is the snatch or more importantly the overhead squat - I don't know how many times I fell (yep, flat on my ass) when trying to overhead squat on Wednesday. All I can do is the training bar with 10's on it and I'm still falling or barely squatting.
Oh, and double unders, I hate you too, very much. I see no point in you and I loathe the marks on my legs from you.
My gripe about running is the way the heat and humidity wipe away any desire to run. Polar Vortex, I'm banking on your presence this coming week.
My gripe about Cross Fit is the snatch or more importantly the overhead squat - I don't know how many times I fell (yep, flat on my ass) when trying to overhead squat on Wednesday. All I can do is the training bar with 10's on it and I'm still falling or barely squatting.
Oh, and double unders, I hate you too, very much. I see no point in you and I loathe the marks on my legs from you.
Something that has really helped my OHS is doing them with rings. You lower a set of rings pretty low, hold them, and squat. Then "show your pits" to activate those back muscles.
And sometimes I look like I've been whipped when I come home from the gym
Finding time. Work has ramped up and made it hard for me to use my Mon & Thu long workout days. The lap swim times and beach hours are horribly inconvenient. We have a small kid which makes evening workouts a non-starter. I could run after he goes to bed at 8 (it stays light until 9:30 here) but then I'm slacking on chores and not spending time with msniq.
These are mostly life choices, I get it. But I genuinely don't know how people like Susie do it (other than the "not having kids" part )
niq beach hours? You can swim in unlifeguarded areas at your own risk, if you are comfortable ( don't go by yourself though!)If you are on Facebook, join the group Seattle Open a Water Swim , people post meet ups for swims at all different times!
This is more an annoyance/whine than a struggle, but...
I am simultaneously training for a HIM and a 10k OWS, so I'm balancing working out with a group of swimmers and triathletes. Almost across the board, they need to workout WAY earlier than I do. For example, the swimmers workout on weekdays from 5am-6:30am. My 4:30am alarm comes SO EFFING EARLY. It is hugely annoying to me that I could fit the same workout in and still get to work on time if I slept an hour later - but then I'd have to do it by myself. So I get my ass up, go early, come home, then twiddle my thumbs waiting for Calvin to go to work together. (We carpool.)
Then on Saturdays I meet friends to ride long. It's the weekend. I would love to not start until 7 or 7:30, and there are several who would like to ride then too. But one or two of them want to start at 6 because kids, and a few more are all WE SHOULD RIDE TOGETHER! Which means 6. Mother effer, 5am wake up on a Saturday.
I know I could just workout alone at my own convenience, but that sucks too in a different way. This is just killing my sleep schedule.
I can relate. I'm not doing those distances (yet!) but I just came off a run streak, and now I need to get ready for a 100k cycling event (my longest distance to date is 40miles) and I want to do a sprint tri (I've only done supers) so I need to work on my swim and get up to 0.5 mile comfortably. ::sigh::
For me it's lack of sleep and plantar facitits. DH is a night owl so I end up hanging with him instead of going to bed early. And this plantar thing isn't getting better. I am stretching it a lot (and my calf) with no real reprieve. Any tips?
My eating. I'm running more and doing more yoga so I know I need to eat more. But I cannot stomach all this food. I feel gross and feel like I'll gain. I know I won't cuz I need it but I feel like its so much food and I get tired if eating. Like I can't eat another bite but know I'm Way under cals. Eating more is such a struggle for a light eater. I've never been one to eat a lot so this is killing me. So Much food
Try to eat foods that are very calorie dense. 2 TBSP of nut butter on an apple or banana has 300 calories. It's a very small volume, so maybe you won't feel like you're eating a ton? Also try cheese, avocado, nuts, etc.
I think that's my problem as that is how I eat. Evoo, avocados, nuts, nut butters, full fat dairy, yet it barely adds up and I'm not hungry Hmmm who knows lol
My eating. I'm running more and doing more yoga so I know I need to eat more. But I cannot stomach all this food. I feel gross and feel like I'll gain. I know I won't cuz I need it but I feel like its so much food and I get tired if eating. Like I can't eat another bite but know I'm Way under cals. Eating more is such a struggle for a light eater. I've never been one to eat a lot so this is killing me. So Much food
I have the complete opposite of this problem! I want ALL THE FOOD, ALL THE TIME!
Cookies are the only thing I want all the time. But I try to limit sugars. Lol
Definitely food. I just have not paid attention to how much I am eating. I really noticed on my face this week I have gained weight...ugh! I am excited to get into a routine with half training but am fearful I will just use the excuse of running to eat calories. So I need to return to WW and just enjoy the training. Hugs to all!
For me it's lack of sleep and plantar facitits. DH is a night owl so I end up hanging with him instead of going to bed early. And this plantar thing isn't getting better. I am stretching it a lot (and my calf) with no real reprieve. Any tips?
Are you massaging it on a frozen water bottle? Have you been evaluated for shoes and maybe the need for orthotics? When I had it, I found the Strassburg (spelling?) sock to really help. It keeps the foot and toe on a little stretch throughout the night so you don't get those micro tears first thing in the morning. PF is one of those things that can take a long time to clear up. There's no good way to really rest it aside from being in a boot for awhile. Sorry you're dealing with it