Not so good!

After some encouraging results over the weekend I am quite disappointed today.    Went to the Gym this morning and logged 5.5K on the treadmill.   More or less ran the first 5K with a couple of short walk breaks.  At 5K I took a longer walk break but when I tried to run again it hurt too much so I stopped.   I then jumped on the elliptical and to my surprise I was able to use it more or less pain free so I logged 30 minutes on the machine.  

 Today was the first Advil free Run and well it didn't work out so well!   Got home and took some and I am aching while blogging waiting for it to kick in.   So I am really not sure what I should be doing now,  run,  don't run I am not sure it really matters.     So I will keep poking away,  its either going to get better or worse...juries out!  

Testing testing 1,2,3

Ok ,  a little further tonight ...still holding my breath ( Ass ) .

Yesterdays runs were really positive so I wanted to go further this morning thinking 10K.    

Hit the treadmill around midnight ,  2 Advil and hour earlier.   No pain more of a stiff feeling when I quickly cranked it up to a 5:30 pace.    I don't feel all the fluid far from the way I normally feel when I run.  I was paying close attention to form trying to prevent the oh so common compensation injury.  Mentally I am really beat up as this was my furthest run since March 2.   Knowing that its going to be uncomfortable to mildly painful also makes it tough to get going and even keep going.    I wanted to take walk break 2K in but I kept going concerning myself to run through 5K at the 5:30 pace.   5K in I decided not to give in and was leaning towards going 10K but reminded myself not to push it so I opted to run through 7K the do a 1K cool down.

So I logged a stiff but relatively pain free  8K at a mostly 5:30 pace tonight.   Now its wait and see!  

OMG

I don't know where to begin so I will start where I left off 2-3 hours ago.  

After a painful disastrous 2K attempt to Run I popped 3 regular Advil ,  waited an hour then hit the Gym again.

 I hobbled to the Gym,  jumped on the treadmill and quickly ramped my way up to a 6:00 pace.   It was still pretty uncomfortable so I thought I would try going faster increasing to a 5:30 pace ... not so bad.   Found that the quicker turnover,  shorter stride made for a much smoother gate.   2.5K in I was feeling pretty Ok  but I decided to walk for a bit.  Going from a 5:30 to a 13:00 pace felt OK but a few hundred meters later I ramped it back up to a 5:30 pace again and more or less was right back where I left off before my walk break.  Held the 5:30 pace through 5.5K then geared it down  finishing off my run logging a whopping 6K.

 Jumping off the treadmill I felt better then when I started.   Hit the shower and let hot water run over my ass for a few minutes.  Dried off and headed back to my workstation.   Walking was 100% natural and pain free.   I didn't want to sit down because the last time I felt this good was when I got out of bed Friday morning.    After walking around for a bit I grabbed some dinner.  I have been sitting for nearly 30 minutes ..... no aches or pains ,  first time in a couple of days.

 When something hurts I never know whether its something that I should just run through or give in.   I always wonder if its the "Big One" that's going to take me out of service.  So now its wait and see time.   I am going to Advil up again in a few hours and before I go to bed.  When I get up and before I run again I am going to hold off the Advil but may reach for it again if I cant run.

 Jurys still out on this one.... stay tuned.

2K

 Didn't run Thursday or Friday ,  doing the right thing!    Friday on the way to bed I took some Advil.  After sleeping all day I woke up pain free ,   was able to walk pain free and was like that for an hour or two before the dull ache returned.  Leaving work this morning I pivoted on my right leg heading out the door and it brought on some pain.  Slept all day ,  had discomfort in bed but when I woke up it was OK but the dull ache was back as soon as I started to walk.   Last week when this came on I could sit without pain but now I have a constant dull ache all the time.  

 Not running seems to have made no difference so I decided to give it a go tonight.  Hit the Gym  and logged an initial 2K ,  no worse for the wear...pain no better or worse.   Dropped 3 Advil when done and will jump back on the treadmill in another hour or so.

 This really really really sucks!

Giving in

 Skipped running yesterday.   After a Days Sleep I got up and walked around normally ,  pain free for about an hour.    After sitting on my Ass for a bit a dull ache returned ,  not a big deal really.   I have a full week of Skiing and Running coming up so I am going to skip this mornings Run too.  

 Its only been a week now since I cam up lame but it seems like forever.   I was on a pretty good roll completing more then a month of "Speed Work" in preparation for some shorter Spring Races.   The Re-Frigee-Eighter results were encouraging.     I wanted to get ATB around a 5:00 pace or slightly better nut now I am not so sure.  If ATB was this weekend then I would have a Bib for sale but I am pretty sure with the race being 2 weeks away I will most likely make the start line.  

 More then anything my Mental has taken the greatest hit not being able to keep up the speed work.  The week I missed was going to be a bunch of  back to back to back 10-20K runs at a 5:00 pace.   Physically it probably hasn't had that great an impact.  I suspect that if I can return to running without pain by next weekend I should be good but only time will tell me the answer.  

Broken Ass?

Reading  Chris Mcpeake's  blog  I think I have figured out whats wrong,  I have a "Broken Ass" ,  well at least half a one.  Things were no better  or worse after yesterdays outing so I thought what the hell I will try it again!  I sort of hummed and hahed a for a bit but when I got up off my chair at 02:30 am it felt good so off I went.

 It wasn't too bad.  I ramped up to a blazing 6:00 pace within a couple of hundred meters then held the pace through  5K.  I was OK until I did my cool down ... walking was tough!   So I showered then hobbled back to my work station and now here I am blogging!

 Will see how I feel tomorrow....

Kill or Cure

5K Run ,  yes I actually ran sort of ,  done tonight before work.   I still hurt but its not the sharp shooting pain ,  more of a constant ache in the right butt.   Every one of the 2500 footfalls was painful and I was watching the clock and distance like  a hawk.   So I did it...now lets see what happens.