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April 19, 2005
Boating for Runners
I am lifting upper body and doing some core exercises today (a class at my gym that kicks my butt). My knee is bothering me for the first time since November (see entry from a few days ago about stupid aggressive swimming three days in a row earlier this week :) so I am not going to do any sort of lower body stuff today. I also decided I am not going to “predict” when I will start running again. I will simply wait until I get better. Which may be tomorrow-seriously :) At least I will be if the amount of ibuprofen I am taking correlates to my rate of healing.
Once my calf and knee are better I will still not be able to run that much right away or do too much cross-training. As a rule, I do NOT do yoga (at any temperature), aerobics, or pilates type activities, so that takes a chunk out of available cross-training options. However, the weather remains beautiful and I quite honestly have a lot of free time this month. So what should I do with myself that will allow me to enjoy the weather and NOT sit around thinking about running from inside my apartment? Isn't it obvious? Community Boating!!
1) I need a new activity. I don’t plan to cut back on my running, but I am tired of thinking about my lower body and my training and my injuries. I just need something else to do the rest of the time that I am not running or doing school/work stuff and there are very few tv shows I like at the moment. (And I need to get OFF of the internet.) This girl I go to school with who suggested the boating (we are signing up together for a one month orientation/trial membership) has a very serious knee issue (a complete knee replacement following a skiing accident) so we were trying to decide if there was ANY way boating could hurt our knees. We are pretty sure there must be SOME way, but we think (without really knowing anything about it) that boating is a pretty safe activity. The deal looks pretty good too-I think you can go as much as you want in one month.
2) I have a visor I don’t wear enough that I think looks "boatingish.”
3) I won’t be wearing out my running shoes this month so I can afford the boating.
4) It’s on the Charles River. What's more Boston than that?
Becky, come play in the water!!
I will be linking this to my new boating blog. Ok, not really. But I will keep the boating blogging on my running blog to a minimum :)
Posted by Audrey at April 19, 2005 08:26 AM
Comments
That sounds like fun! It's definitely important to find an activity that you'll like doing! Who knows... maybe you'll sail the word while running marathons?!
Posted by: Nanda at April 19, 2005 09:52 AM
Okay, I didn't get the term "boating" at first, but now I do. You're so lucky to be near the Charles River (cleaner than the Potomac!). I LOVE kayaking and I'm sure will too, if that's what you decide on. Have fun!
Posted by: Leilani at April 19, 2005 07:28 PM
Hah! A boating blog!! I like that.
Actually, Mary has done some of that, I think. Maybe she'll teach us how to sail!
Posted by: becky at April 19, 2005 07:52 PM
Matt likes the boating idea, too! Boys + boating=more fun?
Posted by: becky at April 19, 2005 08:08 PM
You must blog about boating! It sounds awesome. What a great, unique cross training activity.
Although I have to say that I do not know why you hate yoga ;). If I didn't work I would do it every day!
Posted by: barb at April 20, 2005 06:31 PM