down, but not out

I have cut WAY back on my running, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good because it will give my leg a chance to start healing; bad because there is probably no way that I will be able to complete the half marathon on December 10 without walking a large portion of it.

I’m slowly coming around to acceptance of the fact that I’m injured, and staying on my previous training schedule is not only going hamper the healing process, it will undoubtedly make the injury worse. It is so frustrating because I really really wanted to do this crazy impossible thing; I’d set my mind to doing something quite alien to my nature, to challenge and stretch myself, and I was going along so well and making so much progress and I was in the best shape of my entire life and my successes were making me want to become even better… and my overeagerness has screwed me.

This week I ran 3 miles on both Sunday and Monday, and about 2 on Tuesday, and I have paid for it in pain. There is no question in my mind now that I have a stress fracture. I took Wednesday and Thursday off completely, and only went to yoga class today. My leg feels much better, better than it has in a long time, after feeling the worst it’s ever felt on Tuesday after my 2 mile run.

Had I not fractured it, I would have been running at least 9 miles at a time on the weekends. That’s not going to happen for a while. Yvonne and I think that maybe this is just not our year.

I AM STILL GOING TO COMPLETE THE HALF MARATHON ON DECEMBER 10. And I will run across the finish line.