Thursday, January 17, 2008

Back to Work...

Ok... back to normalcy again. From last Friday to Monday was a huge blur for me... it was all I could've imagined, and more!!! Chris and I have been talking about marathon stuff everyday, and we won't admit to each other, but we are both currently so psyched up about this whole marathon mania...

On Monday, I could barely get up... my leg muscles were toast! All the cramping and strong contractions apparently took a huge toll on my muscles and it was very hard for me to get in/out of the car. The best thing for me was to walk as much as possible, which I did. Instead of going to a Disney park, Chris's family and my family went to IKEA, which is a the amusement park for home furnishing... I got my exercise in walking through that place. My wallet got some exercise as well...
On Tuesday, same thing... muscles were still shot and I had to work all day. We spent the whole day explaining to every patient what exactly happened during the marathon... and everyone said the same thing.... "you finished? Wow!! good for you guys!" By the end of the day, we were tired of telling the story... but I told it one last time to a physician that I work with for fitness/weight loss. He told me that the same thing happened to him during the Chicago Marathon... he has run 8 maratons in the past.... finally I didn't feel so bad... I thought I was the stupidest physical therapist for making such a huge mistake like that (probably still am.. but whatever!!!). I do have a new nickname, which was given by one of my patients.... Aquaman!!!! That same patient also decided to call Chris Florence Nightengale..... I can dish out some jokes, so you gotta be able to take it when it comes your way, so it's all good!!!! Well, guess what? Aquaman and Florence are going to go for their second marathon, hoping to eclipse our personal best of 5:37:00by at least a minute or two in Ft. Lauderdale.... February 17th!!!! We have already put our plans into place, and are ready to roll!!! This one is going to be special in different ways, because this is my hometown, and I am going to have triple the amount of support out there as I did on Sunday (which was more than I could've ever imagine!!!) Below is the race (or carnage) of Sunday... if you click on the map, you can see exactly what was going on with my heart and when everything fell apart.
Pictures will be coming.....
BTW, I will start running again this Saturday (I'm itching to run today, but I'm trying to hold back, maybe just go on the bike for 30 minutes or so..)