It’s been awhile since my last post (hence the Led
Zeppelin), it’s actually been a long time since I ran. That’s because I’ve come down with another
injury! After having a decent summer of
racing and training I strained my hamstring.
The first hint of this injury came during a long training run in Tyler Park;
I was coming down agony and literally felt agony. I stopped to stretch the hamstring thinking
that it had tightened due to all the marathon training miles. Well, I was a mile from the boat house (where
I was parked) and ended up doing a mix of jogging and walking to get back. I rested the next few days as a precaution,
showed up at the track to do 8 Yasso’s and was only able to do three due to the
hamstring pulling again. I stopped to
stretch and tried to continue only to be forced to wave the white flag.
I took off again, this time for two weeks which was nice
when it came to my studies, but not to my fitness, that went to hell along with
all my training. There’s just something
about studying and snacks that go hand and hand…I decided last Thursday
(exactly two weeks off) that I would attempt an easy flat run. Though I was able to get through 5 slow
extremely tough miles, this was not comforting.
The hamstring nagged me the entire time and for hours after. It’s so hard to believe that everything can
go up in flames faster than it takes to build them, even though I use to tell
people that it takes 8 weeks to get in shape and only 8 days to lose it all. That may not be accurate, but any one that
workouts consistently can relate to what I’m saying.
I’m supposed to be running the Marine Corps Marathon this
Sunday, and I have no clue how that’s going to happen. It’s too late to defer, too late to get the
money back for the hotel and I did sprint to class the other day when it was
pouring outside and the hamstring didn’t act up…so...I know the smart and
proper thing would be to join Allyson on the side lines with the rest of the
spectators (oh yeah Allyson’s hurt too similar hamstring injury, are injuries
contagious…), this would be the responsible thing to do. My plan currently is to go for another test
run Thursday and see how this one goes before I pull out the lounge chair and
claim my spectator spot.
Till we run (or limp) into each other again…
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