My last post was in 2008. Since then, I maintained my running and worked up to consistently running 30 - 35 miles per week (some 40 - 45 miles thrown in there, until I realized I wasn't quite ready for that kind of mileage). I even got brave enough to do some cross country and local races as tempo runs. I was decided on running the 800/mile during 2013 - 2014 track seasons. Goals set, work outs steadily improving - I was excited and looking to surprise myself. Then...in October 2013, I got injured (my foot) and decided (around November 1) to take some time off from running.
I started receiving treatment from Dr. Ho at Elite Chiropractic, thinking this was all I needed and that I would be back to running - at the very latest - by December. But, after several excruciating (both monetarily and physically) sessions with Dr. Ho's office, the pain wasn't really going away and I decided to get a referral out see a Specialist. My gut told me something else was going on. Short Story: I have a stress fracture in my fourth metatarsal and I've been wearing a boot since mid- December.
I am approaching 11 weeks of injury. Hopefully I only have 2 - 3 more weeks of non-weight bearing activity, so I can at least start walking and strengthening my bones to prepare my body for running again.
Being injured for this long is frustrating. In fact, I know I've been a bit depressed. I am driving myself nuts over it.
Running is such a pure activity. It allows me to work out a lot of my stress from my day. I am "positive D" when I'm running. Starting to run again (I used to run in middle school, high school and college) gave me my life back, as it re-established old friendships and enabled me to set goals for myself again. Not being able to run from injury has squashed my drive and cut me off from much of my social network (I love the old guys I run with!).
Anyways, with all of this said - I can't wait to be back.
For the last couple weeks, I've dabbled in the gym - doing some Pilates, weights, abs and used the row machine (which only rocks my foot back and forth and has very little weight bearing activity to it).
Yesterday, I went over to the community center to use their pool during their open swim. My time spent in the pool consisted of 4 laps of kick board (forward/freestyle kicking), 2 laps of breast stroke, 2 laps of breast stroke kicking, and 6 laps of running in the water (no weight bearing and no belt). Each lap for running in the water started at 4 feet (I'm 5 foot 2 inches, so it works) and then went to the deep end. It took me 60 - 75 seconds each lap. I took 30 - 45 seconds break (it was HARD!). I was in the pool, doing work for 30 minutes.
I have to say, running in the water was difficult and reminded me how fit I was in college. I don't remember it very being that hard.
My goal for this blog is to consistently document my training, in my own words. Some of you - if this blog is ever viewed by a pair of eyes - may get the pleasure of finding out that I am a goofball...but first, I need to start writing...and then we will see.
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