Goals and disappointments.

This all started yesterday morning. I went to CrossFit and the workout wasn't that tough but I still got sharp pains in my right lung. This happened last year when I was running too. Then, around 3:30pm I got a migraine so awful that I laid down to go to sleep. I drink 1/2 gallon of water or more a day so I knew I wasn't dehydrated.  I had plans to go running with my friend from work so I wanted my headache to go away ASAP. I fell asleep and when I woke back up it was still there. My chest was tight all day but I took my inhaler and went anyway. When we got back my head ache was still there and it was still hard to breathe. I honestly just ignored it because wheather I run 1 mile or 15 I still feel like crap usually when I'm done. Two miles with Katrina didn't give me a reason to use my inhaler again since I used it not even an hour before. So we had dinner, and some wine and hung out for a whole before she went home. I went to bed but I couldn't sleep. I woke up this morning and my chest was still bothering me but I ignored it. 

Well, I've been planning for a while to get my 20 mile run in today. I woke up, ate breakfast and started to get my stuff together for my run. I did my breathing treatment that I always do before I go on my long runs. I sent my family members a text of what I was wearing just in case I went missing. (I get a little paranoid when I'm out alone)  Just after a mile I had to walk back. A MILE! I was in pain, frustrated, and annoyed. It's these runs that I have to tell myself don't always happen and I can do it. As much as I tried to keep going, I couldn't. 20 miles wouldn't happen today. I went home with sharp pains in my right lung. I couldn't move from my couch for a couple hours. When I finally got off of the couch I went upstairs and fell asleep for two hours. Two days in a row I've fallen asleep. I don't know what's wrong but my chest didn't feel right. When I woke up it felt like something was sitting on my chest. I've googled this so many times that Google is ready to answer back and tell me that he doesn't have an answer. 

I'm very muscusy when I run. I spit and blow my nose a lot.(Sorry if you are eating while reading this) I don't know if it's my allergies but that's what happens. I've talked to my pulmonary doctor about this pain but he tells me that it's a bronchospasm. When I went for chest X-rays, they found a black spot on my lung but nothing came back on my CT scan. The doctor said that by mile 4 it should go away. The problem is getting to mile 4. 

Here's what happens: I get an extremely sharp pain on my lower lung in my right side, just under my rib cage. I've tried everything from not eating dairy, nut butters, anything that might give me an allergic reaction. It hasn't helped. 

So if anyone reading this is a doctor and wants to tell me what's wrong..go for it! 

This was me all ready for my run. 

This is my breathing treatment. I've done this twice today and my inhaler once. I still feel yucky. 

These ended up being my last resort. I still feel awful and I missed CrossFit today. I hate when that happens but I an make the days up. I need to take care of me. So when Adam got home we went to Panera so I could get dinner because I didn't  feel like cooking. 

Not too fun. Just chicken noodle soup. I started to feel sick after I took mucinex without food. ( Don't try that at home) I will make it to CrossFit tomorrow. It's open gym to practice so I don't have to do anything too intense. I love going to CrossFit and hate when I don't feel well enought to go so I'm doing whatever I can to make it there so I can go on my long run this weekend since it's going to be nice out. I love that Panera always has a variety to always go with what you're hungry for. 

What keeps you from your favorite workouts or runs? 

My Perfect Weekend

It's Monday night and ending my 3 day weekend with my husband. Though, we only have a dog and a cat we both have jobs and never spend as much time together as we would like too. There was one bad part to my weekend...I didn't get to my long run. Whoops. It's killing me right now. BUT, here's how my weekend went:

Friday: I worked in Morgantown until 3:30pm. Then I went to CrossFit to do 14.5. Afterwards, I gave Adam the choice of going to the gym or dinner. He picked dinner. 

It's not the healthiest but it was wonderful. 

Saturday: 8am CrossFit and we went to Panera for breakfast.

It was delicious! I've never had the Green Smoothy before. It tasted like it had bananas in it. I also had the Power Breakfast with Egg Whites. It was very light but filling. I wasn't hungry until around dinner time. 

Afterwards, we went on a search for a road bike. We've been talking about me getting a road bike for some time so I thought we would at least get sized and try to find something. We went to three bike stores in our area and by 2:30pm I had a roadbike. Now Adam wants one so we can go riding together. He's been searching all weekend. 

I am pleased to introduce: "Tabata the Trek"! It will look great right next to "Dusty the Diamondback". (Whoever can figure who Dusty is named after will get a special hug.)  Later that night Adam and I had a date night in house. I made healthy homemade chicken and the popcorn that everyone is making from a paper bag. We watched Despicable Me 2 but Adam fell asleep half way through. I thought it was a cute movie! 

Sunday: We woke up early(thanks to Hudson our Goldendoodle) so I made us breakfast. 

Buttermilk Blueberry Bread, thanks Pinterest. We hung out at home for a while and then went on search for a Bucs Jersey for this afternoon. We spent most of our day gone but when we can home we took Hudson for a bath at the pet wash. It's really cool! It's like a car wash, except for the dog. Duh..sorry Two hours later he came clean. 

Monday:This morning I woke up at 5:30 to meet my friend, Sherry at CrossFit. I've been missing her so we made plans to meet this morning. I'm really glad she held me accountable because at 5:30am that was the only thing getting me out of bed. 

Adam and I, both took today off to go to the Pirates Home Opener. I've always loved baseball, even when they sucked. I'm too young to remember a winning season. I think I was 2 or 3 the last time they had a great season except for last season. It was a perfect day for the game! It started off cold but then warmed up tremendously. 

We packed a lunch to eat before we went into the game but about halfway through we decided to go get something. 

That wasn't worth the wait. It was good but not $9.25 good. I even missed the perogie race! That was the worst part. 

The best part was that we had great seats! 

So I missed my long run this weekend but I finally got to spend time with my little family. I know I probably could have squeezed it in there somewhere but it was a weekend that we needed together.  Sorry, my life isn't that exciting but I thought I would share it with you. 

Tomorrow's goal: 10 miles(after work)

Have you ever neglected running or a workout for family or a friend that came into town?

The fur kids just wanted some attention this weekend.  

My week in workouts.

This New Year's I recently started tracking my progress. I track my progress in workouts everyday so I know how many miles I've gotten in and how many workouts I've done. I'm obsessive about organization so every color means something different. 

Purple(my favorite): Running

Green: CrossFit

Blue: Swimming

Red: Biking/Spin

Black: Lifting or a rest day 

My week in workouts: 

Monday 3/3/14: REST

Tuesday 3/4/14: (CrossFit) Diane- 21•15•9 Deadlift (115#) Handstand push-up

Wednesday 3/5/14: (CrossFit) 15 minute clock- 1 min. Max Squats 2 min. Double Unders 3 min. push-ups 4 min.Superman 5 min. Pull ups

Thursday 3/6/14: 5 mile run

Friday 3/7/14: (CrossFit) 14.2 10 overhead squats (35#) 10 chest 2 bar

12 OH Squats 12 c2b 14 OH Squats 14c2b 

Saturday 3/8/1: 10 mile run

Wrap up: 3 CrossFit workouts, 15 miles running, 2 rest days 

Do you track your workouts?