February is a short month, which is my excuse for almost missing out on February Runfessions. Since I do have a few things to atone for, I need this opportunity to get a head start on coming clean for Lent, which begins March 6.
Make sure you’ve got the March Ultimate Coffee Date marked on your calendar for next weekend– Deborah and I will open the (link-up) doors on Friday, and keep the coffee brewing all weekend.
Injury-Plagued February Runfessions
I runfess that my running has been all over the place this month. The first full week of February I ran four times, including my only long run this month (8 miles). Last week I ran twice, and this week my only running was as Orange Theory. What happened?
Pretty for walking, risky for running.
I runfess that first it was snowy conditions, then it was clutziness when I dropped a kettlebell on my left big toe, then it was the cat the caught Scooby’s attention at the start of our run on Monday–I was caught off guard and hurt my right foot.
I runfess that I hate rest days, even when I am injured. The catastrophe happened on Monday, and I could only stand one full rest day before I started testing the limits of my foot. I’ll save my full recap for the Weekly Wrap, but in the meantime will runfess that the only studio workout I missed was yoga.
I runfess that the other woman at my office gym still continues to make my blood boil, but since I promised to stop complaining I will runfess how happy I am when I pull into the garage and don’t see her car. 🙂
Has your February been better than mine?
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Those darn cats and squirrels! It’s like they know how to taunt dogs. i am impressed that you only missed one workout this week with your injured foot. I hope that it continues to heal and get better!
We have a neighborhood cat who sits on our patio to torment Scooby. #evil 🙂
oh sounds like you just need a February do over!
Hah! Not sure about that, or just a get-it-over-with.
Well, there’s my blister, of course, but that really only hurt on race day. Thankfully (or not?).
I am really good at resting and I have been resting this week. OTOH, I have also spent hours literally chipping away at the ice coating the backyard (we have to walk there with the dogs to get to the fence gate) and the driveway. We’ve had a lot of sleet and we were away for a lot of that so most areas were just a sheet of ice, like 2″ thick. It was quite the workout & I didn’t even get all of it!
Hopefully March is a much better month for you.
Oh, that ice sounds treacherous and tedious. I’d be likely to strain my back chipping at it, just from bad posture.
The ice was a bear to work on, but it was very satisfying to be able to walk safely down the driveway. Thankfully it didn’t bother my back — I was careful — but man, it was exhausting!
I had a much better Feb it seems than you and your injury. Hopefully next month will be injury free.
That’s the plan! 😉
Thank goodness February is such a short month! March has to be better.
I sure hope so!
Oh goodness! You’ve had quite the month! Thank heavens you didn’t break your toe with that kettlebell. That would have definitely been a mood killer. :/
Has anyone said anything to this other woman at the gym? Does she really believe that she’s that entitled and the gym/locker room space/showers are just hers for the taking?
Fingers crossed for a good March! My February has been …. interesting. Daughter drama (per normal) is extra and I’m tired.
I think I’m the only other person using the locker room as early as she does. I keep waiting for the day she has to “share” with someone else too. I hope we both have an easier March.
Oh, no! So sorry to hear about your injuries. I bet you can’t wait to turn the calendar page to March. Much less winter-like (I hope) and your injuries will be improved. I bet Scooby misses his running partner!
Yes. Scooby misses his runs. My husband has been walking him 3x/day, but we now it’s not the same.
February is a good month to have behind us! Sorry about all the catastrophes. I’ll bet it’s a real treat to have that messy woman absent from the gym.
It’s nice not to have to step around and over her cr@p. 😉
Haha that last part made me laugh out loud. I havent been running but I runfess I am so over this weather. Just when we have a few warm days, then it ice or snows again! It’s hard on the dogs too.
Scooby is getting used to the snow, but I am over the mud he tracks in from the yard!
It took me a long time to like rest days. I switched to thinking of them as “spring board days” – when my body was able to absorb the fitness load from the previous few days so I could spring ahead stronger. Now rest days are sacred to me lol
That’s a great way of thinking of them. Honestly, I feel like my strength training days are really light, because I don’t do much lower body work except my PT exercises.
I think that your March can only go up from here!
Nope. Not a great month. Been injured since Feb 11. At least the beginning of the month was good.
Hope March is a better for both of us.
I hope your PT gets you fixed soon!
Hmm..yeah I think it’s time for February to move on! I hope March is much kinder to you!