Ellie's Run to the New York Marathon

i could get used to this...

ran for 45 mins this morning.

even added some hills.

a few moments of feeling something a step back from a niggle - but only cause I am hypervigilant these days

no pain

feeling awesome

want to start running for an hour every day

but I won't :)

yet

knock wood...

I'm feeling good. I have run 40 mins this morning and on Friday. Nothing has fallen off. Coincidentally I have done no exercises... weird. Have an appointment with the physio about those injection things in a week and a bit but until then I am going to enjoy this!

I'm over it! O-V-A-H

Well things are just going along ok. My life seems to be constantly punctuated by the back (the SIJs really) flaring up and then being ok for a while. I ran 40 mins on Sat with no terrible effect. But the fact it, there is still pain, sometimes niggly, sometimes bad (mostly when I am walking). It is just always there - no matter how many exercises I do or don't do!

I went back to the physio today who taped my glute up - this seems to work to take the load of the joint. I also have to try a trick with a belt on the weekend to see if an SIJ belt would be useful. I am also going to investigate a trial into prolotherapy. Prolotherapy loosely involves injecting the ligaments of the joint with a substance (glucose) which artificially inflames the joint and makes it think there is an injury and causes it to heal faster. The upshot is that it is meant to make the joints more stable. I am not sure if I will be suitable but I am going to look into it. My SIJ's seem to be hypermobile and acting completely independent of any strengthening that I do.

it is also becoming apparent that the cause of this all may have been chiropractic treatment of the joint which was being mobilised frequently despite it already having a tendency to hypermobility and it not causing me any pain. Sigh. I will never know for sure, but everything I am reading and hearing makes me cringe to think of the first time I was adjusted and my SIJ's were manipulated and it was so much pressure I literally felt winded.

Who knows - maybe prolotherapy is my miracle cure!

40 mins

Yes - I ran 40 mins. But I am not going to believe it until I do it again :)

The back/SIJ doesn't hurt - but there is a sense of tightness or pressure around the area (left side only) when I run that causes me some concern. However, I am taking a management perspective and so long as it doesn't actually hurt during or after and I keep doing my exercises I will try and work through the discomfort...

Hello again!

Righto - quick update because I am busy and important.

:)

Saturday I did 35 mins run and although I honestly can't remember what happened, I am pretty sure it felt ok! This morning I did 30 mins with RA and Sammy which was nice (having company) and not so nice (just felt quite drained and flat and got a stitch of all things).

The weekend was a busy on for me as I was at the First Annual Australian Positive Psychology and Wellbeing Conference. I was lucky to have the company of the lovely Lulu and thoroughly enjoyed myself. The speakers were almost all interesting and I have a lot of information that is being processed in my brain!

Water running tonight should be good. I had a session with the core lady yesterday and it was the hardest one yet. And that is saying something!! Full on. I am a little sore actually in the connective tissue (bizarre i know but that is the best way I can describe it) but I am convinced that is a good thing.

So the pelvis is holding together nicely, although it didn't like being stuck in a chair all weekend or on the plane to and from Wagga Wagga last Friday.

kthanksbye

It is... then it isn't... now it is...

Ok that is. I had been feeling pretty great for the last few days and went to see Brad the physio on Tuesday for a bit of a check in. I was getting a bit smug about how if I was feeling so good I must have been totally straight and even and all things good in a pelvis.

In the end Brad said I was about 1/2 a centimetre out which is pretty good (compared to 2.5cm one time!) and was out to the complete opposite side that I was last time. Damn pelvis. In any event he did some manipulation and taped me up (down?) again.

I also had a run on the treadmill which he videod and I was looking alright actually. My core is a lot stronger although I am still dropping the right hip a little. Also now rather than tightening up my right arm we are going to try dropping the left. My right has improved a lot though and is not swinging wildly like it used to!

So then it got interesting. Brad taped me up and I left, happy as larry - everything is fixed, I will be able to run ultramarathons within a couple of weeks etc etc. Then in the afternoon the adductor starts to hurt. Then my hip. Then I go water running at the pool and it just constantly niggles in the adductor (ok groin) region. Not so bad that I had to stop, but enough that Mike the water physio was frowning at me for continuing. Then it just hurt generally that night.

Yesterday the niggles continue. Low grade by contant - hip and the SIJ magic spot which means bad news. All day... Did my core lady work last night which improved it a bit. Still felt a bit funny this morning so I took the tape off. Did my core work again and...

HEY PRESTO I'M HEALED! Again. So I ran my 30 mins. A few niggles in the first few minutes but it totally warmed up and felt better at the end than it did at the start. Couple of hours later and I still feel good. Huzzah!

Perhaps my pelvis is not interested in conforming to societal expectations of where it 'should' be? Perhaps it is quite happy to be 0.5cm askew. Whatever the answer i am currently - happy :)

Nice to run a bit with RA and Sam this morning also!

Flying!

At the grand old pace of 6 mins per km - but I'll take it!

Headed out at 6.45ish to the park so I could have a nice flat 30 mins. Saw Sam and Sara but they didn't notice my furious waving! Anyway - I didn't have my garmin on so I was running on feel. And it felt good! So I didn't try and slow down or speed up or anything - I just cruised. I did the lap of CP in 22 something minutes and despite being disappointed that there was still 8 mins to go... decided to try and keep the pace up.

At the end of 30 mins I was buggered! But nothing hurt. Hallelujah! When I got home I checked on mapmyrun and discovered that I covered 5km exactly or maybe a little more. I am very very happy with that, particularly as I am sore (in a good DOMS kinda way) all across my upper back as a result of my core session yesterday where we focussed on that area. Every time I breathe I can feel it!

Off to Brad the physio this morning to see how the old pelvis is looking :)