April 7, 2014

I lost a toenail today... I feel like I am now officially a "runner". I really thought it would happen more traumatically, but it merely came off. Weird!

April 12, 2014

Rode 29 miles in 2 hours with my hubby, Jeff, and friends, Misty and Meghan. Beautiful day for a ride! My knee is feeling very good! 

BTW, Misty doesn't let her osteoarthritis in her knee stop her from biking. In fact, the more she has been exercising, the better she has felt, as well! 

It works in so many situations... The better we take care of our bodies, the better we will feel and less problems we will have!

April 24, 2014

My son has been having difficulties (oozing, tummy aches, lack of appetite) while loosing a tooth. It finally fell out yesterday just as I found another loose one, which bled much heavier! He had been doing prophy with Feiba for the previous tooth, but this new loose one started while he had Feiba in his system, so I had to wait until it was gone before attempting Amicar. The Amicar did not slow the bleeding at all, so we added NovoSeven... Which, all you bleeders with inhibitors out there know, is a frequent infusion schedule... Every 3 hours! Well, the 1st dose stopped the bleeding, so we continued through the night with the NovoSeven. 

What does this have to do with marathon training, you may ask? Well, as I was giving Alex his treatments, I was kneeling next to him. Do you see where this is going? I "over bent" my knee, causing a bleed. I hope 1 dose will be enough, but it does prevent me from meeting up with my new running friends tonight. :( I have a scheduled charity bike ride this weekend that I don't want to miss, so I will be taking it easy the rest of this week. This is one of those examples of knowing your body and realizing the bigger picture. Catching it early, treating it early, and resting will hopefully get me back out there sooner than it used to.

April 20, 2014

I got up early to join some new friends on a 3.59 mile run in 35:44. After that my friend, Robin, and I decided to continue our exercise by riding 17.2 miles in 1:29. Whew! It was incredibly windy today! Really gave my knee a great work out!

April 19, 2014

Today, I started off riding 32.6 miles in 2:14, by myself. Then I added Alex in the trailer, and Jeff rode with me for an additional 5 miles in 38 minutes. It was crazy windy today, so pulling Alex and the trailer really gave me a good workout. We also took a bridge twice, so even more work.

April 16, 2014 World Hemophilia Day!

I met with Suzanne, my personal trainer, today, on World Hemophilia Day! She gave me some new exercises to work on with the TRX straps. I am so glad I now have them at home to work on these things all the time next to the pool. 

I will BE STRONG!!! 

I am an ACTIVE HEMOPHILIAC!!!

April 16, 2014

It's OFFICIAL! I have just registered for the Walt Disney World Marathon! OMG all the emotions that are going through my head right now!

Excitement!

Nervous!

Panic!

Thrills!

April 15, 2014

Rode 20 miles today in 1:45. Back to the wetlands for some photo ops.

April 7, 2014

I lost a toenail today... I feel like I am now officially a "runner". I really thought it would happen more traumatically, but it merely came off. Weird!

April 6, 2014

Despite a weekend dealing with my son having a lot of bleeding from a loose tooth, we found a few blood free moments today to take a bike ride. 

We rode 18.1 miles in 1:56. 

This picture was our turn around point. Took a break at a Florida Wetland "Park" for some liquids. Even saw a gator!

April 5, 2014 Pirate Plunder 2 Miler

Made a last minute decision to do this race with my friend, Robin.

Ran it in 18:08. Placed 8th out of 22 in my age group!

Pretty hot and humid run, but my legs felt great! 

March 31, 2014

Yesterday, I rode my bike 6.4 miles in 40 minutes... I know, quite the slow pace, but I was pulling Alex behind me and riding on the sidewalk. It was also my 1st time pulling him while going over a bridge... Not the easiest thing going up, but much better on the downslope!