4.12.2012

Giveaway winner and the Foot.

First off, the fun stuff: The winner of the Words to Sweat By™ giveaway is Emily! Congrats!!!

Second, the not-so-fun stuff. I've been having some ankle pain since mid-February when I was training for the NYC Half. It would show up about halfway through my long runs and by the end of 10 or 12 miles, my right foot seemed a little swollen. I've had a couple ankle sprains on that foot and it felt like the joints were a little loose, so I RICE'd it up  and hoped it would go away. It didn't, and actually felt like it got worse, to the point where I was barely able to put weight on it. I continued to RICE and took some time off from running after the half, but the pain never fully subsided. After last weekend's disastrous Scotland 10k, where I was in sufficient pain to merit a number of walk breaks and grimaces, and saw splits on my watch that I haven't seen since my run/walk days, I decided that it was more than just a tendonitis issue, which was my previous hypothesis. I had an inkling in the back of my mind that it might be a stress fracture because of the nature of the pain, but I didn't think I had done all that much to injure myself to that degree. I've always been cautious about my mileage increases and pay pretty good attention to my body, but I guess I got overzealous with training for the half, making my goal time, and getting faster that I discarded that little voice in the back of my mind that kept reminding me to rein it in a little and not get overexcited. 


If you saw my ridiculous/upset posts on facebook yesterday, you know that I was significantly more upset than I thought I would be about the diagnosis (and the terrible fail of a doctor I saw). It hit home how much I have really come to enjoy running - something I never thought I would say in a million years. So I think that this injury has a definite silver lining: it has shown me how important having physical activity is in my life, and I know that once I'm cleared to run again it will become significantly more prioritized. I guess that sometimes we have to have something taken from us to realize how valuable it is, but I know that I'm going to definitely not take my physical conditioning that I've built up in the last year for granted. Besides, I have to fit into a wedding dress in six (!!!!) months so I can't let myself go too much. So on that note, here is a picture of a cat with cheese on its face. Cause that's about how I feel today. 



12 comments:

  1. That sucks about your ankle! I hope it heals quickly. It's a good thing we're starting ab and core exercises in a month. You'll get in that dress!

    Also, is that the slutty cat? I've always imagined that sluts enjoy wearing cheese hats.

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  2. Congrats to the winner!! I am uber sad for you. My sister always says I have chronic sprained ankles and I am always ricing. I fear this is going to happen to me. My last sprains were in July and October :/.

    Take care of yourself - and learn to love spinning. Go to a good Dcotor who will do a bone scan too :)

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  3. So sorry to hear about your injury!! I know how awful they can be and how much it hurts emotionally. I wish you a very speedy recovery!! :)

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  4. I feel your pain. I was recently diagnosed with patellar subluxation that was so bad that I have had to take nearly 3 months so far off of running with several more to go before I can get back to it!

    I hope you are "back in the saddle" (or rather, in the running shoes) ASAP!

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  5. Cheeeeeeeeeese cat!

    I hope you're back up and running soon. But not faster than me because I'm a bitter bitch.

    You know, I was always confused why I missed your posts all the time, but then I realized that I never hit "follow" for your blog. I'm a genius.

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  7. I'm sorry Emily :( I'm actually side-lined too with IT Band syndrome and its killing me to not be able to run. I definitely realized I need to stretch more and strengthen certain muscles, but I always get jealous when people I know are running while I can't. Just take care of your body, you don't want to make the injury worse by going back too fast!

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  8. Aw, so sorry to hear about your injury :( It really is so frustrating and stressful. I hope you heal quickly!

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  9. Oh, no! I'm sorry to hear you're hurting! It sucks so hard to have to stop running when you are really enjoying it! Just make sure to give yourself enough time to truly heal - you don't want to jack yourself up for good! Good luck!

    Amanda

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  10. That's terrible! So sorry to hear that. Any prognosis on when you can be back in action?

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  11. Hope you feel better soon!!
    I laughed out loud at cat-cheese-face. :D

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  12. Sorry to hear about your ankle :( Hope you have a quick recovery. Not sure if that's your cat or an internet cat, but regardless, I think you'd enjoy this website http://stuffonmycat.com/

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