Running
While doing a trail run two weekends ago, my right foot's inner arch developed a burning pain. Since I was leading the running group, I kept on going longer than I should have and only turned back after three miles. Leaving another three miles of really slow running to get back to the car. Likely the shin splits I had developed the week prior (and naturally had not taken time off to let heal) contributed to the injury and the sub-freezing weather without a suitable warmup surely was not wise.
So, I have been very good the past eleven days and have been doing absolutely no exercise, except the easy Yoga 101 class at the studio twice a week to help keep myself limber. Been doing Epsom Salt baths, with leg massaging, a few nights a week to help with the shin splits. The discomfort of the arch is now gone and I have been walking around the neighborhood every day this week to hopefully stretch the arch out and strength it.
Today is running day. Going to try an easy run and see how the arch handles it. I am really hoping that it will go well and that I can do the group trail run on Sunday, even if my distance is shorter than usual. Yet, at the same time I am duly terrified that the arch will not handle it well and I am left taking another two weeks off.
Running, and exercise in general, keeps my mind in balance. Without it, all of the chaos and complexity that goes on in my grey matter upstairs becomes unmanageable. And, every so often my moods sink into a whirlpool of depression when certain aspects of that chaos overwhelm my thoughts. While alternatively, nothing can be focused on and the most important email I have received in months becomes nearly impossible to reply to. Very unpleasant. Doom.
Here's hoping the run goes well. I want my mind back to its old self.
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Update. And, wow, that was weird. I cannot remember the last time I ran for under two miles. Still, short, slow, and relatively sweet. The arch still has issues to work out, but it did not complain with the burning pain.
So, I have been very good the past eleven days and have been doing absolutely no exercise, except the easy Yoga 101 class at the studio twice a week to help keep myself limber. Been doing Epsom Salt baths, with leg massaging, a few nights a week to help with the shin splits. The discomfort of the arch is now gone and I have been walking around the neighborhood every day this week to hopefully stretch the arch out and strength it.
Today is running day. Going to try an easy run and see how the arch handles it. I am really hoping that it will go well and that I can do the group trail run on Sunday, even if my distance is shorter than usual. Yet, at the same time I am duly terrified that the arch will not handle it well and I am left taking another two weeks off.
Running, and exercise in general, keeps my mind in balance. Without it, all of the chaos and complexity that goes on in my grey matter upstairs becomes unmanageable. And, every so often my moods sink into a whirlpool of depression when certain aspects of that chaos overwhelm my thoughts. While alternatively, nothing can be focused on and the most important email I have received in months becomes nearly impossible to reply to. Very unpleasant. Doom.
Here's hoping the run goes well. I want my mind back to its old self.
...
Update. And, wow, that was weird. I cannot remember the last time I ran for under two miles. Still, short, slow, and relatively sweet. The arch still has issues to work out, but it did not complain with the burning pain.
– Wednesday, 2009 December 16 @ 2:45 PM | 6 Comments -