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Vantreesta, my MRI showed a slight tear in I think my hip and slight hamstring tendinitis, as well as a hemangioma at the top of my hamstring. It's that last one that caused the weird soreness. Honestly as long as I don't sit down too much, everything seems to work properly, and the doctor said none of that was a concern. How's the weather there? I saw you fell on ice and had a lot of snow. I'm guessing that'll be the case until spring.
Alison, did you do RPM on your bike with trainer? I haven't been on my bike in probably a year! I should put it on the trainer and see how it feels. I do RPM at the gym pretty often. I like that it's 45 minutes. Sometimes it doesn't seem all that intense (lots of breaks) and I guess I should push myself more during the work.
Hot Chocolate 5K on Saturday turned out to be fun! A woman in my running group who I ran with quite a bit over the summer suggested we carpool, so DD and I rode with her, her DD, and another friend of mine. We left really early because we weren't sure what parking would be like. We got there much earlier than expected, found parking easily, and had a short walk to the start line.
DD did amazing, her fastest 5K yet at 31:17. I really had trouble keeping up. She wants to do a sub-30 minute 5K. I think I've done that twice and only with a lot of training! She did train but seriously only maybe 5 runs, of at most 2 miles each.
I'm surprisingly not sore after my fast 5K. Made it to Burn Bootcamp this morning. I have my workouts planned out for this week and part of next. We're heading to northern AZ from Dec. 26-29 so I'll probably miss a couple workouts but hoping to ice skate and snowshoe instead!
I'm still stressed and haven't looked any more for a counselor. My employer has a 24 hour line you can call and they'll provide something like 6 or 8 sessions for free. I keep thinking I"m OK and then realize my eye is twitching and I'm holding my breath, two big signs of stress. I'll get around to it, I swear.
I work all this week and then Monday and Tuesday and am off from 12/25 until 1/6. I can't wait!
P.S. I haven't used a workout DVD in months and feel sort of bad about it! I also sold the shelf they were on because it was too small and so they're sitting all over the floor in my workout room.