This unfortunately ended up being a bit of a rough week for me. I blew my run streak that I was going for (to run every day between Thanksgiving and New Year’s). I was good until Thursday, when I did not run. Thursday I woke up with a lot of pain in my left side of my abs. I don’t know if I pulled something in physical therapy or what, but it hurt a lot (and still hurts a bit). So I decided not to run, and rested on Friday and Saturday as well.
To be honest, it’s kind of a relief. This time of year is so crazy that not having to run every day, even if it is only a mile, takes some of the stress away. Because a mile might take me about ten minutes, but it’s also changing into the gym clothes, driving to the gym if it’s too cold outside, cleaning up/showering afterwards, etc. Any extra time in my day helps at this point.
It also means that according to my training plan, I only got 1 of the short runs in for the week. But at least I did the long 8 mile run.
On Tuesday I did my 30 minute run on the treadmill. I’d been trying to do push up the time a little each week (doing 35 minutes instead of 30), but I had some things come up Tuesday and got to the gym a little later than usual. Because I wanted to make sure I arrived at rehearsal on time and could still shower, I cut it to 30 minutes.
Thursday is my usual second short run day, but as I mentioned I skipped it because I haven’t been feeling well and still have a lot of aches and pains.
This morning I needed to get my 8 miles in. It snowed all day yesterday, so I didn’t want to run outside. Snow is too slippery and dangerous, especially before they’ve fully plowed and shoveled a lot of areas. I don’t love the treadmill but I wasn’t super upset about not having to be in the freezing cold, either. I got my 8 miles in but by 6 I was experiencing the same hip and back pain I’ve been having that I went to physical therapy for in the first place. So that definitely felt discouraging. I’ve been going twice a week for a past month and don’t feel like I’ve seen much improvement. So it makes me depressed and feeling like I’ll never be able to run a half marathon without large amounts of pain. But I pushed through and got my 8 miles done.
Did it snow where you are? Did you workout anyway or just stay inside where it’s cozy and warm?
I have gone through 4 rounds of physical therapy now. It’s the most annoying, frustrating thing. It was weeks before I was pain free each time. And for most of all of them I wasn’t allowed to run at all. It really does get better, even if it sucks to no end. (I spent so much time with one of my physical therapists we became friends outside of therapy.)
I am very glad to hear that it does get better. And that you ended up pain free after, even if you had to go back eventually. That’s what I’m hoping for, it’s just a slower process than I realized.
To be fair, I went back for different things (I am rather good at pulling/straining muscles)