After a full week of hard training finishing up with a 10 mile run last Saturday, I was feeling really good! Got through the 10 with no pain at all, felt great. I took Sunday off to recover, spinning on Monday to sub for a run, then ran 5 on Wednesday.
Yeah, that's when things started going terribly wrong. During the 5 on Wednesday I felt fine, no pain. But later last night....magic shot has worn off, pain is back - worse than before. Dang it. So what does a smart girl do? Go ahead and try to run on it again today....you know, just to see if it really does hurt or maybe it's ok. Um, it's not.
Well folks, after going back and forth - surgery it is - no running my third 1/2 marathon with my friends in April. $70 reg fee down the drain, I get a tech shirt for a race I can't even run in. This suuuuuuucks.
Was planning a 10 miler on Saturday, 12 the next as my final long test run before that race. So was looking forward to running with my friends again. :( Boo hooing to my hubs (who is super supportive so positive, thank goodness). I'm so sad today.
Giving myself one day and one day only to feel sorry for myself and then it's time to plan - figure out work schedule, call the dr. to get the surgery on the books, plan out 4 weeks of rehab and mark the calendar for the day I can start training again - for the Tulsa Route 66 1/2 marathon on the fall.
Plan to spin like crazy until surgery day, do arms/abs/shoulders while my knee is getting better to strengthen my core for stronger running later (which I hate doing b/c I'd always rather be running, but I know it helps in the long run).
But for today, I'm just sad. :( Pfft.
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