yup
it’s true
i’m an injured bee
i am not sure what happened
but an old injury has decided to come up and bite me in the ass
if you have read my blog
you will know
that i quit running after i got hit by a car
(actually a couple of cars but whose counting)
so many years later i picked up running again
to find myself far away from home
with debilitating pain in my shins
shin splints
they are not for the weak
so i researched how to treat this and was doing well
and then i sprained my ankle and was out of commission for a good year – no joke
since the weather has been unusually nice in my parts
i have been loving getting outdoors for long walks
at first my shins would hurt for the first 10-15 min
and then the pain would disappear
the other night i did a 5k – at a slower pace than usual
because my shins hurt pretty much until i got back home
it was an excruciating walk
i wondered if it could be my shoes
but they are new – and i was fitted for them
so it can’t be that
i guess this old injury has reared it’s nasty head
and that my friends
makes for a very sad bee.
they don’t hurt at all when i am walking casually
it’s just when i pick up my pace
and any slight incline is enough to make me cry
they recommend
not walking for 6-8 WEEKS!
WHAT!!!!!
i cannot do that
but if i don’t do that – i apparently will make it worse
so what am i to do?
my body is literally itching
to get my runners on and go go go
but i don’t know if i should
and really why bother
if i can only go at a normal non sweaty pace?
*insert big fat dramatic sigh here*
it really sucks
because i am going away in a month
and i figured – another month of exercising
may help me drop a couple of pounds
and make me feel a little bit more comfortable in my skin
oh well
i might throw in a Shaun T work out
and see how my legs handle that
woe is me