• Home |
  • About |
  • Archives |
  • Blogroll |
  • Gear |
  • Photography

Running Chick

Thursday, September 4. 2008

What to do, what to do

Posted by Nancy in
Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)
I was able to do my 9-mile run on Sunday after four day of rest. It was purposely slow - my average pace was 12 minute/mile. Cripes, I haven't been that slow in ages. Of course, I did stop and stretch every mile, so that probably added to my slowness factor. I was supposed to run seven miles last night, and I only made it to two before I stopped. My legs are in bad shape.

I have pain which starts mid-calf and radiates down to my ankle. It's manageable with Ibuprofen, but only rest seems to make it go away completely. The day after a run, I can barely walk.

I'm throwing everything I can think of at this injury. I'm using ice, heat, I'm stretching several times a day and massaging my calves regularly. I replaced my shoes. I replaced my insoles. I'm taking Ibuprofen and Tylenol.

Nothing has worked yet.

I'm getting a deep-tissue massage this afternoon and I have an appointment with the sports doctor next Wednesday.

As I see it, I have two options.

Pull out of the HM completely. An option that's not looking too bad as I sit here with throbbing, burning lower legs.

Last year, despite all the b.s. I went through with the twisted ankle and knee and being under-conditioned and wondering what the hell I'd gotten myself into half-way through the race, I had a blast.

I really want to run this race.

So, option two is to completely rest for the next 15 days and run it. That means no running or biking. For 15 days.

It also means that I must seriously monitor my calorie intake so I don't gain any weight. Adios, cerveza. *weep*

I'm fairly confident that with that much rest, I'll be able to run (heck, I was able to complete 9 miles on four days of rest), but I won't be setting any new personal records. I suppose I could just attempt to beat my time from last year's race, but I was really hoping to do better than Eagle River.

But, 15 days of not doing anything? I'll go crazy.

Maybe I should take up knitting. Basket weaving? Embroidery?

Maybe I should just give up running.

What a depressing thought.


 

Trackbacks
Trackback specific URI for this entry

No Trackbacks

Comments
Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)

Rest it for 15 days and run the HM? What's the worst that can happen? Permanent muscle damage? You don't need to set yourself up for surgery if you can help it. Decisions, decisions.
#1 Anonymous on 2008-09-06 15:34 (Reply)

Add Comment

Enclosing asterisks marks text as bold (*word*), underscore are made via _word_.
Standard emoticons like :-) and ;-) are converted to images.

To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming, please enter the string you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly.
CAPTCHA 1CAPTCHA 2CAPTCHA 3CAPTCHA 4CAPTCHA 5


 
 
About

I run, I work, I drink beer, but not necessarily in that order.
Workout History
Running Log powered by RunningAHEAD
Calendar
Back June '25
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
            1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30            
Archives
  • June 2025 (0)
  • May 2025 (0)
  • April 2025 (0)
  • March 2025 (0)
  • February 2025 (0)
  • January 2025 (0)
  • December 2024 (0)
  • November 2024 (0)
  • October 2024 (0)
  • September 2024 (0)
  • August 2024 (0)
  • July 2024 (0)
  • Recent...
  • Older...
Recent Posts
TPoD Week 4
Mar 25 2014
TPoD Week 3
Mar 18 2014
TPoD Week 2
Mar 10 2014
TPoD Week 1
Mar 03 2014
Into the gauntlet
Feb 20 2014
Fast or Fluke?
Dec 30 2013
My legs still haven't fallen off yet
Dec 26 2013
My legs haven't fallen off yet
Dec 08 2013
Holiday Streaking
Nov 30 2013
Turkey Trotting
Nov 29 2013
Weather
Find more about Weather in Houghton, MI
Click for weather forecast
Quicksearch
Instagram
Instagram
Feeds
  • XML

© Nancy Banfield 2007-2013
Design Downloaded from www.vanillamist.com | Ported to Serendipity by Carl Galloway