Tragically, I am distracted today. I have a lot to do in a short span of time. Holiday grocery shopping, painting a room, and finding some furniture to go in it. But I have made physical health and fitness my number one priority. I spend some time talking about all of the things I have to do and the busy-ness of the day. Perhaps this distractedness is a foreshadowing of the inattention to my body that leads to my injury. Ironically, before I hit the run portion I consider running twice per day!
I am feeling my knee pain and it is not just bothering me on the trail but it has been a problem all day. I am convinced that I feel good and that sitting is worse for my knee than exercising, so here I am. I have been “kind of limping” all day and yet I am still determined not only to walk today, but to at least try to run. But at least I am willing to abort the run if it doesn’t feel right. And before the run, I admit that I am limping.
Routine update: I do my research and come up with a few dynamic stretching exercises to reduce the chance of injury. I get this from a Runner’s World article here:
https://www.runnersworld.com/dynamic-stretching/5-step-dynamic-warmup
I have come to accept the limitations of my body in dealing with colder weather. Like a drag racer, who cannot perform as well on a wet track, I cannot expect the same performance when conditions are different. What’s more, I have to deal with the equipment I have — my body is not a car and I can’t change my lungs the way I could change tires.
The run lasts 8 steps, less than 4 seconds, before I realize the seriousness of my injury. The last part of the workout feels a little better. But during the run I felt some pain, it wasn’t just an ache, I feel like it is something I need to be careful about. Towards the end I still feel that my back is the real problem, I am feeling the old nerve-pain. But it’s better and I’ve “been able to straighten up and not limp as much.”
But this still isn’t enough to make me stay off the track……
Weight: 270
Workout time: 54 Minutes
Distance (total): 2.61 Miles
Run Portion: Miles
Heart Rate (min/max all day): 58/95
Steps: 11614
Goal: To run 10.5 miles in one day by 11/18/18