This week has been very eventful so far.
I ran with TBO on Sunday. We went further than the plan said but we were feeling pretty good so we kept going. I know this isn't what I'm suppose to say but since I have already confessed my sins to John the Trainer all is good and I can post it. Ran about 1.5 miles and did about half a mile of rolling hills. All together we went 2.5 miles. I think the time was 43 minutes but I had some watch issues so I'm not sure. User error does happen every now and then.
Monday I had a special treat and took a Yoga class with 60sChild. That was extra special for me. First because I hadn't spent any quality time with her in over 6 months and second because this was my first Yoga class in about 8 or 9 months. It's been a long time.
We had an instructor that I've never had before. Her name was Molly. I like her style a lot and during the corpse pose portion of the class she played a guitar. Corpse portion is the last 15 minutes where you lay like a dead corpse and absorb all that you have done to your body. It's a restorative moment you give yourself for surviving class. The main objective is to not snore if you fall asleep. No this class was pretty mild. Mild is what I needed since it was like starting over. At the beginning of class we discussed what injuries we had and how we were feeling. Molly would then remind you of alignment and suggest alternatives when you did poses that might effect your condition. My knee held up pretty good. I only had problems with Child's Pose. She gave me modifications and that helped a lot. Towards the end we did Bow Pose. You are lying on your stomach and bend your knees, reach behind and grab your ankles. Then pull up your upper body and your lower body all from you center. It's a great stretch for the quads but you have to really listen to your body and not over do it. I didn't pull to far up with the legs since it's been a while. I had forgotten the stretch your body gets from a good Yoga class. I really enjoyed it.
On to Tuesday and time with John the Trainer.
He found a new use for the torture ball - shoulders! Yes I said shoulders. You know that spot in the back just outside of your shoulder blade that dips in a little bit at the joint. Yeah that one. Well stick the torture ball right there and roll around on it. OMG is the only thing I have to say. So after you've numb it to death. Yeah that's the feeling when you hit the right spot, your arm goes numb. You now get to try exercises with it. I say try because some of the stuff hurt so bad and all I was doing was lifting my arms. It's not suppose to hurt when you lift your arms.
It seems there are more areas of my body that have issues. He tells me that he has always wanted to do something with my shoulders but my legs were such a mess he had to wait. Now the wait it over. Lucky me.
If you see me in the next few days and I can't move my arms you will know why.
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