It's been a little discouraging because I haven't been able to work out at all since we got back.
After our 11 1/2 hour drive home from the beach on Monday, I thought it wise to simply write off Tuesday as a rest day. Then my husband came down with a nasty cold that totally knocked him out all week, so I thought it wise to come home right after work each day to give him a break from the kids and ferry them around to their various activities. Also, my ankle is still giving me some strange pains, so I thought it wise to not subject it to the unnecessary stress that running would cause.
I am feeling so wise.
But totally bummed. Even though I know there is a ton of time before the race and I am not even in my official "training" period yet, I am worried about injuring myself and never learning how to actually run. I want to run! It seems a very elusive goal at the moment.
Oh, track, how I miss you!But that's okay. I have a plan. My plan is to reevaluate my ankle next week and see how I feel. If I need to, I will just walk and then swim on my off days until I feel like I can handle the running. My biggest fear is that I will slip back into doing absolutely nothing, but thankfully I have encouraging and realistic support here at home, so I don't think I will throw in the towel just yet.
Wish me luck for next week, and if you have any running advice or encouraging words, please send them my way.
No running advice here! :-)
ReplyDeleteHowever, I did want to let you know how impressed I am with your goal. I really look forward every week to reading your updates!
Don't worry about last week. Life happens. It's how we handle it that really counts!