Activities

Red stained foot from my climbing shoes

I'm still trying to get my workout routine down. No, I have not added on a weekly yoga class, but I am at least getting in one climbing day every other week or so. This week I get to go twice since I went Tuesday night and plan to go again Friday after my chiro appt. My climbing friend will be in Australia for a family reunion over the Thanksgiving holiday, so I think I may try to take a climbing class through REI one of those weekends. The class takes place outdoors, at a local rock climbing area. I figure by then I may have picked up enough technique at the rock gym to be able to scale something outdoors.

Running. Here is my heart break. I really need to get in more than one day of running a week, or I'll never be able to go longer or farther. At this time last year I was already running 3 miles without stopping. I know, my serious runner friends will chuckle at that, but that was saying a lot last year just three months into running, with my weight, knee issues, etc. Every now and then I am able to do a little over a mile on my Wednesday night run club outings, but have not quite made it to the 1.5mi mark. But last night (Wed), I finally did it, in fact I made it to the 2mi mark!

I'm not quite back to where I was in pilates before my surgery either. It seems every time I miss a class (Th or Su), it takes a lot more to make it up. I just try to do the best I can though, and listen to my body (or my cramping legs/feet). The most important thing is that I am going to pilates at least once a week, but twice a week most weeks.

Good thing I at least have these activities to distract me. I have been feeling really stressed at work lately. I always have to take off time for something - some medical appt whether it is my own or for one of my parents. My boss is Ok with it, but I feel like I'm not getting enough time to do all my work. I haven't even worked on the redesign project since the off-site meeting last month. Something always seems to come up during the day. Last week my boss asked me about restructuring our group, if say I were to report to someone else on a dotted line (but still to her, ultimately) and be on the more technical side of our team. I started to get heart palpitations afterward, which have continued into this week I have not had that sensation in my chest (over my heart) since before my surgeries in May. And, I'm getting the neck (left side) and shoulder tension (both side) issues again. I can feel it when I run and when I climb. I need to remember to leave my work stress at work, and be more present in my other activities. Have fun again. And if all of that fails, I at least have a chiro appt Friday afternoon, so he can fix it for me.