I expected this post to be a little different. I was planning on going to the Hershey 10K (a race I was supposed to run) to cheer on friends that were doing it. Instead, I woke up with the flu that Sunday morning.
Part of me wonders if that was life’s way of telling me it would have been too hard to be there. I didn’t want to give up meeting two fabulous bloggers friends, ringing my cowbell and cheering for the runners. But, I know it would have been hard to be there, but not running.
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I was looking forward to my first 10K. Of course, I had already run that distance in the half, but this was only going to be 6.2 miles (holy guacamole when did that become only?) and it was going to be a redemption run. I had no time goals for the half, but I wanted to beat my 10K time this time around.
And then I got injured. Two days after running the half.
I talked about this a bit on Sunday in my No Sweat, York contribution, but it’s definitely been hard. I was just starting to feel like a runner, and now I’m struggling with feeling like one now.
I’m not running, and I haven’t since the half – more than a month ago. That’s been hard on me. I go through times where I’ll feel like I’ll be betters soon, and others where I wonder if my knee will ever get better (even though I know realistically it will.) I just need to keep holding on to that pride and sense of accomplishment from the half. It will happen again, just not today.
My next race is set to be May 31, 2014 – the ZOOMA Annapolis race! I’ve bumped down from the half (my original goal) to the 10K. My PT is confident I’ll be okay for the race. I just need to keep doing my exercises (ughhh) and working hard every day to get back.
I hope you’ll join me in Annapolis!!
I’m working hard to keep it all in perspective, and I want to hold on to this feeling of not running, and not exercising for a long time. Hopefully that will make me stick to my training plan and stretching/foam rolling, etc. so I don’t get injured again!