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<\/a><\/p>\nI totally had a stress fracture, I had convinced myself.\u00a0 This is my no running face.<\/p>\n
Our chiropractor appointment was on Wednesday after work.\u00a0 I gave her the schpiel as to what was going on and her first words were that it was “very unlikely it was a stress fracture”.\u00a0 Whew.\u00a0 She poked and prodded me all over the calves and everything checked out.<\/p>\n
Then, she went to my back and holyyyyy shit, my hips were about a full inch off.\u00a0 My left leg was one inch longer than my right.\u00a0 She fixed me up, I stood up, and it was like…<\/p>\n
*angel’s chorus*<\/p>\n
She warned me there would be a little residual pain for the next 4-5 days.\u00a0 There was, but it was definitely better and is now down to just a little twinge as I get going sometimes.\u00a0 She also asked me to run no more than 5-6 miles at a time, but I could do doubles to get to 10 or so, until Monday.\u00a0 Then, I could return to normal.<\/p>\n
Done, and done.\u00a0 I was a happy girl.\u00a0 The net result was I’ve sacrificed about 2 runs for bikes last week, and had to cut a long run short.\u00a0 You better believe I’ve made up for that by lots of m-pace miles.\u00a0 And that’s ok.\u00a0 It’s that time in the cycle to start training more specifically, and it’s not like m-pace is really that taxing at short distances.<\/p>\n
This is me back on running.<\/p>\n Back to storytime. Next, Zliten hopped on the table and she poked and prodded his knee.\u00a0\u00a0 I figured his had to be fine.\u00a0 His was wayyyyy less severe than mine last year.\u00a0 I couldn’t walk or stand up properly for 5 weeks.\u00a0 He ran 10 miles last weekend without all that much pain.\u00a0 She ordered an MRI and said she hoped she was wrong.<\/p>\n Long story short, he’s got 3 fractures in his leg. Prognosis – no running for at least 3 months, no racing for 6 while it heals.\u00a0 Swimming only until 6 weeks out (from the last 10 mile run he did one week after injury).\u00a0 Frankly, to minimize WALKING if at all possible and get on crutches to help it heal more quickly.<\/p>\n While he’s not happy, he’d worked himself into a tizzy about having a bad meniscus tear never being able to run again, so only 3 months off is a relief, even though it is a bummer we’re eating 2-3 early race registrations.<\/p>\n And now, I’m totally feeling the “survivor’s guilt”.<\/p>\n It’s a little harder to motivate yourself when your run buddy is still in bed and can’t run with you.\u00a0 I’ve really had to push myself to get out the door and it hasn’t worked every day.\u00a0 The flipside is that when I’m out there, the mix of not chatting, the weather, tunes, and the lack of fatigue in my legs from last week’s 17 miles run oops have made for some really excellent paces.\u00a0 However, it’s been much more work to actually get going.\u00a0 Especially with this cold crap going on.\u00a0 I’m not just dressing this way for the cutes, it’s winter-like up in here.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n