Yes, I’m injured. And I can’t hide it.
It’s a Posterior Tibial
Tendonitis and it’s at a lighter side of it.
But, I’m off running for a bit and not gonna get a 23 miler in before
CIM. This sucks.
Here’s what happened:
Monday, November 11. 6M on Treadmill followed
by Spin class at night. Worked a bit on
my legs.
Tuesday, November 12. Last Faster Finish class
for 2013. Can you believe it’s been
a year already? It was caterpillar run,
which I’ve re-christened it Human Centipede Run for added flavor.
Wednesday, November 13. 5M. Went clock-wise and it felt good. I zoomed to MP on the last 3Ms and finally
felt like I was “back”. Nagging plantar
issue seemed to have resolved and felt really good.
Thursday November 14. Finally, a properly
sanctioned Marathon Pace
run. Mile 3 to 6 was at MP. I hit them and felt good and strong. Nothing hurt.
Just a bit cold.
Friday was off.
Saturday November 16. 18M. Here’s when thing started to get funky.
First of all, it was in the 50s
by the time I hit the park. And, I was
not sure what water fountains were open which resulted in my not hydrating as
much. I had stitches, which did go away
once I managed to find an open fountain and guzzle some water. Second, the asphalt was also a bit wet from
the rain earlier in the morning. This
made my already tired legs take up weird form and I could tell I was running
funny as my shoes squeaked and slipped.
By the time I got to mile 15, my ankle was throbbing. I didn’t know what was happening, but I just
knew that it was not good. I broke
something. I hobbled for the last 3
miles and crawled back home.
Sunday November 17. I was feeling better, but
discovered that “pain when running, no pain when not running’ may be a classic symptom
of a stress fracture…According to this
article. And it references Dathan
Ritzenhein, one of my favorite elite runners!
(Sorry Robbie, I do cheat.) I
discovered this at 4AM in the morning and continued to obsess until 1PM, when I
had a deep tissue massage. Coach Isang
poked around a few parts and told me that nothing was broken. At that moment, I just wanted to go to bed…LOL
Today (Monday November 18) would
be second day in a row that I haven’t ran.
I have not done this in over 3 years.
I do take a day off but never two in a row. This scares the crap out of me.
I went to go see a Podiatrist (I
made an appointment at 5AM Sunday after freaking out about the stress fracture)
and was promptly told that I have a Posterior Tibial Tendonitis. Some PT, some rolling, some icing. We shall see if this will clear up before CIM
and we shall see how much fitness loss is involved.
The good news is, the topical
cream the doctor put on is so strong and stinky that I have no appetite
what-so-ever. At least I won’t be
getting fat. Ha.
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