Good news – my feet are feeling MUCH better these days! Could I possibly be making a breakthrough?!
It’s the start of a new week and my recovery from plantar fasciitis continues. I have been in physical therapy since August and doing tons of exercises, hoping that I can get rid of my heel pain for good! Sharing these recaps helps keep me accountable, and it also keeps me motivated to keep blogging! I hope you enjoy following my progress.
I’m linking up with HoHo and Wendy for the Weekly Wrap! I’m also linking up with Marcia, Patty, and Erika for Tuesdays on the Run, Debbie, Lora, and Rachel for the Running Coaches Corner and Annmarie and Nicole for Wild Workout Wednesday!
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Weekly Wrap: Visiting Austin, TX
The past week I spent 3 days in Austin, Texas for a work-related training course along with 3 other coworkers. It was my first time in Austin so I was really looking forward to exploring a new city! I arrived a day early so I had plenty of time to eat, relax, and then eventually go for a run! I immediately thought of my girl Nicole who moved to Austin a year ago, but it turned out that she was on the East coast at the same time…rats!
I went to lunch at this awesome poke spot called Poke Bay right near my hotel. I didn’t order poke but I had this amazing teriyaki beef platter that was SO flavorful! I thought I couldn’t eat the whole thing but I demolished it! And the owners were so friendly!
It wasn’t until our last night in Austin where I got to have some authentic BBQ – it was really good! I ordered a 1/2 pound of sirloin and a 1/2 pound of brisket along with grilled corn on the cobb and jalapeno mac n cheese – oops! How in the world did I expect to eat all that food?! Fortunately, I was able to finish it off when I got back in the hotel room! Delicious!!
I wish I had more time to enjoy all that Austin offers, but hopefully, I’ll get to go back someday! The course I took was great and I had a lot of fun. Not too many pictures though!
Workouts for the Week:
Monday 9/10: Yoga class is back with Amanda and the crew! I was able to spend an hour in class. We did lots of vinyasa moves that were honestly challenging for me thanks to all that upper body work! My only PT session for the week:
Tuesday 9/11: This cycle we have a new Tuesday yoga class with a new instructor. I was a little nervous because I didn’t know how advanced the class would be, but I ended up really enjoying the class! We did a lot of great moves and lots of stretches and even some core work. I was able to stay for the full hour and the time went by so quickly! On the PT front, I did some calf stretching and various foot stretching exercises.
Wednesday 9/12: My first day in Austin! After a little bit of walking around the University of Texas’s campus, I was able to get out and spend some time running and walking through the city! I ran around the Capitol building, through downtown (and past a giant rainbow) and made my way on the trails. I got a bit lost along the way, but I stopped recording on my Garmin after 4 miles!
Thursday 9/13: I spent a little time in the hotel gym – 15 minutes on the elliptical, 3 sets of 12 bicep curls with 10-pound weights, 3 sets of 12 shoulder shrugs with 10-pound weights, and 2 sets of 20 situps. It felt great doing some strength training for once! After a long day at my training course, my coworkers and I went out for some BBQ and hit a few spots for happy hour. It was a lot of fun! All the walking around downtown turned out to be a good workout, and fortunately, I had no foot pain issues (thank you OOFOS)!
Friday 9/14: The rest of my training class and then flying back to Philly. I was way too tired to get up and workout this morning!
Saturday 9/15: I was tempted to go to yoga class like the previous Saturday but decided to lounge around for most of the day instead! I did do a little calf stretching and some toe yoga.
Sunday 9/16: Another day of not doing much, just some toe stretches.
Hmm…I think I’ve missed using free weights!Week 6 Report Card:
This was a great week! I loved doing yoga, even though I am a bit rusty and need to get my upper body strength back on track! My feet actually felt really, really good all week so I’m starting to feel optimistic that I’m finally getting better! I’m going to give week 6 an A! I really hope that the road to recovery is coming to an end very soon!!
How was your week of fitness? Any races this weekend? Have you been impacted by Hurricane Florence?
That’s great that your feet are doing so much better — especially after traisping around a new city. I’m really curious where you went for BBQ (since I used to live in Austin, although we’ve been gone a long time & it’s changed a lot).
We got the remnants of Florence this morning. I waited until the rain stopped, which was pretty late, and my run was horrible. The humidity was through the charts & I was plastered with gnats by the time I was done! I should’ve run in the rain!
I hate when the humidity is so bad that you’re just begging for rain…and boo to those gnats!
We ate at Cooper’s Old Time Pit BBQ. It wasn’t what I expected at all, but it was really good!
So great to hear your feet are feeling better! I’ve been to many Texas towns but never to Austin. In fact my daughter is thinking about going to school there. We’ll see. Sounds like you had fun!
Thanks, Marcia! Austin was fun, could definitely see they have a great college town vibe.
So glad to hear that you are feeling better! My sister and I visited Austin a few years ago and we loved it. It reminds me of Madison, Wisconsin where my son goes to college. Very similar town. Glad to hear you liked it.
Thanks! I’ve never been to Madison, I’ll have to make my way over the eventually. Still have never been to Chicago either!
Glad to hear the feet are feeling fine! Shoot….I didn’t realize you’d be back in Philly by the weekend or I’d have tried to meet up with you 🙁 I love your city!!!
Come back to Philly so we can make it happen! I’m glad you enjoyed your visit 🙂
I would love to visit Austin! Bummer that Nicole was on the East Coast 🙁 I tried to meet up with her in Philly but it was so crazy the morning of the half marathon! I’ve actually never been to Texas before and I’m thinking of doing RnR San Antonio in December.
I am happy to hear that your feet are feeling better. All of your hard PT work is paying off!
Ooh RNR San Antonio looks like a good one! I didn’t think I’d enjoy Texas as much as I did, to be honest!
Great to hear your feet are feeling better! It’s always fun to run in new places.
Thanks, Sherry!
Glad your feet are feeling better! I’m from Texas, but I’ve only been to Austin a couple times. It’s a fun city though!
Austin was really fun – need to find an excuse to go back and stay a little longer!
Sounds like you made the most of your time in Austin! That’s great news that your feel felt pretty good. And yay for 2 yoga classes in the week 🙂
Thanks, Chaitali! Definitely been enjoying more time on the yoga mat!
That’s great news about your feet. The continued PT seems to be working! I had an aunt that lived in Austin for a number of years so I visited a couple of times while she was there. It is a very nice city. Thanks for linking!
Thanks, HoHo!
I hope you’re healing well too! Plantar Fasciitis is no fun. I’ve had lots of friends who have had it…its a very common running injury.
Austin sounds fun! I totally would have found some tex mex to have…I’ve heard Texas has excellent food.
Thanks, Montana! Austin was a blast – wish I had more time to explore!
Austin is such a cool city! Glad you had fun and were able to get a run in while you were there! 🙂
Thanks, Karen! It was a nice quick visit.
I’m so glad to hear your feet are feeling much better! That PT paid off. Austin sounds like it was so much fun. And know I want some BBQ!
🙂 If I had more time I definitely would have had more BBQ!