The last time I had actual, honest-to-goodness, long runs were the first week of January. Then, the heel happened. I took the next week off, save for a short, slow “test run.” The week after that, I did the always boring fun DWR (deep water running) for the first half of the week, and then a very short and slow “test run” that Sunday. Things were feeling better! I went to the podiatrist and got some inserts and got in a few runs the beginning of last week. But as my luck would have it, come Thursday last week, I came down with a yucky cold and had to jalk the 10K in New Orleans. This brings us to this week. FINALLY the cold is gone AND the heel feels good.
I ran a full three miles this morning in what feels like forever and man, do I feel slow. Again. Sigh.
I am not a patient person. I know it’s a virtue and all that and I really do try, but I come from parents who are also a bit on the impatient side. Can you see us on family road trips? It was slightly terrifying and hysterical all at the same time. You know, like a normal family. Haha.
I digress. I want to be back to where I was a month ago. Is that too much to ask? I’ve dealt with injury before and going into this one I knew I could handle it, and I’ve been doing really well not getting too grouchy by being sidelined for a bit. Us runners hate not running, don’t we?
I’m very hopeful that this was just a little bump in the road for my 2015 running year and I do realize just how good I have it to be able to run at all. I’m still working on that patience thing though. I found this quote helpful and I’m going to post it to my cube wall:
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu
How’s your patience? What do you do to work on it?
You'll be back at it sooner than you think. Better to be 100% though. Glad you are making progress.
Thinking of you and wishing you a healthy and injury-free remainder of 2015. Be patient and don't worry about pace as you build back. You'll get there quicker than it seems. xo
I feel your pain. I was at a good place training for gasparilla, then I had my tonsillectomy and had to take two weeks off in the middle of training. I'm back now but feeling less than graceful.
I would just quit
Hang in there! It comes back faster than you think.
Love that quote. Keep moving forward, one foot in front of the other… you'll be back in no time! 🙂