Weighted Walk

I think I'm on to something here. Tonight I decided to change things up a bit. Since I now have tons of heal pain and am so stubborn that I can't give up physically moving my body, I thought I would try something else. Running is something I truly aspire to. I went and got fitted for nice "real" running shoes AND insoles, I've been out a 3 (sometimes more) times a week running (maybe more jogging) for 2 months now and I even did my first 5k. But pretending that everything was okay and would magically go away has now left me limping around every where I go all day long. If you have seen me and haven't seen me limp, I hide it well! I'm diagnosing myself with plantar fasciitis. Basically my right heal aches when I wake up pretty darn bad, I stumble into the bathroom for that first morning pee. It gets better and better as I move around the day. What hurts the most is when I'm on my feet for a while, cooking or what not, and then I take the pressure off my right foot and rest on the top of my toes, the pain is almost blinding. ANYWAYS, so to make a short story LONG, I'm just going to give up running for a while. Literally my heart sunk into my stomach putting that statement in writing. I've worked so hard for 2 months to get up to 3 1/2 miles with out stopping and that is a BIG DEAL for me! But it just has to be done.


I'm starting a new trend. I'm calling it weighted walks. I have two 2.5 lbs wrist weights, so since I can't give up cardo completely, I decided that I would do my usual walk wearing these weights. I really think I'm on to something. It felt GREAT! When I was sure that no one was watching, I was doing all kinds of free weight work outs; dumbbell curl, hammer curl, arm circles, dumbbell row and my favorite shoulder press. There's other great ones I'm sure. When a car would come by I would just walk "granny style" with my arms engaged at a 90 degree angle and really pumped my arms. I was really feelin it! I walked for an hour and wore them the whole time. I'm really curious to find out if I'm going to be sore tomorrow. I will let you know. Here's what they look like if you were wondering. I'm sure any sporting goods store would have them. I can't remember how much they were. Try it =)