well... looks like history is repeating itself. it is my first week into my 12 week training plan for iceage and i am already not running. why you might be wondering all curious like...
well, because i'm working through a pain in my left hamstring. it started about a month ago and was really mild. i went back to mike, my trusty physical therapist, and we thought we nipped it in the bud. no such luck. it came back. it came back with a vengeance.
it is painful to run. any speed and any distance. i am discouraged. i told mike that i would take time off but if i was going to do that it would have to absolutely be RIGHT NOW. i think i could be trained for iceage with 8 weeks of training but i'd have to adjust my goals. he told me on tuesday to give him 2 days so i go back on thursday (tomorrow) for more therapy and to see what happens. i can then run on saturday and see how it feels.
i'm not going to lie... i am worried. i sort of feel that i can still pull it out if i take 4 weeks off right now to let it go away, but it will be tough. i will probably not meet the goals i've set for myself with this race and i might have to let it go as my A race for the year.
i'm learning to feel the disappointment and then let it go. to reassess and readjust.
i put in an application to be a pacer for lakefront. i've been going back and forth about racing it so i decided maybe i'll just run it for fun, and get other people to their race goals instead. when it gets closer i'll decide if i want to race MRF. i've been entertaining the idea of that one. i'm just worried about the weather. i hate racing in cold weather so that would be the deal breaker for me. i don't want to commit until closer to race day. we'll see.
injuries suck.
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