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1st Month Anniversary

It has been one month to this day since I last ran.

This kind of long-lasting injury can easily lead an obssesed runner like me to jump off the skyway, rob a bank, or watch Wowawee all day. But, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I could easily keep my composure—or better yet, my sanity despite the absence of a run. The farthest I had gone to relieve myself of this pent up anger and frustration was to gorge on Lay’s potato chips all day.

Lucky for me, I was too busy the past month to get too depressed about this hellish situation. How could I even find the time to mope? I got into so many new activities—swimming, weights, yogilates, therapy—just to strengthen and stretch these leg muscles so that I could run again. Work also poured in enough to keep me busy with nary a time to shed a tear about my lost marathon goal.

For now, my objective is to run for 15 mins. straight without feeling any tightness or soreness thereafter. Just last week, I walked for 10 mins. on the treadmill and felt soreness in my knee again. The pain was not intense but it bothered me nonetheless. It got me wondering when this knee would ever heal. What was taking so long? Was I doing enough? How could I speed up recovery?

I continued with my drills, swimming, and weights and fortunately my work paid off. This morning I attempted the treadmill again for a 10 minute walk. The results were more encouraging. I felt no pain, nada, nothing. It may be too early to tell that things will progress from here on but I’m certainly more hopeful about it now. Please let this be the start of better days ahead.  I don’t know how much longer I can wait.

Posted on 02.13.08 to 01 Bullish Insights. Tags: , , . Subscribe to follow comments on this post. 6 comments. Add your thoughts or trackback from your own site.

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6 Responses to “1st Month Anniversary”

  1. you will be amazed and you will appreciate your body more after this difficult time. You still need to be patient though. And just continue on your strengthening drills. It works like magic. Even after you have recovered it should still be a part of your warm up regiment. Happy days are nearing na miss jaymie. See you soon!

    ben said on Feb 13 08 at 7:38 PM Reply

  2. be patient..you will be surprised to find out that you will be stronger and smarter in your running workouts and road races after your rest and recovery period..good luck & happy valentine’s day!

    jovie75 said on Feb 14 08 at 5:51 PM Reply

  3. The bag of Lay’s is a much better option than watching Wowawee. 10 minutes and no pain, seems like you are making progress. I have two blog friends who are down and injured right now, you are one of them. The other person, Sarah, is also getting into new activities. Way to go, for staying focused and finding alternate ways to stay in shape.

    rick said on Feb 15 08 at 3:23 AM Reply

  4. whooopeee! jaymie, me too. no pain an. discomfort na lang. i can’t give all the credit though to Doc C. kase, he just gave me drills to do, without fully explaining stuff to me. but to know that things are getting better, is more htan enough for happy runners like us :-) di ba?

    banggigay said on Feb 15 08 at 2:50 PM Reply

  5. yikes. and taki and i were just thinking of dragging you to the next aquathlon!

    marga said on Feb 17 08 at 3:24 PM Reply

  6. patience is a virtue..

    good thing that you are doing cross-trainings for your other muscle groups and your heart and lungs..

    just keep the faith in the saying, “rest makes us stronger!”

    may you have a quick recovery!

    arbie portugal said on Mar 17 08 at 11:00 AM Reply

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