Dear Running, Today is Valentine’s Day! It seems like the perfect day to spend some time together. We’ve been involved for a long time, first as friends when I was young and doing short runs with my dad. Then we flirted our way through high school, college, and grad school. Sometimes we were close, sometimes…
Category: injury
Free time and comfort food
I haven’t run since Saturday. I haven’t taken this kind of break from running since this summer and recently my running has taken hours out of every day, so it’s weird to actually have *time*. Monday, I went both to the regular grocery store AND Costco in addition to working, buying new running shoes, and…
Flexibility
What I lack in physical flexibility (seriously, you should see me do yoga…), I more than make up for with my ability to fly by the seat of my pants. And that’s a good thing when you have no idea what the path from Point A to Point B is going to entail. Right now,…
DNSing Love the Run 5k
AKA “Did not start”. This weekend was a good weekend, but it was not a good running weekend. When last we “chatted”, I’d just finished a hard half marathon that included two+ miles of pain in my foot + a wicked bad blister on my heel. Not knowing what caused those issues and a cold…
Halfway there!
Yesterday I hit an important number. Since I started training for the five half marathons in five days, I’ve run 369 miles. That’s 369 miles in 11 weeks. I have 7 weeks of training left and, you guessed it, 369 more miles to run. This has been an interesting experience for me. I’ve learned that…
Ow.
I’ve been having a new pain lately. My right hamstring, up to and including my right glute, has been stiff and unhappy. I’ve been foam rolling and that helps, but I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of it. How on earth do I expect to build my mileage if my one side won’t…
My day in photos
The good news is that I woke up this morning and my foot feels mostly normal. Of course, this means that if my dr. had not expressly forbidden me from running today, I’d be giving it a try. Well played, chiro, well played. So, I’ll have basically the same day as yesterday, just a different…
Embracing the rest
So, I got decent news at the chiropractor yesterday. Based on how the pain presented, where the swelling was, and which pokes and prods made me scream, he’s pretty sure I’ve “just” sprained (strained?) the tendon that runs from my big toe to my ankle. He did some stuff with ultrasound and electrical stimulation and…
Smarter than I look
So, on Saturday, when I was running barefoot on the treadmill, my left foot felt strange. It felt sort of like the bones weren’t aligned quite right. When I got off, there was a definite tender spot on the top of my foot. I wore shoes for the rest of the day and it felt…
Finding my run
I’m beginning to feel like I’ve been struggling forever. It’s been almost a year since I started having issues with my ankle, but it feels a lot longer. And I’m sure the fact that I haven’t listened to my body is part of the reason I’m still struggling. But, I’m feeling stronger. The exercises the…
Letting it go
In 6.5 weeks, a lot of really cool bloggers will be toeing the line at the Philadelphia Marathon/Half Marathon. I won’t be one of them. I’ll still be cool. I just won’t be there. I’ve been in a nasty cycle of injury/running races that are too long for my training for about a year now. …