I am at my wit's end with my running issues. Please tell me what more should I be doing to get this resolved?? I was considering canceling my ART appointment today, mostly because I don't have $100 bucks to fork over this week for the massage and ART. But, I am really trying to make this a priority, so I went (for the 20 something time now, I've lost count). I can't hide my frustration and disappointment from the doc while I'm there. I know he wants me to feel better too though. He did ART on the front inside of my lower legs, then really worked on my calves - just like the massage therapist said, they are incredibly tight and knotted up really deep down. We finished off with anodyne more so on my calf muscles than the tendons today. The assistant messed up on the timing so I only went through half of the time that I was supposed to. It was 5:45 by that point and I was losing daylight to run so I didn't correct her.
As you might have guessed, I had another crappy run. It started off great for the 1st half mile or so, but then I had to stop to stretch because my shins were getting tight. I can't continue on like this! Every run cannot be painful! I am convinced that stopping running altogether is not the answer - I did that at the end of the summer with no improvement except to get heavier and slower. My mileage per week hasn't been high at all, so it's not like I have ramped up too quickly. I don't know what to do.
In other news, K is flying over Louisiana right now. His flight was delayed about an hour, but I am just glad that he is finally in the air on his way home. Kellie just shared a quote with me that I really liked: "Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great." All that "absence makes the heart grow fonder" crap is just that, crap. My heart is already quite fond, thank you very much. I want my buddy back home!
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