enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

currently.

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wearing white nail polish (from high school) on my fingers and toes.

excited about getting creative with the summer book over the next few months.

convinced the iPad + Kindle app is a winner.

working on this week's blog posts and PDFs of the blog 2.0 workshop.

practicing being more flexible.

feeling better about my health and body than I ever have before.

happy that a few of my girls are just a short drive away.

noticing that when it rains it pours as far as projects are concerned.

hoping to hit the 10 mile run mark this week.

determined to hit the 10 mile run mark this week.

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13 responses to “currently.”

  1. Libbi M. Avatar
    Libbi M.

    love it! thank you for your weekend post.

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  2. Ingrid Aukan Avatar
    Ingrid Aukan

    What I like about you is that you’re so REAL.

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  3. Jenn Avatar
    Jenn

    I have the kindle app on my iphone.. it’s awesome, but dreaming of having it on the bigger ipad screen. Good luck on the run… sometimes it’s so mental. I hit 11 miles as my longest run last year when I was training for a mini… then the knee gave out. I’m sure a gazillion people give you running advice, but I’ll throw in this bit of advice from my physical therapist… work out those legs with some strength training. I thought running would be enough, but no.. turns out my injury was due to overuse and lack of strength in the glutes and quads (flexibility is key too.. looks like you’re working on that one!). leg extensions are bad, but leg press or squats are good! I’ve also got a list of other things that are easy do at home exercises if you’re interested. Good luck 🙂 YOU CAN DO IT!

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  4. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    oh man, that is SO helpful. I have not been doing and strength training, just stretching. I would love some home excercises if you have links or ideas.

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  5. Molly Avatar
    Molly

    Good luck on your 10 mile run! During training for my first half, finishing the 10 miler was when i felt like a “real runner”.

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  6. Mandy Dake Avatar
    Mandy Dake

    Hooray! Loved this post. And just FYI, loved the video. You convinced me I need the crop o dile, especially considering I must of punched a million holes today with that dame silver $1 one. Hugs, M

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  7. Krystal Avatar
    Krystal

    looking forward to the blog pdf’s!

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  8. Jenn Avatar
    Jenn

    oh good! so I totally thought running was good enough for the legs… but not so. Hips and the quad and glute muscles are super important for keeping your knee in proper alignment when you run. If you ever get knee pain chances are that poor alignment is the cause. for the record, this is what I was told by my physical therapist. I’m not a “runner” but I played field hockey in HS and college and now I play rec soccer… and try to run regularly. anywho… leg press machine at gym is best overall work every part of your leg exercise. squats are awesome too. lunges (with proper alignment) great as well. I also did a bit of balance work too. standing on one leg doing small squats.. that kind thing. I’ll see if I can find my sheets from physical training. the main areas are those muscles that stabilize the knee: hips, glutes, quads. and then keep up with stretching. ok.. enough blabbing on my end.. hope this helps and I’ll look for the pt stuff I got last year, there was a specific exercise that was really great, called “run-ex” or something like that, but I couldn’t track down an image or video… maybe I’ll make my own?!?! I hope this helps.

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  9. Julia Avatar
    Julia

    can’t beat a good old school polish… love that last photo… such a great idea. good luck on your run this week!!

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  10. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    thank you so much Jenn. I am going to work some squats and lunges into my routine. So far, I havent had too much back of the knee pain, but almost like shin split pain just under my knee caps. hopefully this and more flexibility will help. 🙂

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  11. veronica Avatar
    veronica

    you can totally do 10 miles! consider this me virtually cheering from the sidelines! xxo

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  12. Jenn Avatar
    Jenn

    you are so very welcome, my pain was just below the knee cap… right at bottom of it… but after the physical therapy and some rest all back to normal… I haven’t been running too much lately, but I know what I need to do from now on it keep the pain at bay. Side leg lifts (where you lay on side and do leg raises with top leg) is another one that works the hip area. I think if you’re consistent (something I have trouble with) it should really help 🙂

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  13. Hits And Fits Avatar
    Hits And Fits

    Elise, so relieved to hear I’m not the only one who still wears her nail polish from high school. (It was making me feel like such a slacker in the girly-girl department). 🙂 – Ava

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