I just tried to wish my fellow Lone Rangers good luck at the Ultra tomorrow and I broke down and started to cry. I'm expecting to be really depressed tomorrow after I go down there to see them off. Ugh.
Anyway, had my last Shock Wave therapy appointment and I got some news. I'm in the boot for another week and half but I get to go for my first run next Friday!! That's a week from today!! The pisser is that I can only run one, yes ONE, mile at a time and can only do 3-5 miles for the week. It's not much, but I'll take whatever I can get. I was told to expect some pain when I first start running but the pain should subside as I run. If it doesn't, that's not good. If the runs go well, we'll double my weekly mileage for the next week, then double it again the next, etc.
Now what this means for my fall racing has yet to be determined. I may not be able to race Philly Rock-n-Roll half but I'll at least be able to use it as a training run. The doc feels I should be good to go for Philly marathon but I'm a little worried. Best case scenario is that I'm up to 40 miles a week mid August. That's only 13 weeks from the marathon. I know there are 12 week training programs out there but coming off an injury with a month of no running, I wanted a little more time to prepare for this race. It concerns me that I'm not going to have the weekly mileage I should have leading up to training. At this point all I can do is hope and pray for pain free running and that I'm able to build my base mileage back up a little more aggressively.
Since these next few posts would have been about the Ultra, here's the link to my pre race post and my race report from last year. In case you weren't around this time last year and care to read it...Or if you're just bored.
12 comments:
Sorry about the boot. I know it is so frustrating to be injured. I wish you a speedy recovery.
you are in the home stretch now!! I hope that tomorrow you can be excited for them and thinking about how strong this is going to make you, seriously I know that's WAYYYY harder than it sounds cause I've been there.
Before the race tomorrow, I'll sacrifice a pair of flip-flops in your honor.
Stay on track, you'll be dropping PRs in the Philly Marathon, I know it.
So sorry to hear you're still in the boot, but glad you have an end in sight! A few weeks of healing will give you a life time of running ;)
And, don't beat yourself up too much about the ultra tomorrow, you have every right to be pissed off and angry and sad that you're not out there! Wish your fellow runners luck then head home for a cold brew :)
Sending you happy thoughts! I know how frustrated you must be. :(
so excited for you, bet that will be the best ONE mile ever!
Slow and steady recovery is better than rushing back into it and getting hurt again. Hang in there you'll be back to running again before you know it!
Don't worry about what's to come this fall. Focus on having good runs each week and go from there. I'll be sending you pain-free running vibes for next Friday!
hang in there girl... things will come together. i know its not easy now, but you are strong and you will be back out there very soon!
That's great news about Philly! I know it's not quite what you want, though :(
I'm enjoying myself over here with the biking & swimming. I hope I don't have any motivation issues getting back on the road.
Excellent news! I will be crossing EVERYTHING for you this week that you have a good run.
Glad you are getting better. The boot sucks and they are ugly.
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