I suppose this is the paragraph where I mention that I wish I blogged more. The reality is that other than my considerable time constraints I found that there has been much in this first season that I didn't really want to make public. I thought year one of derby was the year for growing pains but I'm sort of revising that opinion now - or perhaps it's better to say that I'm growing at a different pace in a different direction.
What's weighed most heavily this spring was a bad ankle sprain that happened in January. I did not fully appreciate my ankles at the time and afterwards did not fully appreciate the length of time and diligence required to promote healing. When the air started to turn warm in March and April I was hit with an undeniable longing to run again. I miss running through those cool spring nights in Spokane the year I trained for my marathon where all I could hear was the pounding of feet and the blessed silence of my brain winding down and turning off. Derby is great for a lot of things, but mental tranquility is not one of them.
That said - my short attempts to begin to run again have caused more pain than is worthwhile. In fact, walking distances of more than about a mile and a half is uncomfortable. It's become apparent that I can't continue to ignore it and I can't deny that I'm looking forward to taking some months off this summer to rest and rehab. In the meantime - the hunt is on to ferret out ways to get some much desired cardio that don't involve ankles. The list seems to be very short, namely fixing and returning to my bike and getting back in the pool. My #1 priority for the summer is my health and I hope to be able to post some positive news here on that front soon.
<posted on 6.4.13>
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