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The Monkey...

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RunTiff   Oct 7th 2008, 11:20am
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Kevin wrote a blog a couple weeks ago expressing his joy caused by the fact that he is finally healthy! I am so excited for you kev, but that monkey jumped on me.... again.

Its an amazing thing injury. It has a way of just sending a person into a disheartened coma. Well, about a month ago... I stared feeling a pain in my butt, not uncommon for me or many other runners. Its always been there, sometimes it flares up, I thought nothing of it and kept running. About a week into my genious plan, I started to feel a numb sensation in my right leg (conveinently during a mile repeat workout) and got a bit worried. I thought to myself, well... If I cant feel it, then Im not gonna worry about it. Boy was I wrong! The numbness spread down my leg into my calf and my lower back began to spasm more with every run. I had all of these thoughts running through my head, "what was my family going to say if I cant run", "Is my coach going to be dissapointed in me", "I came all the way over to this freaking place and now I cant run!", "Am I a weenie, should I just try?", "what would Ross tell me to do?".. with all these thoughts , I knew I couldnt just drug myself, I had over drugged myself before and wasnt about to get back into that pattern, so I decided not to drug myself and run through the pain for another workout... WRONG CHOICE! My next step was the Chiropractor, he adjusted my SI and I had some temporary releif, so my coach had my 'tempo' the race, BAD IDEA! I finished it, but hit the deck as soon as I crossed the line, hid behind a bush and cried. Yep, I cried. At that point, I knew I had to take some time off, cross train and give myself a chance to muster up a season out of this.

So, for three weeks, I did that. I cross trained my butt off! Did a bunch of new stablizing exercises, 20 min of abs and back each day, lifted and made some progress. Those three painless weeks were great and for the first time, I felt like I was getting fit cross training. I'd never worked so hard alone. So, I started back slow, ran a couple easy runs and felt good. Planned on on continueing that pattern. Then, coach decided to put me in a "modified workout", 2000m time trial and 1x1 mile, 1x 800m. I was supposed to try for two x one mile after the trial. But after my first mile repeat, I was in AGONY again. My back was spasming and pain was shooting up my back and down the back of my leg.. But, I sucked it up... there was no coach around to see me cry, so I composed my blubbering self.. Got on the line, thinking they saw me running, if they thought I shouldnt do it, they'll say something.. After the first five steps, I was down. Coach yelled back to sit this one out.. So I did that, with tears streaming down my face, not due to the pain, but I just knew I was in for a long journey back to full strength. My next intervul was supposed to be a mile, but I only ran 800 meters. 8oo meters of HELL! After that intervul, I couldnt even cool down back to school. I was so disheartened, so sad, so pissed off.

That was last wednesday... I saw the trainer and he is worried about my Gate, my pelvis is rotated a little more on my right side,and I have virtually no flexibility in my Piriformous and glutes... the doctor has ordered xrays and thinks I may have a herniated disk. I saw the Physical Therapist yesterday, he said that my SI joint is out and did some energy work on it and my glutes. I feel really sore today and have orders to cross train only! My mind keeps racing back to one comment made by coach.."We need you for conference".  I know that I need to be careful, but I only have one more cross season after this, one. This was my chance to shine and this dick of a monkey has jumped on me and wont let up! I'd be up for any advice you runnerspacers have...

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