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March 13, 2005
If it's not one thing...
The good news is, my achilles didn't bother me on my run today. (It's sore now, but definitely not the same as it was. Yay!) The bad news is, I felt as if I was living out that nightmare that every runner has where she can't move. I don't know if it's the chest cold I have (which is somewhat surprising since it's not much more than a little cough) or sluggishness from the days off, or what--but I just felt horrible today. I went into it with the intention of doing this race as a training run, sure, but it would have been one thing if I felt good during it. I had jello legs at mile 2 and it got worse from there. I could barely maintain 8 minute pace and had to stop at the port-o-potty at mile 5. I thought about stopping numerous times but I knew I'd torture myself over it.
It seemed impossible that I had run 45 seconds faster per mile two weeks ago in the Hyannis Half and felt better than I did today. I do have a lot on my mind and didn't get a lot of sleep last night, but I've never experienced anything like this before. At least I won't be sore like I normally would be after racing...
I added on a few miles when I was done just to try to convince myself that I still could. Now that I'm back home, I'm still wondering what it was that made me feel so awful. I guess I just need to chalk this week up to injury and sickness and take it one day at a time from here and not worry that it means I've suddenly lost all my training base. I feel a little overwhelmed with all the work I have to do for school, Matt leaving for China on Friday and the thought of a 22+ miler next weekend. Not to mention worries about track on Tues. if I am still feeling crappy...Yes, one day at a time needs to be my mantra. But as this day is already half over, I better get back to work!
Posted by becky at March 13, 2005 12:44 PM