I love burpees

I'm post blogging now, and trying to go off memory. I think this was on the tread.

i tried to rest a couple days cause my bleeding picked up immensely.  Sorry for the constant bodily function update - I guess I'd just like a record of this to go by with my next baby.

I ran 4 miles with the stroller - belly by my ribcage hurt a bit, especially on downhills.

I decided to take this run slow and see if i could minimize the belly pain.  It felt ok, but was burning by the end.  What is going on?????  I ran the water tower trail.

3 miles on tread - i was hoping for no cramping and bleeding after, but didn't get it.  hopefully lori can clear some things up on Thurs and help me figure out why I'm still not recovered from this birth!

Turbokick - Everything felt great during the workout, but had same cramping afterwards.

6 week appt with midwife today.  I was kind of going in expecting bad news...I was waiting to hear her say I should stop exercising and lay around for a week or so, I had it in my head that that was what I was going to do to.  I'd rather wait it out now, rather than start training hard and then have to stop, 

Well everything actually looked good.  My abs are coming together really well, and everything looks healed.  She really thinks the pain in my stomach is my ulcer.  I'm still skeptical cause exercise has never made my ulcers worse before.  She said I could also have organs sticking through still (how nice) and that's causing pain.  Ugh!  I don't know.  She actually wants me to exercise cause she can see how much it helps my emotional state.  I had to say it but I've had a bit postpartum depression and just can't kick it.  Exercise is my drug of choice - so the more i do the happier i am.  She wanted to put me on anti - depressants for a month til i start exercising more but I'm kind of leery of that. 

She also said that women can actually bleed like forever after having a baby.  The whole time they r breastfeeding.   Crossing fingers that that wont b me.  Glad to see it's normal though.

I was way happy to be able to come home and exercise, so I went running the first chance i had (10 pm) and it felt sooo good.  I wore a belly wrap to keep it warm, and ran somewhat slow.  But it felt good, and pain was minimal to none in the belly area.  don't know if it was the wrap or the fact that I was going slow.  but hey i'll take it. 

I went to zumba today!   yay!  it was so fun...I've really missed it!  I took miss Ivy in with me and she actually sat and watched for like 40 min of it.  She started to get a little tired, so i held her and danced with her for 1 song - She was out:)  It was amazing but she stayed that way for the rest of the class with the music pounding.  It must have felt just like home:)

My stomach however felt awful.  Any move that needed a quick ab movement just killed.  I need to figure this thing out.  It's definitely not my muscle, but something internal.  It's where my ulcer should be on my esophogus down to my stomach on the left side.  I'm sure my organs are all disorganized from having a 10.5 pound baby in there.  I'm hoping it'll work itself out. 

Today was a madhouse trying to get my 3 year old's bday party ready.  It was so fun and he was so stinkin cute.  I'm definitely going to tone it down for my 6 year olds next month though.  My stomach was crampy all day today.

I napped with Ivy later, and then decided to run at 11 pm.  It was all on the tread, but it was a good 5 miles!  I'm moving up.  Wore the belly wrap but don't know if I needed it.  I'll try a little without on mon.  I am so ready to just bust out and train hard. 

running stroller miles today - slow but effective.  Stomach felt ok...It feels like the pain pressure is lessoning.

Tried to get some Turbokick in, but Ivy wasn't having it.  Well, i did manage 30 min.  I'll take what i can get i guess!

I went to see April today for a massage on my stomach cause it just was not feeling great.  Of course she is a miracle worker, and my stomach feels tons better!  She actually said my problem was with my diaphram and showed me how to massage it out.  Who woulda thunk it? 

1 hr of insanity - whoo hoo.  stomach officially is feeling better.

took the kids in the stroller for a beautiful run today.  I love running!!! it is starting to actually feel somewhat normal.

I want to start training my quads to handle downhills, so i ran to the freeway and back.  My watch died a mile into it,but i think i kept a pretty decent pace.   The wind was freezing and strong to run into, but the run back down was heavenly.  

Cross - fit style workout - for time - 20 burpees, 25 jump squats, 20 sit ups  - abs were totally feelilng it! 3 rounds

5 miles around la verkin with stroller.  I took the kids to the park afterward and totally enjoyed the beautiful weather throwing the ball with isaac. I decided to add in daily crossfit style workouts - just doing what i can.  So today I did 8 rounds of 20sec of pushups, froggy crunches, jump squats.  Last sets felt pretty hard.  10sec of rest in between.

Amazing Ivy slept through my entire workout today.  It felt so good to get it all in!  I want to start running daily, but need to add on slowly.  So i did just 1 mile today.  added on 8 rounds of 10 tuck jumps, 15 mountain climbers for time. I kept it at 25 sec for each.  Then i did 50 min of Turbokick - with my weighted gloves might i add.

Jim and I both wanted to run, and it was 8 pm.  So i go the idea to make it a family affair. I pushed all the kids in the stroller (ha ha).  Jim had eaten too recently and his belly hurt (and ivy was crying) so i finished up 2 more miles after the 3 together. 

I got to borrow ironman heather wurrtle's bike trainer today - well for the summer.  i can't imagain what it would be like to have extra $500 bike trainers laying around that had been given to me.   Anyhow I've decided to spend 1 day a week doing some bike trainging.  and since jim gets home so late, it will most likely have to be a lot of indoor stuff.  So my friend liz took a H.I.T. class this winter and bless her heart had saved all of the workouts. I would've gone nuts without them.  Oh yeah, I'm a weak biker.  This killed me!  the first workout went over an hour (it will build up to 2) and has a lot of cadence training. I still can't spin my legs that fast! 

Anyhow it felt good and I was dripping sweat.  I'm excited to get stronger legs.

Treadmill run.  I started to feel my calves/ heels a little bit today.  That scares me a little bit cause I absolutely do not want to develop plantar fascitis.  I've seen too many people struggle forever with it. So I massaged it a bunch throughout the day.  I found a super painful spot,  well spots, on either side of my ankle. Almost down the the heal.  Well i dug into those and made myself cry a little.  They are sore sore sore and i hope i can run tomorrow. 

50 pushups - had to take a break but got through them all on my toes.

whoo hoo!!! 7 miles.  I know its so not that far, but i had stressed all night and day that i wasn't going to be able to run today.  And that's the farthest i've gone post baby It wasn't perfect, and my heel felt a little numb.  But all the massaging i did on those trigger points helped for sure.  I think my feet just need to get stronger again.  Heels are not numb and actually felt a little better post run.  I felt pretty good on the run too. my average was 8:45, but i also ran back in 20 mph wind.  I even ran 1 mile in the 7s.  That's so slow comparatively, but it's great for me.  I was not missing running the Hurricane Half today (though I've won it the past 2 years) cause the wind was rediculous.  Why is it always windy for this race?

afterwards - 3 rounds ran 50 meters, 50 lunges

5 miles into cholla creek.  Ran by a house that had a guest house billowing smoke out of it.  I couldn't see anyone around  and a small fire right inside the door.  so I ran to the house owner...We came out with buckets to see if we could do anything.  The next part was a scene out of National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.  Her father in law (old guy) came tottering out, and looked at us like "what?".  he had left food on the stove and it had caught fire.  Ok not funny, but his reaction was.  The guest house was severly damaged from the smoke.