Water Woman!!

I have a very low weekly mileage right now - but, But, BUT I DO have time on my feet, except my feet weren't touching any roads!  Confused?  So was I at first.  I discovered aquajogging this week.  A tweaked ankle forced me off the pavement and into the pool.  I was not happy about this and so not convinced that an "aquajog" could be a workout.  C'mon admit it - none of really wants to be a jogger.  We are runners, racers, goddesses of great speed! Right?  So, flashback to last Sunday.  I woke up with a very sore ankle and a plan to run 2 hours.  I had to weigh my choices - run on and risk further damage OR scale back and recover.  I chose the latter (remember?  I told you once I am getting smarter!!)  I didn't have a lot of options - yoga, elliptical (hate it), or aqua-running.  I called a friend who agreed to join me.  We jumped in the pool and "ran" for 45 minutes.  We ran with our stylin' belts- we even wore our running shorts!!  Up and down, back and forth.  Guess what?  It is HARD workout and I LOVED it!  My butt, hams, and hips burned!  I even worked up a sweat.  We celebrated the workout by getting pedis.  Hey - if we are going to expose these beat-up runner feet to the public we may as well try to make them look pretty!  We "ran" again on Tues - still loved it! And here is the really good news - a few days off the roads gave me the break needed to heal the ankle!  So, here is my new plan - I am going to "run" in water once a week - to give my body a break from pounding pavement and to work the muscles not used in running.  One little laugh - there were some high school boys doing some really hard laps in preparation for the state meet. I knew a couple of them - one I had in class as a little boy.  He told his mom he saw me there and that I was treading water!  If he only knew!
Have you ever tried aquajogging?