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Weekly Recap: 19 Weeks Post Broken Leg

July 1, 2018 By Jessie Benson 34 Comments

Welcome to July! I can’t believe it’s here already.

First, a quick housekeeping note: I’m hosting a link-up all summer for runners to share their all time favorite apparel/gear. I’d really love some of you fellow bloggers to link-up and share yours. Just add it to the link-up on here whenever you write one! By the end of the summer, we’ll have a fantastic list of crowd-sourced favorites!

On to the recap…

If you’re only stopping in for the weekly recap, please check out this post, which walks through a full summary of my recovery from my broken leg. I’m just recently back to running- and it’s a slow, slow build. I lost so much fitness over the 5 months of recovery. But I’m really happy to be running. I know the fitness will come back, it will just take time and consistency. I’m ready to do the work!

Monday: [solidcore] class before work. A PT appointment later in the day, during which we did a ton of strength training, plyometric drills. These appointments are becoming a workout of their own!

Tuesday: Ran on the treadmill, 3 miles with a 5:1 ratio. PT exercises. After work, I did a short swim at the gym: 1200 yards.

Wednesday: [solidcore] class again before work.

Thursday: Run outside with my friend Christie. She’s taking a step back from hard training after setting a big PR at Grandma’s half in Duluth so she’s just running easy right now. Therefore, she was willing to do my 5:1 run/walk intervals for about 3.3 miles. It was so, so great to be back out around the lakes before work.

And it wasn’t just me and Christie- as I was heading out to meet her, I asked Tilda “do you want to go for a run?” and she seriously leapt out of bed, all confused, but excited that we would be running together again! As long as it had been since I ran with Christie in the morning (5 months?) it had been even longer since I ran with Tilda. Since I broke my leg during a cold February, I wasn’t doing morning runs with her, since it was just too cold for her thin-coat! So it was wonderful to run with her again. I missed my running companions, both of them!

All in all, a  really fantastic morning. Those endorphins from that run lasted me all day.

Another great thing about running is that it is so efficient; we could run 3.3 miles in less than 30 minutes and be done, whereas the rest of the days, I have to spend so much more time doing an activity to get an equivalent workout, i.e. I’m on the elliptical or swimming for so much longer.

Man, I love running…

Friday:  Since I should only be running every other day (PT’s orders), I went to the gym and did 45 minutes of elliptical and 10 minutes of the stairs. Then I had one of the coveted 7 am PT appointments. I didn’t even shower post-gym before heading straight to PT (both my gym and my PT are located in the Minneapolis skyways). We did a TON of plyometric drills- jumping, ladder drills, box jumps- all kinds of stuff to work on my ankle strength. It was quite a workout to be honest and I worked up a real sweat.

Icing afterwards, as always!

Friday evening, we drove up to Dustin’s family’s cabin for the weekend. We planned it out so that Dustin would just come pick me up from work with the car all packed up and we’d hit the road from there.

Unfortunately, I was stuck at work later than I expected, so he and Matilda had to go kill some time on a patio with a beer until I was done!

Saturday: A run at the cabin; I have run up here many, many times, but when you’re as out of shape as I am, it’s really hard on those hilly roads. They crushed me!

I covered my longest run yet post-broken leg (4 miles!) with a 5:1 run/walk ratio.

It was tough going out there though with the hills, heat, and humidity. I felt bad for any of you who had to do long runs out there! I know that a lot of the people I coach had a tough day. It was dangerously hot across most of the Midwest this weekend.

P.S. I did see a black bear on a run once up at the cabin! But thankfully on this run, all I saw were deer.

Later in the morning, I tested out my hand-me-down wetsuit for a short open water swim in the lake. I only swam for about 20 minutes as I still am getting accustomed to the open water. It’s so much harder than the pool, but the wetsuit helped significantly. It gives you so much buoyancy, it’s incredible! 

Let me tell you about this wetsuit: A friend I met primarily through social media, (the blog and Strava!) Kim, gave it to me for FREE and even mailed it to me after reading about my initial struggles in the open water.

It is so heart-warming that there are such nice people out there. Honestly, there are times when I question why I put so much work into this blog. It’s not like I’m making a living with it. But then there are times like this that I am so glad I write a blog. This blog allows me to connect with someone hundreds of miles away that I would have never met otherwise.

This wetsuit represents the power of social media to connect people.

Thank you Kim!

But I digress..after a swim, we did a lot of paddle-boarding. It felt more challenging than last summer, as my ankle stability isn’t what it was before.

I tried it a little bit of SUP’ing with Matilda (our dog) on the board; Tilda LOVES the paddle board but she doesn’t always stay very still so it adds an extra challenge! I could only manage a little while with her on mine, before she switched to Dustin’s board. He’s a lot more stable than me!

(I love that my Garmin has a setting just for Stand Up Paddleboarding. Dustin and I went out again for an evening paddle and covered about 1.5 miles. So fun to see the stats!)

Sunday: I brought my resistance bands up to the cabin so I could do some of my PT exercises. My PT also has instructed me to do a lot of jumping now- one legged hops, side to side hops, scissor hops. I did about 45 minutes of exercises in the cabin, as it was raining most of the morning. I’m publishing this post around mid-day, so I’m sure we’ll do more SUP and maybe I’ll go for another open water swim (doesn’t matter if its raining right? As long as it’s not lightning!)

Summary: About 11 miles of running this week!-Woo-hoo! Two solidcore classes, a little bit of swimming- open water and in the pool, some stand-up paddle boarding, elliptical, 2 PT appointments with lots of plyo work…A full week!

(One more thing- Tilda’s cabin-ready collar was a special gift from “For the Love of Woof” on Etsy. Check them out, their stuff is really cute!)

Well, that’s it for me for my weekly recap. I’m linking up as always with HoHo Runs and Taking the Long Way Home for their weekly wrap. Check it out!

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I love that someone gave you a wetsuit. Restores faith in humanity.

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Jessie Benson
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I know, it just warms my heart 🙂

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It sounds like a perfect week for you, especially with ending in such a beautiful location. I didn’t know Garmin had a setting for paddle boarding! I guess because I still haven’t tried it. 🙁 I have a similar story to your very awesome wetsuit story. I lost my phone while on a long bike ride and a fellow cycling blogger mailed me a box of cycling clothes with lots of nice pockets for my phone. It’s amazing the kind people you can meet! Thanks for linking!

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Jessie Benson
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What a fantastic story of a blogger friend mailing you the new clothes! I love it.

Stand-up paddle boarding is just a fun, easy way to be on the water, while being active!

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Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner
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4 miles is huge! Welcome back that’s awesome progress.

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Jessie Benson
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Thanks! Baby steps 🙂

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Another great week of workouts and hooray for running with Tilda again! It’s so nice to see you so happy to be running again 🙂

Thanks for letting us know about the link up – I will try to add a post to that this summer!

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Jessie Benson
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Please do! I’d love to hear about your all time favorites!

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Hooray for a fantastic week! I love that someone gifted you a wetsuit. That pretty much sums up why I still blog. I love the connections I’ve made! I’m so glad to see you making your comeback. Keep inspiring!

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Jessie Benson
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Exactly! The connections are awesome. Makes up for some of the negativity and the work of it 🙂 It’s all worthwhile!

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angela @ happy fit mama
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What a great week of workouts! I chuckled when you mentioned the plyo work with your PT. I suck so bad at ladder work. It would take me forever to get the sequence down because my brain goes faster than my feet. Super jealous of your SUP time. It’s the best!

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Jessie Benson
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Haha, so true about the plyo work- I have to keep asking him “what’s next?” Ha!

SUP is such a fun way to be active out on the water! I love it.

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Glad to hear you are back running! I am sure Tilda is happy as well! You were pretty active up at the cabin. Sounds like a great time!

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Jessie Benson
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Thanks Lacey! Yeah, we generally stay pretty active, but still get in plenty of relaxing (and naps, ha!)

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Woot!!! Another great week, and your longest run (posts-surgery). You are really making a great comeback! I”m totally with you on the blogging. I invest a ton of time in doing my posts, and I make ZERO money from it (and I”m not planning on making a business out of it anyways). But, the wonderful people I have met and connected with are much more valuable than any sponsorships or “free” product. 😉

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Jessie Benson
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Agreed! I love the connections and the friendships. There are some really awesome people out there and the blog allows me a means to find them!

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How fun that you and TIlda could run again! You’ve made such fabulous progress

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Jessie Benson
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Thanks Becca!

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Loving all the Tilda love! You’re making great progress. I’m glad that you host this blog, and put up with the negativity that some entitled folks throw at you.

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Jessie Benson
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Thanks Eric- I really appreciate that! Sometimes it feels like I invest so much time into the blog but most of the time it’s an enjoyable hobby and I love the connections it has provided.

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Aw Jessie, I was crying reading this! I’m SO glad I could help you conquer those open water swims. You’ve been through a lot these last 19 weeks! I’m so glad we connected through your blog and hopefully we can meet in person one day. 🙂

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Jessie Benson
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Kim, the wetsuit is perfect! It helps so much, I’m so happy to have it! Thank you very much.

Dustin is going to run Boston this year and I’m going to tag along so we should meet up then!

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This is amazing Jessie! I’m so glad to hear that your recovery is going smooth. I am not sure how long this knee injury will last for me 🙁 the doc said I had inflammation on my pet-something tendon but it seems like it’s more than that! Probably the hike in waimea canyons didn’t help either. (Took a short trip to Kaua’i this weekend.)
I’m super psyched for you!!! And beautiful place to go for a quick vacation too- love Tilda and how she gets excited to run!!!

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I hope your knee heals quickly, that sounds frustrating!

Thanks for all the positive thoughts Eri!

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Your Thursday morning run sounds great, I love that sunrise photo! And yay for the hand me down wetsuit. That’s so cool that someone gave it to you and it seems to be working out well 🙂

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Jessie Benson
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Yes I was so happy the wetsuit fit! It’s perfect!

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Hooray for those miles, even if they were humid!! And how awesome to have a donated wet suit!!!

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Jessie Benson
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I know, it was so great to receive from such a nice person! I won’t ever be doing any Ironman races so I didn’t really want to invest too much so this is perfect!!!

Just happy to be running 🙂

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It’s so good to hear that you’re running again, and I love that Tilda was so excited to get to run with you! How cool that someone sent you a wetsuit. What a generous thing to do, but it doesn’t surprise me at all. I’ve found the running/blogging community to be so supportive!

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Jessie Benson
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It is a great community we are a part of! The wetsuit is so great 🙂

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Gorgeous sunrise. Congrats on getting back into everything, I’m sure your adorable pup loves that

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Jessie Benson
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Thanks Cari! Matilda definitely is happy to be back to running with me 🙂

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Love everything about this! You have come so far and are improving so much!

I haven’t been paddle boarding in a while and I miss it. Hope to get out a few times this month!

Matilda is the cutest! So glad you could run with her again!

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Thanks Jenn! I love paddle boarding, such a great way to be active on the water. Matilda loves it too 🙂

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