- This check-in is for January 1st – 7th.
- I completed my first 5K! Sadly, I hurt my knee doing it.
- Even with rest, the pain in my knee spread to my hip, which means this is more than just a minor setback. The problem with ITBS is that I can’t just jump right back into what I was doing once the pain goes away. I’m doing my physical therapy exercises and light yoga for now. I’m also restarting my walking program from the beginning (averaging 1K steps per day), and rebuilding the progress I made over the past year. With any luck, I’ll be back to trying to get 9K steps a day within a couple of months.
- If you’d like to add me as a friend on FitBit, you can find me HERE.
- Yoga Workouts: 1/5
- Steps: 32,700/7,000
- Miles: 13.44/2.75
- Flights of stairs: 26/7
- Active Minutes: 134/70
Monthly 5K Races Completed: 1/10- Monthly 1 Mile Fun “Runs” Completed: 1/10
- Total Money Donated: $1.44/$100.00 – I’ll keep this the same for now, but I may adjust it down to $75 if my progress is slower than I anticipate.
Ack, I’m so sorry to hear you hurt yourself. 🙁 Still, a 5K is such an awesome accomplishment! 😀
It’s an injury that I’ve had for over a decade now, but I haven’t had a flare up in a long time. It’s also why I don’t run, but have been trying to work up to jogging again some day. I was really annoyed that it chose now to flare up again, since I was only a few weeks away from starting a Couch to 5K program.