P90X2, Day 2

Completed Plyocide this morning, which was a lot of work, but I was able to do all but one of the moves!  Later I went out to buy some new clothes...oh, boy!  Glad I started this program today, but I think I might incorporate some swim, bike, and run to speed things along...

P90X2...Day One

Just for fun, I thought I would try out the new P90X2.  I have done numerous (too many to count) rounds of P90x over the past few years, which gets a little boring, so I thought it was time to try something new.  Besides, its focus on core strength, stability, and flexibility seems to dovetail nicely with my soon-to-be decided racing and training plan for 2013.

Today was X2 Core.  Some of the moves are complicated, and my stability ball was not properly inflated, AND I don't yet have a medicine ball, but despite all of that, I think it went fairly well.  I can't yet tell how sore I am, but I did sweat and huff and puff a bit, which are good signs.  I felt like going for a run afterward, and next time I'll go with my gut and run if I want to.  As a bonus, it includes foam rolling instead of stretching at the beginning, which I am sooooo happy about (and not) because I am supposed to be rolling out that damned IT band and my quads regularly, but often forget or don't feel like it.  Yay!  I'll keep posting about it.  So far, so good....

Just keep swimming...

I hit the pool today for the first time in, oh, I don't know, 2 months?  I was motivated by a post on Active.com.  A man asked how to get your swimming MOJO back, how to be motivated to swim when you are not motivated to swim, and one very wise woman basically said to just talk yourself into it, and you won't regret it.  I heeded her advice this morning, and she was correct.  It wasn't pretty, but I did it, and I felt better afterward!

I am thinking about races for next year, if I don't sign up for IMAZ, and I'm thinking maybe a few tris, a marathon, and Imogene.  Too much, you say?  Perhaps.  I need motivation to keep training, and races have motivated me in the past.  Hopefully I'll stay injury-free.

Speaking of injuries, my lateral meniscus, which I assumed was really just an IT Band issue, appears to have healed.  Thank goodness, because that is some serious pain!  I hate rolling, but I think it helps.  I have been able to run almost 4 miles again, and while I feel my LM, it does not hurt.  I don't think I have had enough compassion for people with injuries in the past.  It was terrible not being able to run.  I felt sad, unmotivated, and deflated.  I'm hoping never to feel that myself again...