The last couple of weeks were going pretty well. I had made the commitment to myself to get at least 2 “quality” runs in per week (possibly 3)with 5 workouts total which included cycling and running “free” and then Sat afternoon rolled in. I was doing weights and then all of sudden my neck went out. It does that sometimes. I landed on my head quite a bit when I was gymnast (lol – I’m sure there are a few jokes in there somewhere). What happens, as my chiropractor informed me of is that my muscles around my neck go into protective mode and tighten up. Usually after 1 or 2 visits to the chiro I am able to manage the pain and keep running, but not this week. Not completely listening to the advice offered by my chiro, I went to the gym and attempted the “quality run #1” for the week. I was 4 miles in and that was enough. I moved over to the stairmaster and finished with 30 minutes on that beast. My neck seized up again – ughhhh frustrating. I also think I am partially fighting something, because I was sweating more than usual and I don’t’ have a whole lot of energy. Tomorrow will be my 3rd time to the chiropractor this week and hopefully the neck thing will be resolved by Monday and training will go back to “normal”. The weather has been great here the past few weeks and we've had some family time (dinner's) on the beach - LOVE ME SOME SUMMA.
Here are some pics from the week before:
Cheers!
