My Walking To Running Journey After My Injuries

 Do you have setbacks in your fitness journey?

   I have been on my journey for more than a year and it has been a long journey. The journey started with an ankle injury that developed into tendonitis then I had numerous falls from wearing the incorrect shoes. Two of the falls left me with a lot of blood and scrapes while the last one left me with a torn hamstring. I had to endure several weeks of healing and physical therapy along with trying many different supplements to finally be able to start running again. I began my walking to running regime last February and in six weeks I was running again. It felt so good to run. For the past month, I have been working on speed and distance. Things were going well until last week when I decide to do some different stretching and I have no idea what I did but the next day I had pain in my upper leg when I ran. I think I did something to my hamstring as the pain is similar, but to a lesser degree, to my torn hamstring injury last year. So now I am back to square one and having to walk for a month while my leg is healing. I then will have to start the process of getting back to running. This is so frustrating as I was looking forward to running on the beach next week when I go to West Palm Beach, oh well, I will have to enjoy walking on the beach.

  I am consuming extra protein and vitamin C to help my leg heal faster. I discovered a delicious Organic Plant-based Meal Replacement that has the 8 building blocks of nutrition in it.  I am hoping these 8 items will help me heal faster so I can get back to running. Sun Warrior illumin8 comes in three flavors- Mocha, Vanilla Bean, and Aztec Chocolate. The Vanilla bean is my favorite. This meal replacement tastes good when mixed with water but it would also be great for my fruit and veggie smoothies.This Meal Replacement is dairy, soy, & gluten free. I love that it has no added sugar and GMO-free.


                    So what are these 8 Building Blocks of Nutrition?
                                   Protein             Minerals
                                   Good Carbs     Fiber
                                   Healthy Fats    Enzymes
                                   Vitamins          Probiotics

  This time around I am also using ice and heat on my injury, something I have learned along the way, and it seems to help. For right now my leg only hurts when I run and I feel no pain when I walk. When my month of no running is over I will remember to stretch my legs and go back to my walk/run routine that I did a couple of months ago. My husband tells me to just stop running and then I won't get all these pains. He is not a runner so he just does not understand my need to run. I just love how I feel after running and it helps me to thinks better. I think most of my writing ideas come to me while I am running. I also keep my body looking great from running.

                              Are you a runner? If so tell me what motivates you to run?

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