February 17, 2011

One Day You're Up, The Next You're Down. So Very Down

What a week. Work exploded and I had to retreat from the blog world and other lovely things like eating properly and sleeping. I have never felt so thinly spread in my life, not even during the final build for Ironman so that's saying a lot. I'm a master at juggling and I managed to keep most items in life afloat (minus the sleep thing). So looking back on the past 7 days, it started at an absolute high and has ended at an absolute low.


I had a good long run in Central Park followed by an incredibly fun dinner and night out with a good friend. I went to Core Fusion the next day and hopped on the train to Westchester for another great night out with a friend. Sunday was busy, but productive and happy. I had another great run, a speed work session. Life was good.

Then I woke up Monday to a nagging pain in my groin and figured it was nothing. I ran again, this time it was horrible, and work simultaneously blew up. I couldn't sleep and each day made me feel less and less like a human being. By yesterday I was in a foggy stupor and wondered how I'd keep going. But I managed to get to another core class, keep handling work, pack and prepare for my next Cali trip, and attempt another run.

Only the run didn't go well. I started out stiff and the groin pain increased as I continued. At times I didn't notice it at all, but if I stopped at a traffic light and started up again it was severe. Sitting at my desk was fine, walking around the office was unbearable. It seems to be Pubic Symphisitis (yeah folks, I don't make this shit up) and it is likely from running on black ice in less than ideal conditions and forcing my hips to stabilize. I should have just stuck to the treadmill.

I'm trying not to let it get me down. I am flying to LA tomorrow so it's a rest day, and Saturday I'll attempt a long run. I hope it goes well. I'm in my final build for the marathon so if I have to take an extended rest I'm out of the race. I've had enough 26.2 mile slogs to not need another so I won't force this race if it wasn't meant to be. Please cross your fingers for me.

9 comments:

  1. sending you positive vibes! hopefully things start to look up for you very soon : )

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  2. Heal quickly! If you you've never given ART a try it might be worth looking into! I SWEAR by it.

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  3. Hope you're feeling better soon! Maybe you'll just have to buy yourself (get someone else to buy you) flowers again this upcoming Monday. Gotta start the week out right. ;)

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  4. Ugh. I'm sorry this hit you, K, but I'm sure the trip out west will do wonders (at least for your spirit).
    Hang in there!

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  5. Very pretty flowers. I hope you feel better soon.

    Kevin
    HalfTRIing.blogspot.com

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  6. No good! get well. great attitude about it...

    D

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  7. Positive vibes coming your way!

    I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that I probably won't be able to do a spring marathon as planned with my toe injury.

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  8. Ugh... sounds rough! Sending you good thoughts for sure!

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