Training Log Archive: marie

at Sugarbush, VT with Mike & Jon

We got 10" of snow Saturday night, even experienced some "thunder snow". The powder quickly got pushed into piles and it was hard work out there. Moguls. "Lumpy & clumpy" as it said on the board by the lifts.
I had trouble keeping good form while I was intimidated by the conditions, I didn't dare leaning forward and being aggresive enough. But I found some slopes that were better and there I was confident and able to really enjoy skiing. Perfect temperature, right around freezing. Most people disappeared after lunch.

Same route as last week with Boris, except didn't double it on top of West Rock. Mostly bare asphalt with some patches of snow and ice from home and up to the tower. Beyond the tower, road was covered with ice, packed in the wheel tracks and crusty in the middle. It wasn't plowed any further than last time. But as I came to that point it looked pretty nice and packed down so I wanted to continue.. big mistake, maybe took 4 steps before I could get to a stop and it hurt my ankles breaking through the thick ice crust!
Then it started snowing quite intensely and it was hard to see for good footing on the way back.

C • Snowing?! 15

Crazy traffic coming back from PT in Simsbury + to get to downtown New Haven.. but figured I would still try getting to zumba and didn't miss that much! From frustrated driving with tons of traffic mood to happy relaxed zumba mood.

Late night out Wednesday but managed fine through this long day.

PT visit

Went to see Karen again, while pain has gradually returned. Spent 1,5 hrs there. Even if she knows what it's about and it seems to be the same problem returning she did a thorough examination of everything.
She said this is bothering me while I'm really working my body, probably wouldn't feel the pain if I wasn't as active. Again my hipbones were misaligned and sacrum was twisted, so she corrected. She found that I will need to increase the mobility in the lower part of the spine. Muscles are tight/cramping and that's why it's uncomfortable to sit/lay on that area. She released the pressure on some of the sore spots by holding me in positions where the muscles relax.
I showed her, something I've noticed, that I can't get both my sitbones to the ground when I'm sitting in the mermaid position (yoga/pilates), left leg in the front - she thought that will be a great way of checking our progress.

Exercises I should do daily:

- scissors, right leg bent
- knee presses, in/out
- laying down, tilt hips, slow and hold it, knees bent starting up going down
- laying down, tilt pelvis and touch lower back to floor, using abdominals, hold and repeat
- standing up, left knee forward, pushing with right hand giving the spine a tilting point, prevent hips to move: left elbow against the wall
- standing up, use fingers and push lower spine forward, bend back
- laying down, stretch left side glute by holding left leg bent across
- relax/stretch my hipflexors: laying on the floor, calves resting on the couch/ standing up, one foot up on something, lean forward over the bent leg

To avoid the rat race on icy roads, we waited and went to work later when roads were cleared.

Can't say I felt like going for a run but I got out there and it was nasty. Road/sidewalk conditions were slush, ice and ice covered snow. Ran through the crust on deeper snow a few times and cut my calves + kicked my toes into hard stuff. After half an hour calves felt very stiff. Ran with o-shoes and it was needed for the ice. In sharp turns, when you get lighter on your feet, I had to slow down to not wipe out.

Rather would have had some more snow than ice..

April, the teacher, told us a little about herself. How she has always done sports and started with yoga when she started having back problems. She also does hockey & rowing. She described it well with exercise being important to get through life and keep sane. Her yoga class has a long core section, which is what she uses in this class and adds on to it - think I'll try her yoga class sometime.

Woke up today and was able to breathe through my nose, hopefully I'm over this cold. Can't believe this was the second cold virus we've had this month. I blame all these people at work constantly coughing, sniffling, sneezing, blowing their noses and sometimes even show up with a fever just taking pills to get through the day - my point is they shouldn't go to work and give it to us. Also on long flights it's hard to avoid getting sick if people next to you are sick (think that's where we got the last one).