I had my second pt session this morning. Good news and bad news. He could see the improvement in my home exercise already, yay. But then I got on the treadmill. I ran in my running shoes and barefoot for a while (the soles of my feet are killing me now!). Apparently I run like a duck.
He showed me the proper way to run – leaning slightly forward, feet hitting a straight line in front of you – and had me practice for a while. Ultimately he told me not to run until our next session on Tuesday. I can keep doing the elliptical and I should speed walk to practice proper foot placement. I’m more than a little disappointed, I’m ready to run again! Plus I’m signed up for a race this weekend, I’m still not sure what’s going to happen with that.
I had a yummy smoothie all planned for breakfast but I was running late so I ended up just eating a Passion Fruit Macadamia KIND Plus Bar in the car.
When I got home around 9:30 I also ate an onion bagel with reduced fat chive cream cheese.
Yum! These Thomas’ bagels are so nice and chewy.
Today’s a lab/quiz day so it should be pretty busy. I can just say now that I’m going to bomb my quiz tonight 😦 It’s a good thing I have two weeks until the final, I’ve gotten a bit behind.
What animal describes your running style?
Eating Chalk 
Oh good luck on your quiz, I know you can do it!!!!
My running style?! How about a sloth! 😉
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Ha, this is fun question. I would say I’m a Golden Retriever — not exactly built to run or be fast, but has tons of energy!
good luck on the quiz! you’ll do great 🙂 and I’m glad the PT is going well.
I have no clue! I’ll have to ask Nick what animal I look like while running 🙂
Run like a duck? That made me smile!!! Sometimes I imagine I run like an elephant or rhinoceros. Thudding along without grace…but with strength. 🙂
Sadly I too walk and run like a duck! I am really trying to correct my foot placement, but this is tough work and kind of painful while making new muscles!
That’s what I’m having to do, correct years of improper placement. It is hard!! Have you seen a physical therapist?
You definitely won’t bomb your quiz! Remember how well you did post-SF?!? Go Emily!
P.S. I think you should just transform into a duck.
Do you think Thomas’ bagels are better than NYC bagels? Sometimes I want to go to NYC just for the bagels and the bendy pizza!
Not even close. And I love love love Thomas’ bagels so that’s saying a lot. My biggest NYC regret is that I didn’t eat a bagel every single day I lived there 🙂