Have you ever been knee deep in something and then have the proverbial monkey wrench tossed in? That is my current status. Totally immersed in my 13.1 training and then >BAM< I developed a gimpy foot. I didn’t injure myself running but stepping out of the shower. I almost did a slip sliding away but caught myself. Enter gimpy foot. Hmmmpf!
I got my run in early, early on Monday. I went before Mr. Sun was up full blast because the heat index has been in the extremely dangerous category lately. So I’m guessing I didn’t really notice my sore foot since I was technically still half asleep. I noticed it later on when I realized it hurt to walk. YIKES. Since then I have rested, iced and popped a few ibuprofen so that my foot can heal. I have to be ship shape and ready come Saturday if not before. I can’t miss my group run! Crazy and dedicated, that’s me.
I do however realize that I need to take care of myself. If I don’t do it, who will? P has advised me not to feel any stress over missing a few runs and workouts this week. She reminded me that we have kept our runs and cross training up. As long as I take care of my foot and healing, I’ll be OK.
I also find that sometimes I am totally immersed in other aspects of my life, too. Like caring for my children and everything and everyone else and not always seeing to myself. Thankfully, I am working on taking care of Jacquelyn more since I started my running. I never used to have any time or anything for myself. It was always about everything else. That is definitely not a healthy outlook. No wonder I totally lost myself for so long and became so overweight and out of shape. Now that I make a point of caring for myself, I have more energy and desire for everything else. I like ME and truth be told I’m betting the people around me like me better as well.
I am learning to love and take care of myself and the rest will fall into place.
Going whole hog for me! That’s right, I’m going the distance.
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