By Tuesday I jumped back in with both feet, well, maybe not both feet. It was more like, I was sitting on the steps. I did a few short runs, once with the stroller, once with the partners. Then decided to do a 6 miler. FELT great!! It was nice to get my legs moving again. I was back to my old self. The next day RBF and I did 3 miles and while I was running the left quad started giving me some trouble. (This happens every so often and I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I tote the 35 lb 2 year old on the left hip.)
That was a Sunday morning, by that afternoon I could hardly get off the couch. By Monday afternoon at 5:30 when the hubs got home, I banished myself to bed and didn't get out until the next morning. Of course I didn't go to the doctor, because I'm a mom and a woman and who needs the doctor when you have google and facebook. :) After much research using these two very scientific resources, I diagnosed myself with sciatica and asked my friend the marathon coach what I could do to fix it. Apparently this torture device does WONDERS:
It's called The Grid Trigger Point foam roller and it is amazing. I spent the next few days rolling on this thing anytime I could. I finally started feeling some relief. Oh, and a few doses of aleve a day really helped too. I'm sure I could have pushed through and ran a mile or 2 this weekend to get myself going, but after not really running for the past 3 weeks, I am out of practice and therefore LAZY!!
BUT, as Scarlett once told us, "Tomorrow is another day!" And tomorrow I get back on the wagon. I have a 10K this Saturday and I am ready to do it!! It may not be my best time ever but I will do it!!
I will not allow myself to be discouraged about my goal. The past few weeks are in the past and now I move forward.
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