MISERY
Here we go again. Just as I start to gear up and get into a training groove, my body says - no thanks.
I was just into my second 8 min. interval this morning at the Y when I started to feel the all too familiar pull in the vicinity of my right thigh (hamstring, piorformis??). I never know exactly which muscle hurts. Anyway, I walked a couple of laps trying to tell myself that it was just tight and that I would be able to run through it. However, when I started to run again, I knew that it was "bad" paid as opposed to the "good" pain that we all have to push through from time to time. I finished the lap and then went to the mat and stretched for a bit before limping home.
So I here I sit on a couple of ice packs to write this.
This is exactly the scenario from two years ago when I was training for my first 10k.
Maybe this just isn't meant to be?
I was just into my second 8 min. interval this morning at the Y when I started to feel the all too familiar pull in the vicinity of my right thigh (hamstring, piorformis??). I never know exactly which muscle hurts. Anyway, I walked a couple of laps trying to tell myself that it was just tight and that I would be able to run through it. However, when I started to run again, I knew that it was "bad" paid as opposed to the "good" pain that we all have to push through from time to time. I finished the lap and then went to the mat and stretched for a bit before limping home.
So I here I sit on a couple of ice packs to write this.
This is exactly the scenario from two years ago when I was training for my first 10k.
Maybe this just isn't meant to be?
posted by Scott at 8:54 AM
4 Comments:
No! It IS meant to be!! You have overcome so much more that bodily pain! Next time, you should bring a fork to the Y, because it's cake! Just take care. Rest your leg, and build back up. All things are attainable. What one man can do, another can do.
Hang in there, Scott.
Annie, As you don't have a blog yet, I will respond here.
Thanks for your comment. Please, create your own blog. I am also new to blogging and I believe that it is going to be instrumental in my journey to the finish line of my first marathon.
I have tickets for Wicked here in Toronto in October, 2006. When it was first here last year, the run was limited and I hadn't yet discovered its brilliance.
I intend to be listening to Defying Gravity on my IPod either as I cross the finish line or very near to it. Isn't it just FAB!
Best of luck on your training journey. Please keep me posted and let me know if you do create a blog and I will add it my list of regular reads.
uggh we all hate those kinds of pain. I find I have been injured a lot less the past two years even though I am running more and I can only chalk it up to the cross training. Hopefully this injury will allow you to get in some swimming or cycling.
hope the ice helps and you are back at it soon!
ps LOVE LOVE LOVE Wicked :)
Hang in there! You're doing the right thing...ice and rest....you'll be back in no time. Don't get discouraged--it happens to the best of us! :)
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