Megan's Books for Babies Golf Tournament 5/17/14

Today, I played in a scramble golf tournament with Jeff and some friends of ours. My knee felt perfect. Was a beautiful day for golf! We ended up tied for 1st place and lost the tie breaker. 

Mother's Day 2014

I started the day off with a 5.1 mile run in 1:11, with 3 other moms. We had a wonderful start to our day, as the weather was very nice. My knee felt great today! I am hoping things continue like this, as I have a half marathon coming up on June 1st.

May 4, 2014 Eat My Crust 5K

29:09 ... PR !!!

Placed 15 out of 46 in my age group.

I think a PR today was exactly what I needed to get back on track. I have been pretty unmotivated lately. Alex is having a great deal of bleeding from his loose teeth lately. He has lost 2 teeth in a week and the amount of bleeding has been greater than ever before. I haven't had much time to get out and run or cycle. 

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!