hey there drunkies... i need some thoughts/advice.
the last two weeks i have been thrown off my running track (so to speak) by unforeseeable/uncontrollable circumstances and i am not sure how best to proceed from here.
two weeks ago, it SNOWED here in the city. it has not snowed (meaning inches of snow that stuck on the ground for days) in the city for at least five years so, needless to say, the city came to a stand-still for the three days it took people to get even a little bit of the snow cleared. this also means that people don't have snow shovels, or if they do they only shovel the walk right in front of their own house/store/building. therefore, i had three days that i was not able to run. i got two runs in towards the end of the week and did okay- kept my pace, didn't have trouble completing the runs, etc.
well, then the week after that (last week) i got sick. i had a lingering sore throat and fatigue that kept me from doing anything other than the most essential work. i missed another two runs, only getting in one run last week once i felt better. i went on that run and found that i barely stayed on pace and couldn't do the entire run without breaking with a small bout of walking (and that was my short 2 mile run- nothing major here, folks).
and then i woke up yesterday morning with a weird pain in my foot. our cat (the one that Sixpack just loves) had slept on my legs for a while in the night, pinning my legs down in a strange position. not only was i still feeling worn-down from being sick, but also my foot had this new pain (it is a sore-muscle-cramp kind of pain in the top of my foot, kind-of in between my pinkie toe and next toe in). it only got worse after going on a walk so, yet again i didn't run. i took it easy the rest of the night and iced it while watching a movie. it still hurts this morning... :-(
my two questions: what the fork is going on with my body? (i guess that's more of a rhetorical question) and what do i do about getting back on track/ how much have i screwed up my momentum (i just started this training earlier this month)?
thanks much for any advice/thoughts/liquor you can offer to ease my suffering/worries. cheers!
p.s. i should note that i don't have health insurance (still) and so going to the doctor is out of the question. blarg.
Monday, January 29, 2007
hit a snag- help!
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1) Don't worry about momentum. Your doing just fine. a 16 week program to run a 12K would have begun this week, so you have plenty of time. Besides, you'll be surprised how little the time off hurts you.
2) Don't worry about the toe much, just sounds like a minorly pulled muscle. You should recover in a few days. if it's not too painful you could probably even run with it. Just don't run if the pain gets worse. You'll be ok.
Snow: bad excuse. Illness: excuse. Toe pain: come on. "you could probably even run with it". God damn right you could. Until it falls off. You want to feel better and get momentum, don't let any of these things get in your way, just go. Also, however far you were thinking you should go, it probably wasn't long enough, add at least a couple of miles to it. You've evolved from species that spent the majority of their waking hours on their feet, so act like an animal and make up for those 10 hours you'll spend in front of a PC with an extra 15 minutes of fast running. And when you realize you're actually feeling pretty good, go faster. Hey what is this moderation nonsense? Is there a communist in charge of this blog? Moderation schmoderation.
haha! holy crap... i don't know who this "nick" is but that is some tough love! eexxxcellent. heading out for my run now, sir.
If the doc is out of the question I can only give you one suggestion. Buy the cat it's own bed. Other than that keep digging.
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