Even without doing any running for the past month, life has been pretty busy. Time has been spent trying to keep sane from all the lack of running and figuring out what the hell happened this year. I’ve never had a running year quite like this one. Before when I didn’t run, it was
because I chose not to run. I chose. Not because I was forced not to. As days have gone on, it’s become increasingly difficult to wait this injury out.
The doctor said no running for two weeks and I was going to hold her to it. Unfortunately, we can’t put an exact date of when things will all go back to being normal. 2 weeks? 3 weeks? 6.2 weeks? We just don’t know. The body will heal when it’s ready to heal. This time around, it’s been a slower process getting back to where I want to be. Luckily, I’ve had things to occupy my body and mind.
One thing I did during my running hiatus was get together with 6 lovely ladies for a hike up to the Hollywood Sign. Hiking is fun, but hiking with friends is way more funner! A couple of
us had already been to the sign, but others had not, so this was going to be a treat. We met up early at the Griffith Observatory and it’s so much better to go early because it can get seriously busy with parking filling up quickly and becoming a nightmare. Plus, early morning
workouts greet you with a very beautiful sunrise.
great conversation and laughs we all had about running, races, and life. It really was just a great day and it made me forget about not running.
training, doing my ankle strengthening exercises, along with proprioception and
balance exercises. And getting caught up in the Sons of Anarchy. I’m very late
to the SOA party, but I’m there now and I can’t leave! At this point, I just don’t want to leave.
ankle support compression sock. Even though I feel like I could have ran
without it, a part of me just wanted a little bit of mindful comfort knowing I have
some support. Now, while I don’t want to use this as my go-to, for the time
being it helps. The bad news is I’m prone to re-injuring the ankle. I don’t feel 100% confident in how it feels. I feel like I’m stalled at 99.991% and it’s not budging yet. Right now I’m just hoping this is the last time I deal with this, which brings me up to the next issue…
registered for both and I plan on completing both. To say I’m nervous and scared
is an understatement. I’m quite nervous and scared. The last time I ran a trail half marathon was 5 months ago and I sprained my ankle. Ugh!! I really didn’t want to dredge that up, but that’s the truth. It’s been 5 weeks since I’ve actually ran on a trail. And it was just a little patch of trail. Not an actual mountain! So yes, the butterflies are pretty much out of control at this point.
I’ll run when I can. I’ll power hike. I’ll crawl up hills. I’ll jump on someone’s back to carry me around for 10 miles if I have to. Whatever I need to do to get through these races, I will do. I suppose the easiest thing would be to just not do them at all. But where’s the fun in that? I guess the question is would I not be doing them out of fear or necessity? Maybe a little bit of both and that’s not enough reason for me to cancel. I’ve been looking forward to these races for a long time. And I guess somewhere in the back of my mind I know I’m capable of finishing them and that keeps me in them.
Before I get to the 10K, I’ve got to get through the half marathon first. Next up will be race recaps!