Doom and Gloom...
Wednesday 08/11/06:
Well its a bit dismal all round today really...
For one thing, Mandela came in 9th yesterday, so there goes my whole $5 each way...! What I couldn't believe tho was that I read in the paper today that NZers (the whole 4 million of us!) spent over $8 million betting on the Melbourne Cup! Crazy! But I have to admit, I was getting excited when he was sitting 3rd going into the home straight, but that then slipped to 4th, then 5th, then.... oh well!
Worse still, the gorgeous weather we've been having of late came to an abrupt halt last night. It was windy and raining when I went to bed, but I laid my running gear out anyway. Both today and tomorrow are actually schedueled rest days in the plan, but I'd decided to do an easy paced 6-8kms instead, just to keep the legs turning over and for "active" recovery purposes.
However when I woke up at 5.30am it was absolutely stormy out, and I mean S-T-O-R-M-Y ! Had been woken up by it several times over night and going out in it would have been taking my life in my hands! Also I figured the last thing I need is to get sick from being soaking wet. So I pulled the pin and enjoyed an extra hour in bed.
Whats worse tho, is although my back is feeling a bit better today, my left leg is feeling lots worse. I described this yesterday as being a "tightness in my quad" but today I am not sure that it is muscular at all. I am trying not to panic, but by this afternoon I have a horrible sinking feeling in my stomach... I hate to admit it, but the way it feels totally reminds me of how it felt when I had the stress fracture in my femur two years ago... I keep telling myself that I am over-reacting, that I haven't even done enough milage to get a stress fracture (certainly I was running double the amount I am now when I got the last one) but just the way it really hurts everytime I get up, then fades as I move around and loosen up (that is, it "warms up") and the fact that the general area is almost the same, has me worried. As a rule stress fractures do not "warm up" esp not when they get really bad, but in the femur they are known to... In saying that I have done a couple of other simple tests that the sports physician did last time, that had him convinced it was a SF before I even had an xray or scan (hopping on one foot, resistant force, etc) and it does not hurt then...
I guess all I can do for now is rest it and if it is not better in a day or two, go see my physio. She will be able to determine straight away whether it is muscular or not and if not she will send me back to Dale as there will be nothing she can do. Of course I am hoping it does not come to this.
In the meantime I will continue to use Anti-Flamm (even tho I don't feel the pain no matter how hard I rub it in - which is what makes me doubt its muscular now) possibly use a heat pack on it and maybe even take a couple of Voltarin, as if this helps it I will know it is not the bone.
Gosh, what a gloomy post - but I've learnt the hard way that denial not only makes me feel worse mentally, but exacerbates the actual problem. Fingers crossed people...
Well its a bit dismal all round today really...
For one thing, Mandela came in 9th yesterday, so there goes my whole $5 each way...! What I couldn't believe tho was that I read in the paper today that NZers (the whole 4 million of us!) spent over $8 million betting on the Melbourne Cup! Crazy! But I have to admit, I was getting excited when he was sitting 3rd going into the home straight, but that then slipped to 4th, then 5th, then.... oh well!
Worse still, the gorgeous weather we've been having of late came to an abrupt halt last night. It was windy and raining when I went to bed, but I laid my running gear out anyway. Both today and tomorrow are actually schedueled rest days in the plan, but I'd decided to do an easy paced 6-8kms instead, just to keep the legs turning over and for "active" recovery purposes.
However when I woke up at 5.30am it was absolutely stormy out, and I mean S-T-O-R-M-Y ! Had been woken up by it several times over night and going out in it would have been taking my life in my hands! Also I figured the last thing I need is to get sick from being soaking wet. So I pulled the pin and enjoyed an extra hour in bed.
Whats worse tho, is although my back is feeling a bit better today, my left leg is feeling lots worse. I described this yesterday as being a "tightness in my quad" but today I am not sure that it is muscular at all. I am trying not to panic, but by this afternoon I have a horrible sinking feeling in my stomach... I hate to admit it, but the way it feels totally reminds me of how it felt when I had the stress fracture in my femur two years ago... I keep telling myself that I am over-reacting, that I haven't even done enough milage to get a stress fracture (certainly I was running double the amount I am now when I got the last one) but just the way it really hurts everytime I get up, then fades as I move around and loosen up (that is, it "warms up") and the fact that the general area is almost the same, has me worried. As a rule stress fractures do not "warm up" esp not when they get really bad, but in the femur they are known to... In saying that I have done a couple of other simple tests that the sports physician did last time, that had him convinced it was a SF before I even had an xray or scan (hopping on one foot, resistant force, etc) and it does not hurt then...
I guess all I can do for now is rest it and if it is not better in a day or two, go see my physio. She will be able to determine straight away whether it is muscular or not and if not she will send me back to Dale as there will be nothing she can do. Of course I am hoping it does not come to this.
In the meantime I will continue to use Anti-Flamm (even tho I don't feel the pain no matter how hard I rub it in - which is what makes me doubt its muscular now) possibly use a heat pack on it and maybe even take a couple of Voltarin, as if this helps it I will know it is not the bone.
Gosh, what a gloomy post - but I've learnt the hard way that denial not only makes me feel worse mentally, but exacerbates the actual problem. Fingers crossed people...
posted by Vicky @ 11/08/2006 04:30:00 pm
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