Well, since my training was pretty well non-existent this past week, I’ll use my normal summary post for an injury update and will do my best to keep it profanity free. After feeling ok walking around on Friday, I tried a run that afternoon to test things out and unfortunately did not get the answer I was looking for. It started out ok, but by halfway through the pain was coming on and getting worse by the minute. What was simply an easy jaunt of a little less than four miles left me pretty well hobbled the rest of the night and most of the day on Saturday. Things were a little better on Sunday, and today I feel the best I’ve felt since lacing up the running shoes Friday evening, but I’m still not pain free even just walking around.
That brings me to the point of trying to figure out what’s going on and how to fix it as quickly as possible in hopes that all the work I’ve done over the past couple months won’t be completely lost. Based on lots of research, I’ve got some ideas as to what happened, but self diagnosis is always precarious at best. I’m heading back to see Dr. Gilbert tonight, and depending on what he says/does, I may try to get in to see someone else within the next day or two. If anyone knows of a good local podiatrist, leave a Comment for me. I’m willing to do just about anything and everything, up to and including a cortisone shot, to see if I can get rid of this quickly.
I’ll admit that my initial reaction to this was to just give up and quit. I really feel like an incident at the beach brought this on, which is just another example of my bad luck. A lot of my problems have been self-inflicted, but even when that’s not the case I still can’t seem to catch a break. At some point you just start to feel stupid and embarrassed to even be trying. The whole thing becomes a joke, a very funny one to some and a very cruel one to others. However, after a little initial depression, I’ve come to the realization that I’m just not a quitter and I will never give up. Yes, there will come a day when I have to admit my best days are behind me (that point may have already arrived), but even then I will continue to strive to get the best out of myself. It’s just who I am.
I’ll conclude with a huge congrats to David Angell on a 15:21 5k PR at the Duke Twilight Meet last night. I was on the track with him the day he ran his previous PR, which was in April of 1998. In fact, we dueled it out to the very last lap that night. Twelve years, and lots and lots of chasing later, he finally got it. Not only is it quite an accomplishment from a speed standpoint, but I think it’s even more impressive to run at that level for 12 years (and he shows no signs of slowing down). Good job, man!
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