7:45 am: "Meow? Meeeeowwwwww" "Ugh, Raven, I'm up". I wake up feeling alive and refreshed and surprisingly....ready for a run. I sit up quite fast in bed and put my feet on the floor. As I lift myself off the bed I feel something. Not pain, just pressure - in my knees. It concerns me a bit.
I try to stretch out what I figure is a cramp from overnight. That makes it worse. Now I can't really hold my weight as I try to stretch.
I still put on my gear and phone Jeff at work to ask if he thinks I should go out. He doesn't answer. I sit and wait. Then I stand up again. And that's when I realize, maybe I should just rest and ice today.
That sucks.
I have my first sports related injury. The injury has not been confirmed by a professional, but I'd say I'm on the right track.
I'm thinking this is just a stress injury from pushing myself yesterday after having a few days off from running. Tuesdays really should be my rest day in my training anyway - with 4 days off though I didn't want to take today off. I even popped in to 'Runner's World' downtown, and the sales assistant guessed it was stress related too and to just rest for a bit.
This is one of the worst things that could happen when you're training for a big event. I mean, absolute worst would obviously be an injury that requires surgery or takes me out of the event entirely, so I'm glad this is probably something I will just need to rest for a day or two. But still. I really needed to stay on track not only so that I can accomplish my goals, but also to stay motivated! I have a really hard time sitting still and not doing anything for my training, especially when I want to.
Instead I have to put my feet up and ice my knee. How boring.
I hate injuries. But on the plus side, I was able to catch up on fundraising to-do's for the first time yet!
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