Melanie Does Life - being pregnant :-)

My legs are sore and hurt. I guess hill workout on Monday and yesterdays run were just to much. And not forgetting that I did not have a rest day from running since Friday.

On Saturday I did the Do Life 5K. That was a nice and easy run. We even walked a bit during that run to talk more. On Sunday I went out for a 1 mile walk followed by a 2.5 mile run. Fast run. Faster than I am used to. On Monday my class was canceled and I went out to the hill workout. Or better what we call a hill workout here in Florida. There I ran 3 miles. Felt okay afterwards. But when I started my run yesterday I could feel the hills. My knees were screaming, my feet felt like somebody put some concrete blocks on them. The first mile was hell. Every step hurt. But I kept going. After the first mile a big surprise awaited me: my legs loosened up and could run normally. Not really fast but I could run with out all the heaviness I felt before. I finish a 3.6 mile run. But today my legs feel sore again. Now I have to do something again that.

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Meine Beine tun weh. Ich vermute mal, dass das Berg-Training und der gestrige Lauf einfach zu viel waren. Zumal ich ja seit Freitag keinen Ruhetag von Laufen hatte.

Am Samstag bin ich ja den Do Life 5K gelaufen. Der Lauf war relativ einfach und nicht so anstrengend. Wir sind sogar ein bisschen gegangen damit wir mehr reden konnten. Am Sonntag bin ich dann eine Meile spazieren gegangen und anschliessend 2.5 Meilen gelaufen. Schnell. Viel schneller als ich gewöhnt bin. Am Montagabend hatte ich ausnahmsweise mal Zeit und bin zum Berg-Training. Oder das was man hier in Florida als Berg (Hügel) bezeichnet. Ich bin 3 Meilen gelaufen. Hab mich ganz gut gefühlt nach dem Lauf. Als ich den gestrigen Lauf angefangen habe, konnte ich das Berg-Training fühlen. Meine Knie beschwerten sich, meine Füsse fühlten sich an, als ob jemand Zementblöcke darauf festgemacht hat. Die erste Meile war die Hölle. Jeder Schritt tat weh. Aber ich hab durchgehalten. Weitergelaufen. Und nach der ersten Meile erwartete mich eine grosse Überraschung: meine Beine wurden lockerer und fühlten sich besser. Ich konnte ganz normal weiterlaufen. Nicht sehr schnell aber ohne all das Schwere-Gefühl in den Beinen. Ich hab 3.6 Meilen geschafft. Aber heute fühlen sich meine Beine wieder schwer an. Dagegen muss ich jetzt mal was tun.

I bought a slow cooker a few months ago but I never really used it. I don’t know what to cook in it. And that’s why I ask all of you: Do you use a slow cooker and have some tips for me? Maybe even some easy recipes I can try? I would so appreciate it if you could help me out here.

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Ich hab vor einigen Monaten einen Slow Cooker gekauft aber ihn bis heute nicht benutzt. Ich hab nämlich keine Ahnung wie. Und deswegen die Frage an euch: Hab ihr einen Slow Cooker und könnt mir ein paar Tipps geben? Oder vielleicht sogar ein paar einfache Rezepte, die ich dann ausprobieren kann? Ich kann gar nicht sagen, wie viel mir das helfen würde.

The Do Life 5k was awesome. Will post more about and pictures later on. Now I am on my way to the BRA party.

Yes i will be there tomorrow. Can’t wait for it. I am staying with family tonight and then I don’t have to drive so far tomorrow morning.

Changed my title from “Get out the door” to ”Melanie Does Life - Get out the door and start :-)”.

livingnick:

FYI: Scripts like these that you download usually allow access to every site you visit. So that means sites like online banking, facebook, email, etc.

Please be careful who you allow access too!!

Thanks, Nick, for letting me know. I did not think about this.

At yesterdays track workout we did something special - we did a “dice workout”.

Here are the rules for it:

1. One of the runners rolls a dice.

2. The number of the dice tells the runners how many quarters of the track they are going to run.
e.g. 1 = 1 quarter, 2 = half a lap, 3 = 3/4 of the track and so on

3.  Everybody starts running at the same time but runs at their own pace.

4. The person who rolled the dice has to run, everybody else can choose to sit the run out.

It was a great workout and yes, I did sit a few rounds out. I am a bit lot slower than the others and they already started the next round when I just finished my old one. And I wanted to take it a bit slower to give my achilles tendon time to heal before I start speed training again. It’s a fun way to run and I loved it.

gettin-healthy:

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dolifetour:

Saturday, June 25th — 10:15 a.m.
Orange Trail
Meet at Winter Garden Station parking lot

I can’t wait till Saturday. I am so excited. Just 2 more days…

You might remember that I wrote about my pink Mizuno shoes. I bought them some time ago when my sister was visiting me.

I run in them a few times for short distances and everything felt okay. I liked these shoes and just needed to get used to the stability/support part of them. But as soon as I hit the 3 mile mark my feet started hurt. It felt like somebody was putting little needles inside the balls of my feet and it hurt like hell. What was going on?

At first I tried to run through it and thought that it might just be a “getting used to the new shoes” thing. But it did not get better. More like the opposite - it started to hurt more. And the funny part about is was: As soon as I stopped running the pain went away.

I talked to different persons and tried to get some advise. I put more support into my shoes. More cushion in the area of the balls of my feet. It did not help. Me toes fell asleep on time, another time I got shine splits, the back of my lower leg hurt another.

Then I went to a place where they make orthotics and asked them for help (another runner recommended them to me). I went there and they tried to help me. They put some little sticky things on my insoles and I run around the store and the parking lot. It felt better but I couldn’t be sure before I did not run the 3 miles. When I left that store I decided to keep the shoes on my feet while doing some shopping. One hour later I was in pain. Shin splints and sleeping toes - worse than before. What is going on with that shoe? I took the shoes off and within 5 minutes I was pain-free.

After letting the shoes collect more dust on my shelf I decided to go back to the store and see if I can get them exchanged for another pair of shoes. I wasn’t sure if it would work out since I bought these shoes 3 months ago but it as worth a shot. Better than have then sitting at home and do nothing. And to my surprise they exchanged them - I now got a new pair of blue Brooks shoes. I am so happy. I don’t have to worry about these other shoes anymore. I just hope the new shoes are better than the Mizunos and I do not get any problems from them.

But in this whole story there was a big learning part for me: 
1. Buy the right shoe for your foot. 
2. Don’t try to make the shoe fit your foot. If it doesn’t fit, it doesn’t fit! 
3. Spent time to figure out if the shoes is the right one and if not try to exchange it right away instead of fixing something that’s not broken.

I know I have been gone a bit and did not write anything. I took some time off my computer - I spent way to much time in front of it. Therefore not much blogging for me during the last few weeks.

About 2 weeks ago I my right achilles tendon started to hurt after a run and had not been right since then. I took some days off and on the other days I reduced my milage. I don’t want to have anything bad happen to it. Today was my first run when it did not hurt. Yeah.

I also got new shoes. You remember I bought some new Mizuno’s awhile back and they hurt my feet. I finally went back to the store and got them exchange for a new pair of Brooks. I ran in them today for 2.5 miles (still taking it slow b/c of my achilles tendon) and I like them. I hope it will stay that way when I start running more miles.

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Ich weiss, dass ich für einige Zeit verschwunden war und nichts geschrieben habe. Ich hab mir eine Auszeit von meinem Computer genommen - ich verbringe einfach viel zu viel Zeit davor. Deswegen hab ich während der letzten Wochen nicht gebloggt.

Vor 2 Wochen habe ich Problem mit meiner rechten Achillessehne bekommen. Sie tat nach einem Lauf weh und hat sich seitdem nicht richtig angefühlt. Ich hab ein paar Resttage eingelegt und an meinen Lauftagen weniger Meilen gelaufen als geplant. Schliesslich will ich nicht, dass etwas schlimmeres mit ihr passiert. Heute war mein erster Lauf ohne Schmerzen. Juchu.

Ich hab neue Schuhe. Du wirst dich vielleicht erinnern, dass ich vor einiger Zeit Mizuno’s gekauft habe. Leider mögen sie meine Füsse nicht und nach/während jedes Laufes taten mir die Füsse weh. Endlich hab es geschafft zu dem Geschäft zurück zu gehen und sie haben wir mir die Schuhe umgetauscht - ich hab jetzt ein neues Paar Brooks hier. Damit bin ich heute 2.5 Meilen ohne Probleme gelaufen. Jetzt hoffe ich nur, dass das auch so bleibt, wenn ich längere Strecken damit laufe.

Manuel, I wish you all the best for your birthday. I wish you a wonderful day. Love you, Melanie

Yesterday morning I did a 7 mile run. Actually I ended up doing 7.28 miles - not sure where I got the quarter mile extra. I ran at a nice flat course that is a 11 mile loop. Of course I did not do the full loop I ran 3.5 miles out and turned around when my Garmin let me know that distance.

I stopped a few times but I still ran a good time. And running should be fun - not just pressure to go on and on. I talked to a few runners during my little stops and afterwards I started again with new energy.

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Gestern morgen hab ich einen 7 Meilen Lauf absolviert. Am Ende hatte ich sogar 7.28 Meilen auf meinem Garmin - auch wenn ich noch keine Ahnung habe, wo ich die zusätzlichen .28 Meilen gelaufen bin. Die Strecke was schön flach und ist eigentlich ein 11 Meilen Rundweg. Natürlich bin ich nicht den ganzen Weg gelaufen sondern habe nach 3.5 Meilen umgedreht.

Ich hab ein paar Mal angehalten aber trotzdem eine gute Zeit gelaufen. Laufen sollte Spass machen. Ich hab mich mit ein paar anderen Läufern unterhalten und jedes Mal, wenn ich dann weitergelaufen bin hatte ich wieder mehr Energie.