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Sore No More

“By the power vested in me by the Holy Spirit, I command you evil injury to depart from this poor woman’s knee!” Nope, my attempts at exorcising the soreness out of my knee proved to be futile. So, over the past few days—FOUR long non-running days to be exact—I resorted to more sane alternatives such as ice, ice, ice, more ice, and rest.

During the first couple of days, there was still slight soreness in my knee whenever I walked. By Wednesday morning (yesterday), the pain was gone so I cleared my schedule for the grandest event of the week: my first easy 5km on the treadmill that afternoon (pathetic, I know!) As luck would have it, clients emailed in a heapload of work that left me glued to my laptop saying “This is unfair!” in the same exact tone as my 6-year-old would say it when I ask him to finish his dinner before dessert.

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, my 2nd dying toenail decides to “go towards the light” which, in his case, is any place as long as he is no longer attached to my toe. So, now my right foot is a gruesome sight with two nail-less toes. (Excuse me while I vomit.) I look forward to the day when, just like Rick, I will look down at my calloused and bruised feet and love them unconditionally. For now, I continue to flinch my eyes in utter disgust. Hopefully, strangers don’t do the same when they see me in my havaianas.

Thankfully, today is the complete opposite of yesterday; it is an awesome day to run. No pain in my knee. Work has been finalized and delivered. And, it is a Mizuno Run Club night. So, tonight, I shall make my way to Bonifacio High Street with two prayer requests in mind: 1) Holy Spirit, please protect me from that devil of an injury and 2) Lord God, please don’t let it rain!

Posted on 11.22.07 to 05 Training, 07 Therapy & Injury. Tags: , , . Subscribe to follow comments on this post. 5 comments. Add your thoughts or trackback from your own site.

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5 Responses to “Sore No More”

  1. Hi, Jaymie! I sure hope God listened to your prayer requests . . . it’s not raining here in Las Pinas. I sincerely wish it’s not also raining in Bonifacio High Street . . . if only for the sake of your Mizuno run.

    Nora said on Nov 22 07 at 7:33 PM Reply

  2. I know exactly how you feel. I just hope it doesn’t move up to the point wherein you have to skip races just because of that evil injury. :( Goodluck with tonight’s Mizuno Run.

    ben said on Nov 22 07 at 8:21 PM Reply

  3. Welcome Back!!!

    Go easy on the runs… have fun…hope to meet you and the rest of the Happy Feet family on Sunday for the Animo Run.
    Rain or Shine (it was raining during the last Milo marathon)…

    like they say everything is a blessing…..
    and when it rains it pours…

    Life is good and running will always make it worthwhile

    roderick said on Nov 22 07 at 8:30 PM Reply

  4. Sweet. Nothing like an injury to make you appreciate running even more. Easy does it returning from an injury, body is still healing.

    My feet are hideous but then I remember why they are like that and I stop complaining. I just wish that toenails grow as fast as fingernails. Anyway if it gets any worse you should consider footwear that covers the toes like this one and this one and and this one. Love my Keens. I can’t wear slippers in public anymore.

    rick430 said on Nov 23 07 at 4:29 AM Reply

  5. Oh no. You may want to seriously think of strength training already. Your meniscus condition sounds like an inherent problem but the fact that your hamstrings/quads may be too weak for the effort your putting must be adding stress to those poor knees. BTW, I registered online for the halfs at hkmarathon. THat is something you can easily do. But since the terrain is hilly, it offers some challenge too. Well, something to think about and pick you up.

    Tina said on Nov 24 07 at 4:53 PM Reply

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