It's a girl!

One of my life long besties (we met in 3rd grade!) had her baby girl this past Sunday! and I love her already!

Ryan Irene C.

Another of my besties is expecting a girl later this month.  I hope they become life long best friends!

Love,
Aunt ELH

My left foot

This is what I have been doing daily for the last few months!

My left foot has Morton's Neuroma between my 2nd and 3rd toes and 3rd and 4th toes.  From all the stuff I have read and talked to my Drs about, this was something that developed over time and not fully blamed on my marathon training! 
It is also something will not heal itself or go away without treatment. 

I tried the cortisone shot and it sort of helped and I scheduled another fluid injection, but talking with my Dr, the fluid injection would not be helpful and the best course of action would be surgery. 

I am not terrified of surgery, I am/was scared of the downtime and disappointing loved ones.  2012 has been rough/challenging on my body and emotionally draining.  I am tired of the battle.  The news of the surgery was difficult to hear and I did shed some tears at home, at work, and even in the Drs. office.  Rationally, I know it is silly to get so upset, but I couldn't help it. 

In March I convinced my sister-in-law to run her first half marathon with me in October.  It is also the 2nd race in the 26.2 challenge for me = extra medal and shirt!
I also signed up for the Detroit International half marathon where you run to and from Windsor Canada along the bridge and the tunnel above and under the Detroit River.  Awesome!  I was also hoping to see a Red Wings game at The Joe! 
Lastly, the week of the surgery diagnosis I signed up to run the Annapolis 10miler with one of my besties.

I know they won't be mad at me because I can't run, but I was still worried about hurting their feelings and just felt awful. I have fallen in love with running and really can't imagine not being able to run.
My sister-in-law and bestie have been super supportive.  I am going to be the best cheerleader for them!!

My foot now hurts ALL the time.  I have even noticed that when standing I shift my weight from the left to the right to take the pressure off of it.  Not good.

The surgery is July 26th.  It is an outpatient procedure, so I will be home that day.  One of the neuromas will be "excised" and the other will be "released."  The Dr. wants me walking the same day and he says the recovery is 4-6weeks!  I guess it is time to dust the cob webs off my bike!

My mom is coming a few days after to help take care of me.  Both of our cars are manual transmission, so I am going to be housebound.  It will be nice to be driven around!  Call me "Driving Miss E."  And my in-laws, nephews, and niece said they would bring me food and play our Xbox! 

Another plus side is that we got Apple TV for the bedroom, so I won't be stuck on couch.

Fun times!
ELH

WWW

Mon, July 2^nd – Evening boot camp!

Tues, July 3^rd – Easy 2mile run (1mile @ 9:22, 1mile @9:16 – 2.01miles in 18:42) , 200 sit-ups, and plank/push-ups

15sec plank

5 push-ups

30sec plank

5 push-ups

45sec plank

5 push-ups

30sec plank

5 push-ups

15sec plank

Wed, July 4^th – Happy 4th of July!

10k Road Race with 58,000 of my closest friends!

Official time of 53:50

6253^rd overall (out of 57757)

1377^th women (out of 28656)

266^th in my age group (out of 3757)

Splits –

Mile 1 – 8:48

Mile 2 – 8:27

Mile 3 – 8:42

Mile 4 – 8:49

Mile 5 – 8:45

Mile 6 – 8:12

0.28miles @ 7:36 (love down hill finishes!)

Total - 6.28miles in 53:47

My time was 4min slower than last year, but I am okay with this.  My foot hurt and it was hot!  My goal was to finish under an hour and have fun.  Check!  I did get a little swept up with the crowd and ran faster than I thought.  Once I am back running, I definitely need to find a group to run with!

Thurs, July 5^th – Boot camp morning!!  Date Night in the evening!  Yeah!  Got to love Date Night

Fri, July 6^th – Another easy day.  I did do 200 sit-ups and the plank/push-up routine from Tuesday.

Sat, July 7^th – Taking the weekend off – rest and relaxation

Sun, July 8^th – Repeat of Saturday!

Hope you had a great week and week-end!
Enjoy!

ELH

Happy 6th Birthday to.....

.....THE best niece in the H Family!

Love ya Charby!

xoxox
Aunt E

Mixed Nuts

Just some pictures from my phone -

Molly wearing our nieces headband.

Lab mascot Charlotte - black widow in PDMS

Canadian gum pride!

My fur-babies drinking tasty cold water!

Awesomely tacky picture frame.  I kind-of like it!  Right now it is on our mantel!

Letters!  Thinking of painting the E and G in dark grey and the As and M in white or black.

What is on your phone?
Enjoy!
ELH

June Mileage

Arti and kitten KitKat.  We are kitty sitting for G's sister's cat while they are at the beach@

Running - 63.53 miles

Walking with Molly - 23.64 miles

Up ~20miles running! but down 2 walking miles.

 

Yearly totals - 

Running = 318.74 miles

Walking = 131.31 miles

 

What is your yearly mileage?

-ELH

another WWW

Mon, June 25^th – Interval workout -

10min warm-up – mile 1 @9:08 and 0.10miles at 9:15

3x {5min “fast” – 0.62miles @8:07, 0.61miles @8:11, and 0.61miles @8:14

       2min walk recovery}

10min warm-down – mile 1 @8:57, 0.12miles @8:34

Total – 4.37miles in 41:02

And JABS – 240 sit-ups and 52 push-ups.

Tues, June 26^th – AM appointment with surgeon about my foot…. My foot hurts all the time and after talking with the Drs. I have decided surgery is the best option.  More on that later…

I did go to boot camp in the evening.  Fun!

Wed, June 27^th – My bag was packed for morning boot camp, but I didn’t turn my alarm on.  It was also a rough night waking up at 12:45, 3, and 5am.  I woke up at 6:53 thinking that is was pretty bright in our room.  Opps!  I did do JABS – 240 sit-ups and 52 push-ups

Thurs, June 28^th – Run day;) 

My foot hurt, so we took Molly for a 2mile walk instead and I did JABS – 240 sit-ups and 52 push-ups.

Fri, June 29^th – AM boot camp (make-up for missing Wednesday!)  We did sprint running on the treadmill!  I sort of like the fast sprints on the treadmill.  It is a great way to push myself!

Sat, June 30^th – Long run day!  This will be my last long run until I am healed.  I am running a 10k on 4^th of July and then after that I have decided to not focus on running.  I am going to focus on my overall fitness getting into the best shape possible.

6.2 miles in 55:43

Splits –

Mile 1 – 8:55

Mile 2 – 8:30

Mile 3 – 8:45

Mile 4 – 8:51

0.27miles @ 8:42

1:39min walk break

0.64miles @8:58

1mile @ 9:07

0.2miles @ 9:08

It was okay.  Last 4^th of July, I did the 10k in 49min.  My goal was to finish under 50 min.  My goal for this year is to finish under an hour!

And don’t forget JABS – 240 sit-ups and 52 push-ups.

Sun, July 1^st – Morning AM walk with Molly and G – 2miles.  July is a super busy month, so I am not doing any official AB Madness.  I will continue to do abs and push-ups on non-boot camp days.