Running

[cjsmith]

Sunday: 60 minutes. I have no clue how far we went.

Today: 3.4 miles (says Yahoo - I was trying for a 3.5 mile course), 33:06. My pace here is noticeably better than I've been doing on my other course for two reasons: the actual length of my other course is a bit too long, and I was also racing a little this time to make sure I got home before my doctor called back. I don't believe for a moment that I could maintain this pace for seven miles. Still, it's pretty good, for a 35-year-old five-foot-four female with mild osteoarthritis in her knees. (Dayum, if I had a GOOD body, just think what I could do with it!)

Comments

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

I meant a body that does good things for ME.

oh yeah. that. *smirk*

What stopped you from your walking, the sheer amount of pain in your joints? Will the weather help with that as you get into late spring and summer?

pretty much. the last time i walked, by the end of our 3 miles i could hardly bend my right leg, and it took four days to recover to the point of feeling "normal." That's what prompted the Dr appt and the madness that's followed. the warmer months are typically easier on me; it's the cold, damp days that really do me in.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh ouch, that sounds really bad. Did smaller walks do a less-severe version of the same thing? Or was there a point beyond which there'd be trouble, but less than that and you'd be okay? I'd be very frustrated by that sort of thing... come to think of it, I WAS very frustrated when I started having trouble on/after my hikes. Not feeling like I could trust my legs to carry me around was emotionally hard on me. Maybe I'm overcompensating now with running and suchlike.

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

i think i'd just hit The Point Of No Return. walking has been bothering my knees to varying degrees in the last year or so, but needing four days to be able to move somewhat-freely really freaked me out. and the post-walking joint-freeze i'd get was of great concern as well (hurts too much to move, but hurts just as much if i rest).

it is all very frustrating. i hear my dad and stepmom (and my mom when she was still alive) say things like "just wait til you get to be our age," but the reality is i'm probably in worse shape now. left unchecked, i don't i'd be able to walk by their age!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

..."just wait til you get to be our age," but the reality is i'm probably in worse shape now

I hate it when people presume they have a lock on the pain market because of age. Clearly, such people must have had life way too easy when they were in their teens and twenties and thirties. Pthththbtt.