The Tuesday after my half marathon in December, I started having major pain along my pubic arch. The pain basically rendered me incapable of running (or walking well, or carrying Mack around) until the very end of December when I finally went to see a physical therapist. Apparently, the right side of my pelvis has decided to come out of alignment and it tilts forward. A very simple exercise will put it back in place...but it easily comes right back out of place, too. In early-ish January, I decided I was ready to start running again and did a few short treadmill runs at the gym. Then I really went all out and ran 10 miles with a group. I should have stopped early because at the end of the run, my left foot really started hurting. I think I maybe had a small stress fracture? That put me out of commission for another few weeks. Then came the two and half week-long cold that left me exhausted and cruddy feeling. Sigh. My foot is now feeling better and my cold is over...but I ran about 4 miles today after church and was huffing and puffing along the trail with my sore hip. It's one week from the marathon I was planning to run and I've finally given in to the fact that I cannot run it...or even run the half instead :-( I am really really bummed because the marathon down in New Orleans would have been the PERFECT birthday celebration. It just wasn't meant to be though. Three things culminated to take me out and I've conceded defeat. So I've decided to get healthy, get my skeleton straight, and postpone my 30th birthday. Yes, you heard me right. My birthday is officially postponed until further notice. I'll let you know when it's back on...
(And a big shout-out and Good Luck to Katie and Brennan who ARE healthy and will be kicking some tail down in New Orleans. Goooooooooooo Krankin!!!!!!!!!!)
2 comments:
Awww, darn! I know how frustrated you must be. No worries though, I postponed my 30th birthday too since celebrating with a 3 day old infant was not all that appealing. So next time you're in town, we'll go celebrate both our 30th's in some major style!! :)
you have offically conquered 30. why didn't you tell me we could postpone it earlier?
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