Saturday, May 5, 2012

Day 134 (5/5): 1.5 miles / 14:25

Grrr... talk about frustrating...

I was really hoping to get in a good long run today, but my body had other plans.  I felt like I'd done myself some good last night with my short workout, but it would appear that was not the case.  No doubt my muscles felt much better and, when I woke up, I thought I was good to go.  But the more I moved around and tried to stretch, the more I realized how uncomfortable I was.  The main issue seems to be in my hip, but I can't figure out how best to work it out.  Most things I do are on the verge of feeling painful and, call me crazy, but I usually try to avoid that sort of thing :)

So I gave myself a mile to decide whether I would push through it or call it a day.  I changed my mind several times along the way, but, in the end, the decision to take it easy won out.  The one good thing about the timing of this injury is that this will be a particularly easy week to take some time off... plus I can kid myself into believing that I'm 'cross training' while I'm in the pool :)  The bad part, of course, is that we're only 2 weeks away from marathon day and I have no idea how long it will take me to bounce back.  At this point, I've determined that, pretty much no matter what happens, I'll be lining up at the starting line on marathon day.  But I'm definitely hoping to feel good enough to actually finish it too.

1 comment:

  1. honestly, if you don't run at all until the marathon you will be fine!!! so take a couple days off and see where it is. can u do the eliptical or bike at the Y? any cardio taking the pounding away will be enough... trust me! but still test it out and see how it goes. don't fret my dear, you will make it!

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