I have a diagnosis 6 weeks after my injury.

I have 4 scheduled PT appts (starting July 27)

My foot is feeling much better so I am cautiously getting my running mojo back.

Last Week-

• Sunday – I started the day at gym as I usually do…

Then we headed up to the lake.  We invited my stepson and his wife on our boat.  So it would be our granddaughter’s first time.

We drove around, docked a few times, barbecued on an island, swam… and the weather cooperated.  I think everyone had a fun time.

• Monday – DAY OFF.

I needed to avoid the hot temps that were predicted so I went for an early run…

some animal sightings but no pain as I ran/walked my 60:60 intervals…

Originally tennis was planned. But once I hurt my Achilles, I cancelled all my tennis for the summer.

Instead I met my tennis friends for brunch as one of my friends who had moved to Florida was up visiting.

It was fun to catch up… I think she’ll be back visiting in Dec and I plan to stay with her in Feb.

The heat has returned so I resorted to walking in the mall.

• Tuesday – WFH all week…

I started today with a gym visit…

With 99 degrees predicted, my walking friends cancelled,

Instead, I went to my friend’s granddaughter’s softball game.. the clouds rolled in and it wasn’t as bad as I expected.

• Wednesday – Another early morning run… same plan but a different location. Not as hot but very humid and smoky.

eerie sun…

• Thursday -Back to the gym (after a detour to feed my friend’s cats while she is on vacation.) WFH.

In the evening, I went to my weekly trail run/walk.

The air was very unhealthy so we walked the trail and attended their pot luck barbecue after…

1. Friday- I decided to integrate a run with feeding my friend’s two cats.

I asked my friend Deirdre to accompany me. We did 30:30 run/walk intervals for 3 miles, then I ran to my friend’s house and added 3 more 60:60 run/walk miles.  Long run done before work!!

I had originally scheduled a PT appt but once I got a script, I could go to another PT which specializes in sports injuries so I cancelled this appt.  Unfortunately the first available appt. is on July 27.  (My injury was on May 24)!!!

In the evening, I went  to my weekly mah jongg game (and I won 3x!!).

• Saturday – Race scheduled for the next day… We thought we might go boating but the weather was iffy… rain on and off.

So  instead, I went to the gym, then to feed my friend’s cats before I got my walking steps in on the rail trail (where my friends were running or walking).

We all met after for brunch (and conversation.)

Afterward I got some errands done including a trip to the farmer’s market, library, etc.

new art installation, a photo on a bench, lots of tempting treats at the farmers market)

• Sunday – Keep MOOV’ing 5k.  We ran it 2 years ago for the first time and loved it.

Last year it rained and we DNSed. This year, we decided that we are going rain or shine but hoping for shine.

And rain was on and off in the forecast. I plan to drive to Heidi’s and she will drive us to Lee, MA where the race will be held.

Since my Achilles is still not 100%, the course is hilly and I ran 6 miles on Friday, I plan to walk most of it… but more importantly, finish before they ran out of ice cream (the reason we chose this 5k. lol)

Stay tuned…

This Coming Week on the Run –

• Monday – DAY OFF – run, walk
• Tuesday – meet-up with running friend who had moved but is in town
• Wednesday – run, ZOOM with college friends
• Thursday – hair appt, trail run/walk 
• Friday- gym, mah jongg
• Saturday –Long Run and Brunch

This Coming Week on the Blog –

• Tuesday – Keep MOOV’ing 5k Race Recap
• Friday – 5 Ways to Heal Your Achilles 

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Relief:

• from the heat of the previous week
• from worrying whether or not to run the Boilermaker 15k
• finally saw an Ortho for my foot on Thursday
• finally got some PT appts (starting July 27)

Last Week-

• Sunday – The original plan was to participate in the Lake George Hike-a-thon with my hubby…

as I have done with friends in previous years…

However, we were invited to dinner at friends and my hubby also invited work friends on our boat.

Too much to squeeze in on one day and I would be hiking the next day anyway,

Instead, I went to the gym and then we drove up to lake where we met up with my hubby’ friends and we all spent a lovely day on our boat.

perfect weather!!!

And in the evening, we had dinner with friends (They live in NC but have a summer home near our marina.).

• Monday – DAY OFF.  Hiking was planned.  It looked to be rainy and two friends cancelled but Heidi and I decided to change the location and go hiking anyway.

the rain held off!! but not the mud…lol

A couple of wrong turns and 3 miles turned into 4,2 but the Achilles held up fine and afterward we went out for lunch and then ice cream.

• Tuesday – WFH all week… Rain all day today and cooler temps.

I was able to get out after rain for a short arboretum walk

too much mud to do much walking so I left and got my nails done…

• Wednesday – Another WFH day but I hadn’t run since Saturday so I did a UAlbany loop before I met my BFF for a walk.

God awful run… hot, tired and dragged myself through it with a lot of walking...

• Thursday -WFH and I decided to start my day with a dip in the hot tub… Ahhh!!

What do you do when you finally have an ortho appt and your foot feels good??

Well, I went so at least I could get a script for PT. Diagnosis: achilles tendinosis with peritendinitis, (Treatment recommended: PT and what I have already been doing…)

In the evening, I went to my weekly trail run/walk. (followed my ice cream, of course.)

the rain stopped and it was a nice night

• Friday- Back to the gym before work and mah jongg in the evening.
• Saturday – No race this week so I was back on track to do a longish run and brunch with friends. I carpooled but decided to do my own run/walk.

My Achilles felt GREAT (what?) but after 3 miles, my left foot neuroma started to hurt (due to my high heel drop shoe and narrow toe box).. It’s always something!! (Do I switch back to my Topos??)

Afterward all 6 of us gathered for brunch.

• Sunday – Gym and spending time at the lake. It will be my granddaughter’s first boating experience!!!

This Coming Week on the Run –

• Monday – DAY OFF – gym, brunch with tennis friends, run?
• Tuesday – gym, walk
• Wednesday – run? 
• Thursday – trail run/walk 
• Friday- gym, PT appt, mah jongg
• Saturday –Long Run/walk and Brunch
• Sunday – Keep Moo’vin 5k

This Coming Week on the Blog –

• Tuesday – Mid-Year Check in: Biggest Win
• Friday – 5 Losses From The First Half Of The Year

Happy Running! Training for any big or small races?  Is it finally feeling like summer where you live? Are you patient when you shouldn’t run?  Do you go to PT for maintenance or an injury? Any Achilles issues? Please share.

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After the 10k in NYC, I had the same issue with my Achilles as I did after the previous 10 miler and 5k races.

With no long races on my schedule until July 12, I could lay low…

and get ready to return to NYC today for work.

Last Week-

• Sunday – Another day with iffy weather.  It rained on and off.

I started the day at the gym and then got a lot of errands.

I spent most of the afternoon in the garden and then we barbecued before the rain. Phew.

• Monday -DAY OFF. Hiking was the plan followed by lunch.

First up:

soaking my achy lower back and Achilles…

Then meeting up with 2 hiking buddies…

We did a very easy yet scenic hike and discovered a new restaurant for a very delicious lunch!

In the evening, instead of my pickleball lesson, a friend was in town so a few of us met for dinner.

• Tuesday – Still babying my foot so I started the day at the gym.

I decided to go into the office and then afterward, I had a hair appt met my BFF for a walk.

• Wednesday – this morning I had my 2nd appt with my chiro… my achy lower back = tight hip flexors)

and in the afternoon , I had to go set up for live teaching this week.

On the way home, I hoped to get in some miles at the Corning bike path…

back/hips felt great, but Achilles sore so I quit after 1 mile 30:30 run/walk

I needed a mood lifter so I stopped to visit my granddaughter…

cooling off on a very hot day…

• Thursday – Day 1 of teaching and standing all day.

The highlight was Starbucks

and a trail run/walk in the evening.

a beautiful evening followed by ice cream but again my Achilles let me know that it needed a timeout…

• Friday- Day 2 of  Starbucks, teaching and standing all day.

Then in the evening I played mah jongg.

• Saturday – Plans: Running? Boating? Both? Neither?

It turned out that it was finally perfect boating weather and so we invited 2 friends to come along and so I skipped my run.

• Sunday – Train to NYC for work… followed by some touristy activities and maybe a meeup with friends

This Coming Week on the Run –

• Monday – work in Jamaica Queens, evening run then Broadway show
• Tuesday – work in Jamaica Queens, train home
• Wednesday – gym, run?
• Thursday – gym, run?–trail run/walk re-scheduled hair appt
• Friday- DAY OFF (holiday), chiro appt, walk, mah jongg chez moi
• Saturday – Valley Cats Father’s Day 5k
• Sunday – Back to NYC for work

This Coming Week on the Blog –

• Tuesday – Summer Running Plans
• Friday – Summer Goals

Happy Running! Training for any big or small races?  Is it finally feeling like summer where you live? Please share.

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Racing today and next weekend and the 2 weekends that follow!! Three weeks in a row!

• 05-17-26 – Boilermaker’s Erie Canal Race (10 miler)
• 05-24-26 – Miles on the Mohawk (10 miler)
• 06-06-26 – Mastercard NYC Mini 10k
  week off
• 06-20-26 – Valley Cats Father’s Day 5k
  week off
• 07-04-26 – Firecracker 4
• 07-12-26 – Boilermaker 15k
• 07-19-26 – Keep MOO’ving 5k

Last Week-

• Sunday – Unfortunately my birthday run got rained out on Saturday so I tried to fit it in today.

I hate running alone and I procrastinated too long getting started so I didn’t get as many miles in as I planned.

6 miles instead of 9 but the weather was lovely

I rushed home as we were meeting family at 11 am for lunch out.

the highlights of my lunch

We stopped by after to visit my MIL and then I spent the rest of the day weeding…

• Monday – I started the day at the gym and then met my friend Jenny for a run later.

first irises of he season…

After work, I had my pickleball lesson. And it was so windy and  chilly 😦

• Tuesday – After work today, my BFF took me out to dinner to celebrate my birthday. We went for a walk afterward.
• Wednesday – I started this rainy chilly day with a visit tot he gym.

Then I ran after work with the training challenge group. It was nice to be back since I had missed 2 weeks. The weather gods were on our side. It didn’t start to rain hard until the end…

I ran 90:90 with one runner…

• Thursday – My dentist appt before work gave me time to squeeze in a nearby run (between rain showers)…

so damp and chilly that I never warmed up…

Since I had already gotten my run, I donated books to the library book sale and then visited my granddaughter.

• Friday- Another rainy chilly morning gym visit and mah jongg in the evening.

• Saturday – Since I had a race the next day, so instead of meeting my running friends, I parked at the library, walked in town.

you can’t tell but that house had old chandeliers hanging all over their yard…

then stopped back at the library book sale and had brunch with my friends after.

1/2 hour before the sale started, the line was around the lot… I quickly grabbed 10 books for Heather (@$1 ea)…

In the afternoon, I volunteered at the local library’s book sale.

• Sunday – Boilermaker Erie Canal 10 miler – a new race for me and I am carpooling with two other runners (and the hubby of one is driving us.). It will be an early morning since it’s almost 2 hours away and we need to be there by 7 am.

Hoping for nice weather and a fun race.

This Coming Week on the Run – 

• Monday -AM run, pickleball lesson
• Tuesday – gym, walk
• Wednesday – PM run (training challenge group)
• Thursday -PM run
• Friday- gym, walk, mah jongg
• Saturday – Walk and Brunch, dinner out for the hubby’s b-day
• Sunday – Miles on the Mohawk 10 miler

This Coming Week on the Blog – 

• Tuesday – Boilermaker Erie Canal 10 Miler Race Recap
• Friday – Running & Mental Health

Happy Running! Training for any big or small races?  Do you race often in the late spring? Please share.

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8 days away with friends in Naples, FL was fabulous.

I also turned a year older yesterday!

Last Week-

• Friday – First full day of my tennis vacation. While some took tennis lessons, I went on a short run and then played doubles with them after (very rusty lol). The weather was perfect for our first visit to the beach. I was in heaven (love relaxing, reading in the sun and floating in the Gulf). We ended our day with dinner out.

• Saturday – Mostly a repeat of the day before except for a different beach and a different restaurant. But while the tennis lessons were happening, I ran a 5k race. It was in a new location for me. The highlight was meeting Jeannie Rice (and winning my age group).

I got back in time to play doubles too. The meal tonight was French and a stranger bought us two bottles of wine. Doesn’t get better than that?

• Sunday – Tennis got cancelled due to rain but I did get my short run in earlier. And since it wasn’t a beach or pool day, we took a Trolley tour of the city and then had dinner and drinks at the movies. We saw The Devil Wears Prada 2. The movie was meh but the food was delish and we sat in lounging chairs. We also went out for ice cream afterwards.

• Monday – The beautiful weather returned so we repeated our usual vacation activities. We chose a different beach (our favorite) and had dinner downtown and walked around before and after.

• Tuesday – Another perfect weather day for running and tennis. Instead of the beach, some went shopping and some (like me) preferred to hang out at the pool. We had dinner at the cafe by the pool. Tonight was our designated book night. We discussed The Midnight Library (have you read it?) Afterward we took a Sunset Cruise. The clouds rolled in and we thought the sunset was going to be a bust. But no, amazing red skies!! And we had delicious ice cream after.

• Wednesday – Last full day of the tennis vacation. Last warm sunny run and tennis and last day at the beach. We had dinner out (of course) and then went to see the Carole King Musical. We all enjoyed it (even though everyone had seen it before.)

• Thursday – Time to head home. For once, no airline drama.

• Friday- I had taken the day off in case I had flight issues. But I decided to keep it. I went to the gym, unpacked and did laundry, visited the tulips,

many past bloom but still beautiful

went for a long walk w/Jenny

and played mah jongg

my mj friends surprised me with a cake.

• Saturday – MY BIRTHDAY!  Rain spoiled my day. I had planned to go for a long run with friends and out to brunch.

Instead I walked in the mall. My friend Heidi joined me for 5 of my 10 miles and we enjoyed brunch together.

And I went out to dinner at a French restaurant with my hubby.

it was yummy!!

• Sunday – Mother’s Day – run, Mother’s Day brunch w/family.

This Coming Week on the Run – 

• Monday -run, pickleball lesson
• Tuesday – gym, walk, b-day dinner w/BFF
• Wednesday – run (training challenge group)
• Thursday –run
• Friday- gym, walk, mah jongg
• Saturday – Walk and Brunch, volunteer at Library book sale
• Sunday – Boilermaker Erie Canal 10 miler

This Coming Week on the Blog – 

• • Tuesday – Tropicool 5k Race Recap
  • Friday – 5 Ways I Stayed Fit on Vacation

Happy Running! Training for any big or small races?  Do you race while on vacation? Any upcoming travel? Do you celebrate your birthday with a run? Any fun Mothers Day plans? Please share.

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