Whenever I'm having a bad day or stuff just isn't going my way, my saying is always "I hate my life". For instance when my dog ralphs on the carpet and I have to clean it up, I always say "Oh I hate my life". Do you ever have a moment or a day where you just feel sorry for yourself for whatever reason? True self pity? Well today is my day!
As you all know I Run. I love running with every fiber of my being, it's my outlet, my stress reliever, and just my plain hobby. I've been having race fever this spring, preparing for the ultimate goal, the Ogden Marathon. I'm also signed up the Salt Lake Half Marathon just for fun ( I heart half-marathons). Anyhow the Ogden Marathon is especially important to me this year because I'm running it with my Dad. Yeah, that's right I said my Dad. Who gets to run a marathon with their old man? Not very many people, but me I get too! We've been doing all our training runs together and have been having a blast. Well during all this I've been having a little pain in my upper shin on the inside. It only hurts for the first few minutes then goes away for the rest of the run, so I wrote it off as a shin splint. This went on for a month, I ran through the pain, because that's what runners do. Well, after my 16 mile run Saturday, it started to bother me when I wasn't running.
So I been talking to Ryan about this forever now and he suggested I go see a sports medicine dr. just to check it out. I saw the dr. today, after an x-ray, ultrasound and assessment he gave me the awful, horrible news that I have a stress fracture. My thoughts being, WTF, I don't deserve this, I've been running forever, I didn't just jump into this and shockingly get injured. For crying outloud, I ran 6 half-marathons, 2 10-k, and a relay just last summer ALONE. I even maintained high mileage during the winter. I was prepared for marathon training! Anyways the dr. gave me the horrible news of not running at all for 4 weeks, that includes nothing high-impact, so no combat class either. I also have to wear a compression sleeve on my leg, but that actually feels dang good.
So this takes me out of the Salt Lake Half Marathon. I could probably run again by Ogden but then I won't be ready because I'll be a newbie runner. No way I could pull off 26.2 miles with all my training thrown aside. Seriously, I hate my life today and I just need to complain and feel bad for myself. As you can see it has been very therapeutic for me to write this all out, so thanks for reading! My husband and my sister already got an earful, and perhaps a few tears too. But there are 2 things that can make me happy, My little Jack and Dairy Queen's new mini blizzard!
4 comments:
AME!!! I feel SOO BAD for you! You have worked so stinkin hard for this marathon! You should still run it and then PR it up at the St. George marathon or TOU. Remember when I ran our 10k with a stress fracture in my foot? That freakin killed, I can't believe you ran for weeks on that! You are amazing, don't give up hope. Sometimes you have to put your health ahead of training, sad but true. We will have the best dang birthday party of your life on Saturday!!!
ps-is jack in his pj's? Is that breakfast?
What a bummer Amy! I'm sorry to hear that! If it makes you feel any better, at least you only have 4 weeks of not running, my tendonitis in my knee is keeping me out of doing much of anything until I finally have the money to get it fixed. Although, I don't have any dreams of marathons, so yours is still worse! I have always admired how hard you work with running. You're so dang buff! I hope it gets better quick!
Jack is so dang cute. Grant has that same sleeper. You are making me crave ice cream. I'm on a diet, so thanks a lot! ;-)
today was so lonely at combat, and I will miss you sooooooo much the next couple of weeks!!!!! BUT, you better rest and get your leg better or else!!!!!! Lots of loves!!!!! Im sorry this is so dang sucky for you, if it were me id be grateful to not have to work out hahahahah! Jk you know I love combat!!! Love ya!
Oh, poor Amy!!! Now that I see that you have been totally pampered ALL DAY, I just can't feel sorry for you anymore.
J/K that truly sucks, I'm really sad for you, you know that right??
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