Workout History and a Craft Project

Thursday was a day I had been dreading and looking forward too for awhile. I was leaving work early for my appointment with a Sports Medicine doctor about my IT Band. I don’t have time to write about it tonight so that will be tomorrow’s post. Before I left work early, I went for a brisk walk on my lunch break.

For the last few weeks my lunchtime walks have been pretty mild. I’ve stayed in the part of town where it was relatively flat (the Pearl District) and not too far from my office. Just in case my knee/IT Band started to act up. Luckily that hasn’t been an issue and my walks were good–if not a bit boring. But at least I was moving! If you’re a new reader, my lunchtimes used to be time for me to run. I also went for walks up to Washington Park. It’s a very steep, uphill walk to the park. I’ve avoided that walk since my injury because I was told by my doctor to avoid hills and stairs.

I loved running the Waterfront at lunch! Since running was out of the picture for awhile, I had to resort to walks. Well today I attempted the walk to Washington Park again. Uphill. It was a great walk and I had zero pain. I wanted to test out my body before I went to the doctor so I could give him a full report of any improvements (or pain). Yay! NO pain!

Check back tomorrow for the doctor recap.

After the doctor, I stopped at Michael’s Craft Store to pick up a few items. Everything I needed was on sale AND I got an additional 25% off the photo box I wanted. Score another one for me.

I’ve been wanting to display my Hood to Coast photos, bib and medal but my priorities have been different lately. Finally I picked up the supplies to do it.

I’m pretty happy with it. I’m glad I can display the items from Hood to Coast. I hope it turns some of the negative emotions I have surrounding Hood to Coast (because of the injury) to positive memories.

As I was preparing for my doctor visit, I went through my Google Calendar to look over my workout history. I wanted to have solid information to give my doctor. I have to admit that I think I might have both OVERTRAINED and under-trained for Hood to Coast in the last year.

February 2010:

And keep in mind that I was training for BOTH Reach the Beach and Hood to Coast during the Springtime. April 2010:

May 2010:

July is where it may not look like I was over-training but the mileage of my runs were increasing.

August 2010:

And finally to September. No running. Switching my workouts to swimming and weightlifting only.

I love that I keep track of my exercise on my Google Calender. It’s much nicer and easier to use and I can look back and see my progress. It was also quite the wake up call seeing it in “black and white” (or pink if you will) how much I was training this year!

QUESTION: Have you ever experienced Over Training? What happened and how did you heal from it?