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You Darn Quadratus Lumborum

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Plan of action as of therapy:

Dead lifts = absolute no go. They said that was not a good idea because I have a tight quadratus lumborum muscle in my back. Which is what I have been battling my whole therapy, as well as strengthening in the simplest ways possible to not injure anything more.

This muscle since it is so tight, is also pulling up on my hip which could have been the cause of my sore hips/IT bands as well as my back pain.

I’m also not running very much at all because every time I do a run I feel like I’ve made 3 steps backward in my therapy. So I’m taking it really easy and just doing all of my exercises. I’m actually seeing a difference as my hips aren’t as tight and sore and my lower back hasn’t been very sore either.

Right now I’m just experiencing tightness and soreness in my mid/upper back from the deadlifts. But it’s getting better thankfully.

Also, I hop on the treadmill for a mile at therapy and I work on my form. After coach helped me with my running form, I showed them on the treadmill and both PT’s said it looked a lot better! But I get tight in my upper half, especially the way I hold my head and neck as well as my arms. I tighten those areas up and it makes my back curve more inward. So I practice that and they tell me when I start to tighten up so I can be more aware of it happening.

I’m hoping that when the team is ready to start their summer training, that I’ll be ready as well! But if it takes me a little longer then I will do whatever I have to do to stay healthy and come back strong.

I am excited to be seeing progress though and hope it lasts once I start back training again. I have a follow up doctor’s appointment May 25 and he will re-evaluate me.

As for school, this week is pretty much my last week, so I might be a bit busy. I’m still on track for the 4.0 so fingers crossed! :D

Be on the lookout for some more reviews and possibly giveaways within the next couple of weeks!

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Are You Smart or Something?

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I’m pretty pumped because it’s pretty much midterms already. We just finished our 8th week of school and this week I have been on Spring Break. I am pumped because my goal this semester was to get a 4.0. If you know me, this is quite an accomplishment because it always seems, ever since high school, I’ve had one or two classes that will always end up in b’s each semester. I’m not talking low B’s, but 85% and higher.

Let’s take a look at my current grades:

  • Research Methods: 90% (our test isn’t and project isn’t in this grade but I know it’s higher than a 90 now)
  • Dietetic Seminar: A – gradebook isn’t up, but I know I have an A
  • Nutrition II: 88% (!!!!!!! Hopefully I can make this stay a B and possibly an A. It’s a really hard class. Like microbiology, organic and regular chemistry and nutrition all in one class)
  • World Food & Society: 96%
  • Intro to Marketing: 97%

So as you can see, I’m pretty excited. But you can also see where my two on the edge classes are, which I knew from the start, those would be the two: Research Methods and Nutrition II.

Why do I want a 4.0? Because this semester and next are my last semester of grades that really matter. Internship applications are due in February which means your last semester of school is not calculated into your GPA for your applications.

Speaking of internships, I pretty much have my top four choices already and am just teetering with a fifth one. I’ll know for sure when it gets closer.

I’m also pretty pumped because I finished The Hunger Games a few days ago and I am so excited for the movie!

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I gave it 5 stars. It may look like it took me 2 weeks to read, but really it took me more like 3 days. I just didn’t have time during school and read the 90% of it over break.

 

I have to admit, I definitely pictured Peeta far more fetching than he is portrayed in the movie. *sigh*

I have now started reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, because I want to see the movie.

You can follow me on Goodreads if you want. I’m pretty much a book junkie when I have time.

I don’t have much running to talk about, because honestly the topic is depressing for me currently because my body is a big mess and my legs and hips hate me with a passion.

The last couple days I have spent over 50% of my day sitting and rolling on this guy:

I’m trying to think positively about my season but I just feel like I’ve been pushed back in fitness. Hopefully not though.

Now I’m going to get started on my 10 page Nutrition paper. Bleh.

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Greetings Strangers

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Hi, my name is Sam. I work a lot. I enjoy it.

I go straight to class from work.

I go straight from class to practice.

I go straight from practice to dinner.

I go straight from dinner to homework time.

I go straight from homework time to bed.

I wake up and do it all over again.

This is why I have been MIA in the blog world.

My apologies.

In the meantime. These are some of my favorite songs recently:

ROCKCHALK Jayhawk we do it big! Red and Blue KU! I’m like Chalmers at the buzzer….08!

Lol I will always support the Kansas basketball team, even on the games we lose and even when I think they played like crap. Born and raised a fan. Now just tell me where I can get the Family Tree shirt in adult/junior sizes. I can only find it in toddler size :(

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We listen to country at work. I listen to quick and upbeat music when I run on my own or workout aka doing abs/core stuff. I have a wide range of musical taste and I’m proud of that. I can appreciate pretty much anything.

What have you been up to since I’ve been MIA?

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Best Race Thus Far

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My first week of school has ended. I also ran the best collegiate race of my life.

So let’s backtrack to last Saturday. We raced at 4pm and arrived around 10:30am at Carbondale. My teammate Madalyn and I were seeded at 11:50 which were seeds #2 and #3 and the seed #1 was 11:40.

We warmed up for 10 minutes and went down to check in. The #1 seed girl was not racing. Madalyn and I started to get really excited because there was a possibility of going 1 and 2 in the race like we wanted to.

The race starts and Madalyn leads us for more than half of the race (15 laps.) I’m trying hard to help her out and help lead but it was so hard to get into that next gear to get passed her because I would inch up and she would kick faster and on and on it went. I think it was 8 laps left when I was able to kick into gear and help her out. (When racing it was really hard to know who was behind you and how far, so pretty much the whole last part I thought Madalyn was right behind me like I was to her at the beginning.) With about 1.5 laps left I got passed, by a girl that was not my teammate. I tried to go with her but she just had a kick that I did not have. I was tired from putting on surges to catch my teammate and help her out and just could not get this girl. I finished 2nd and Madalyn finished 3rd. We ran an 11:44 and a 11:54 for a 3k. Now don’t get mistaken, there were 3 heats of the 3k and we were the slow one, therefore overall we placed 16th and 18th. However, we both had the best race of our collegiate career and both PR’d! Madalyn is my roommate and one of my best friends and I could not have pictured that race to be any more fun than it truly was. We both have come off huge injuries and have been rebuilding for a few years and we continue to get better and better.

Post-race picture

Then of course, my friend and teammate Jenny had to get a picture to show off our bunhuggers which truly make us run faster and feel faster haha!

Don’t fret, I did not race in my trainers. This was just post cool down picture!

So overall it was a blast and exciting! We both can’t wait to see how much better we can get and take it day by day.

As for classes go, I am trying to get a 4.0 this semester to help boost my 3.4 GPA up a little bit. Since my science classes and certain professors destroyed my GPA last semester, I am going to work to bring it back up over a 3.5.

Classes this semester:

  • Dietetics Seminar
  • Nutrition II
  • World Food & Society
  • Marketing
  • Research Methods

This means that I focus a lot of time to that area but also I have a set schedule and love it. I work all morning until I go to class. I go to class and then head straight to practice. I come home, shower and eat dinner and then I do homework. So time for blogging/perusing the internet get’s put on the back burner. But I will try my best to keep you all updated with the big things in life, such as races!

I might incorporate some of my classes into blog posts so it’s interesting for you, but also helping me study. Since nutrition is important :)

Hope things are well!

 

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School is Ending Soon!

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to do list

I just got a new gadget for my desktop.

Things are getting done today!

Countdowns:

  • iPhone 4 = 10 days
  • KU basketball game = 1 day
  • Go home = 2 days
  • Thanksgiving = 4 days
  • Run again = 1 day
  • Christmas Break = 4 weeks

Things to be pumped about with school:

  • I’m only taking 13 credit hours next semester.
  • I will take my university study 400 level class in the summer.
  • It is going to be Community & Service so I get to do volunteer work for my credits.
  • Hopefully will volunteer at the food bank so I can add to my internship app.
  • I only have 28 credit hours left after summer.
  • Right now I have 126/120 credits needed to graduate.
  • The end is near.

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