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October 04, 2005
Relief
I woke up this morning at 7. I stayed in bed for a few minutes. I really wanted to run-but I also didn’t. What if I was still hurt? I had no idea what to expect and I knew I would be very unhappy if I wasn’t better. I finally decided that I would never know if I was healed without trying to run and if my leg hurt I would just stop running. At the time this was a huge revelation.
I hit the road-and I felt okay. About a quarter mile in I felt slight tinges of weirdness in my calf, but I figured that was probably normal as some recently built scar tissue adjusted itself and I continued on. It was such a relief to run without pain in my quad and knee, and, for the most part, without the weird feeling in my calf. The four days off was much needed and did wonders. I also feel extremely well rested and fast (I tried to run slow though) from my mini-vacation from running. I ran for 23:57. I got home and stretched, iced, and took some naproxen. I feel fine right now. The real test is how I will feel tomorrow (no running) and Thursday when I run again, but at this point I predict good things. I also did some sit-ups.
I am revising my earlier statement that it is not my fault I got hurt again. I have probably been running too fast too often for my current level of fitness. I blame it on wanting to be faster-right now. After Tufts 10K on Monday I am going to leave my watch at home for a while and just chill out. I have no “base” to speak of and should worry more about running lots of miles healthy rather than fast. I think. I have no idea how to train or what I am doing so I am just figuring it out by trial and error as I muddle along. I just can't believe how often I have to relearn the same lessons.
Also, I tend to freak out when i get hurt and can't run. I hate that I am so attached to something that makes me feel so badly when it gets taken away (complete loss of perspective here) that I often decide I am biomechanically not meant to run, I am going to switch sports, etc. However, every time I make the slow process back to good health (not this injury, but others), I realize, yeah, it's worth the heartache. I felt that way again on a mini-level this morning again. It's worth freaking out, being sad, the knee exercises, walking around town b/c i am refusing to bike so I can rest my leg, and everything else just to be back out there.
Also, do people like their Ipod Nano’s? Is it easy to use? I think that will be a better x-mas gift than last year's power drill...(that Jon informs me is not particularly heavy duty!)
Posted by Audrey at October 4, 2005 11:04 AM
Comments
I don't know about the Nano, but I do have a Rio Forge that I like a lot. They're recommended for sports. It's not very small, but it fits very well in my amphipod.
Good luck at Tufts.
Posted by: L at October 5, 2005 10:03 AM
i like the nano. the wheel is a little sensitive but i'm new to the whole ip0d scene so maybe its just me. great sound quality. its cool looking, flash based/won't skip, huge storage. downsides: 1) i used a rio before this....any songs i downloaded from the competing music sites over the last couple years (like n7pster) won't work on the nano. so i had to buy a few new songs twice 2) needs to be plugged into a computer to charge up. i think i'll have to buy the a/c charger at some point for when i travel etc. maybe this is a positive tho, i got tired of buying batteries for my rio all the time. note, rio is no longer in the biz of selling new mp3 players.
thanks for the marathon comments! woohoo! i was surprised it made you miss marathoning, i didn't know it would have that affect! interesting. it was great. hope you are healing up nice and quick for your tufts thing.
Posted by: brent hopkins at October 5, 2005 08:39 PM
Hi,
I am an seasonal runner and lately my knees has been bothering me. Could you tell me what exercise for the knees that could help me, I would really appreciate your help
Thanks
ML
Posted by: ML at October 7, 2005 10:53 AM