Sidelined

I was hoping I wouldn't have to write this post, but I've come to the realization that I am injured and that I need to sideline myself from running until I heal. This injury isn't from my recent face plant. It happened the morning after!

Last Friday I went for a run in the morning before I left for an overnight business trip to Houston. I don't typically run on Fridays. But since I wasn't going to be able to get my Saturday run in, I decided to run Friday morning instead.

Everything was going fine with my run. My energy has returned. My legs feel strong. I was zipping along at a faster pace than usual. I was having a great time!

About three miles into my run, I was going down a small, rock-covered decline, probably going too fast and not paying enough attention, and it happened...

Video of Northshore Trail

I created a little video during my run at the Northshore Trail last Tuesday. Go easy on me... this is my first video attempt! Enjoy.

Week 36: Stopping Self Defeating Behavior

For about the last three or four months I've hit a plateau with my weight loss progress. I thought it was related to a "set point" or something like that. But as I weighted in this week (and gained another 1.6 lbs) I realize that the primary reason why I have stopped losing weight is because I have stopped doing the things that I was doing previously when I was losing weight...

Mainly, tracking my consumption and staying within my allotted points.

So why did I stop? Why haven't I keep doing what I know works?

Face Plant

There is an old saying... "It's not a matter of if--it's a matter of when." That saying applies to just about anyhing, including face plants! I had my first today while running along the Northshore trail. My Blackberry fell out of my hydration vest and as I reached to try to catch it I took my eyes off the trail and tripped over a tree root. Down I went!

I layed there face down in the dirt for a a few seconds, not really believing what had just happened. One moment I was zipping along enjoying an absolutely fantastic run in the woods. The next, I was brushing dirt off my forehead! That wasn't in the plan for my run today!

I pulled myself up off the ground and ran a quick "systems" check. No pain. Nothing broken. Still conscious. That's good! Small cuts on my hands and arms. Otherwise, good to go. I picked up my Blackberry, stuffed it back into my hydration vest, and resumed my run.

Saved

I have a soft spot in my heart for turtles, seeing that I run like one. Today was no exception. I was out for my regular leasurly jog along the Northshore trail when I came across a turtle. But this wasn't just any turtle... it was a turtle in distress! Somehow the little fella (I am assuming it was a fella) had fallen sideways into a space between two rocks (or maybe he crawled up in there from the left side of the picture)...

Now you might argue that he meant to do that. Maybe he wanted to sun his underside a little bit. Or maybe he had an ich he was tring to scratch. Don't know for sure, but I decided that if the little guy intended to get himself wedged in there than he could probably figure out how to do it again.

So I saved him.