before you can run..

ok, i think i am finally FINALLY getting better!

The limp is pretty much gone and Friday I made it to the gym for the first time since March 24th. (yes, i know the exact day of my last workout.. that's how much i've missed it people) When I got to the gym the girl at the desk who checked me in cheerfully asked 'are you training with Lamont today?!' Before my injury I had been to this gym maybe a dozen times so i was surprised that she not even remembered me, but remembered who my trainer was... but, it was nice to be welcomed. I figured I would try and ride the bike for 10 minutes and see how that went. Riding a stationary bike is probably the most boring exercise you can do so I was dreading it. I brought my ipod and a 'learn spanish' book to keep me occupied. If i have to be sitting there I might as well learn un poco del espanol. Well, the distraction tactics worked and I managed to stay on the treadmill for 30 minutes! Once that was over I did some upperbody weight training and then headed downstairs to stretch.

I was wrapping up my stretching routine when a trainer came downstairs with his client. He asked 'you work out with lamont right??' I said yes.. again shocked that so many people know me and my training schedule. He then went on to tell me how i always look so serious when I'm working out and that I should enjoy it more. Normally when I'm training with Lamont we're kickboxing so serious kind of comes with the territory.. if i'm not paying attention he will kick my ass!! Aparently I've made some kind of impression on the people of Crunch - Lafayette

So, what is my point?? Well I've been sitting here for a month feeling awful.. exercising is my stress release and believe me when i tell you that the past 2 months have been more than trying. Losing my job along with some other personal losses it was like the 'perfect storm' of stress that was begging for a good sweat to ease the pain. But almost the same week that everything seemed to be falling apart my leg breaks. So it seemed all i could do was sit around and think about how crappy things were. I could almost feel my muscles getting lazier by the minute. But, it seems that what felt like an eternity to me was actually not long at all.

Now I'm back to work, it's a sunny 70 degrees out, i wore heels today, had a salad for lunch and am going back to train with Lamont as soon as I can get on his damn schedule! (it seems to have filled up fast when i wasn't looking). On top of it all my friends and family have chipped in to help me raise $4000.

To everyone who has donated so far thank you.. to everyone who has yet to donate, i'm coming for you. And to my friends who have put up with my whining and complaining over the past 2 months I love you.. i'm back and ready to enjoy the summer! Come over on saturday and have a drink!

Weekend miles biked: 3
Weekend bags made: 200
Weekend tears shed over leg pain: 0

two more tattoos!

You can never have too many (temporary) tattoos!
Thanks to FreshJive and Volcom for donating to the cause.

HALF FULL!

Thanks to everyone who has donated so far, I just mailed in a bunch of checks and I've offically crossed the half-way-to-my-goal mark! We've raised over $3000!!! The infomation meeting and sign up for the fall season is on May 2nd. If there is anyone who is interested in running the San Francisco marathon or any other Team In Training event let me know and I can get you all the information! It's gonna be a fun training season, so join me :)

I appreciate the support even more now that I've had to take a break from training. My leg is still pretty sore but I'm following all the doctors rules and am sure I'll be ready to go in a couple more weeks. Feel free to mock me and my limp when you see me!

i'm broke... so you better donate!

hey friends. here's the official word. i have a stress fracture in my tibia (large shin bone).

i met with dr. metzl today.. this guy is a sports medicine master. he's run over 28 marathons, tri-athalons and he has competed in the ironman. he confirmed the stress fracture that showed up on my bone scan and told me I will have to lay off for a few weeks while the leg heals. he stressed that i need to keep crosstraining to keep my fitness up, so i will be biking like a mad woman!

the doc and i are on a plan now to get me back on track in time for the NYC marathon in the fall. SO that means the fundraising effort is still on! I have already raised over $3000 thanks to all of you! Since I have more time now I've increased my goal to $6000. I have learned alot about the Leukemia & Lymphoma society over the past 2 months and heard from some people who have survived cancer, and it's quite amazing how much the money we are raising does. From things like funding research to paying for someone's cab ride home after a chemo treatment.. it all adds up to better survival rates and increased quality of life for paitents and their families.

I got an email yesterday that the group i have been training with for the San Diego Marathon has raised over $189,000 already this season! If you think that we are only about half way to our goal and we are only one group from one marathon you can see how much a small donation does in the end.

Enough, enough... you know the deal and you know what you gotta do. No donation is too small.

Miles: 0
Legs broken: 1
Days until the NYC marathon: 213

newton's first

newton said that objects at rest tend to stay at rest....

damn him! i am feeling quite inert and it's killing me! tomorrow is my bone scan so let's all cross our fingers and hope for the best. i am not sure what this bone scan business is, but apparently the schedule is to arrive at the hospital at 8. deal with paperwork.. at 830 i will get an injection (injections and ankles don't sit well with me) and then i have to kill 2 hours before i get 'scanned' which can take from 20-50 minutes. i will be sure to fill you in on the results as soon as i hear!

in the meantime, here is a quick anecdote from the sidelines.. friday afternoon i locked myself out of my apartment (the second of 3 lock outs this month.. more on that later) i was going downtown for a business meeting so i planned to meet my friend carlos and pick up a spare key afterwards. we decided that it was so nice out we'd meet his girlfriend and grab a friday-happyhour cocktail. we ended up at rosa mexicana after hobbling around union square a few times. the weather was great, the margaritas were flowing and the bar was full of cute 'after-work' guys. at one point i got up to go to the bathroom and carlos replays the story like this

'we had the hottest seats in the joint. we are sitting in a lounge area in front where everyone who comes in can see us. beck gets up to go to the bathroom. she's lookin all cute, fluffs her hair, fixes her shirt and (this is where i inject the sound of the needle scratching off a record) she starts to walk but it's all limpy... like her walk actually seems to say 'limpy, limpy' each time she takes a step!'

god love carlos and pointing out the painfully obvious.