Run for the lobster and no more.
I was in Pictou and enjoyed a nice 5k with my son, an annual run called run for the lobster. This was the 5ft of July and two weeks after I slowed my training due to heel pain. I nursed myself and since I felt good, I ran it, and after I was fine.
Driving home from the Maritimes a week later my ankle started to swell, and get painful and lose mobility, This was July 14. First I though, oh the swelling will reside probably from sitting too long, then I thought, well it might be my gout and ran a course of meds. Then I saw a podiatrist who referred me to a doctor to get a scan. The Doctor ordered Xrays and gave me great anti-inflamatories. However there is still discomfort and occasional swelling, so..running season is scrapped.
The toughest part was accepting that I have an injury(or a condition) that prohibits me from training. On this day Sept 16, 2015 - 2 months after the drive home. I am still stiff with occasional pain.
The mystery continues.
If anyone reads this, Acceptance is the toughest most necessary thing, before accepting that I would have to DNS (Lachine half marathon and Montreal Marathon) I was obsessed with finding the right formula..."If I start next Monday, I can still run a shortened training plan", "If I squeeze 7 weeks of training in I may still finish the Montreal Marathon, hell I did one this year".
The first week after Acceptance, was brutal, nothing motivated me, but slowly did I come out of the funk and started training for my winter sport. 6 months from now I will be gearing up for some race, I will have a diagnosis and treatment, and yes I actually will have to run-walk and rebuild from scratch. NoT because I can't go out and run 5, because rebuilding should be done from the ground up!
Bring on Curling season
