Well, yesterday during the first mile of the race my shins hurt so bad. The pain was so bad that I couldn't roll my foot. I just had to lift up my foot and put it back down a little bit in front of me. I did this with both feet for the first mile so I was basically stomping instead of walking or running. After the first mile my shins felt much better and actually didn't really hurt towards the end of the race. So today I expected my shins to hurt but instead they feel fine and my ankles, especially my right ankle, really hurt. I can move my ankles so they aren't sprained or broken or anything like that but they are bruised or strained. If I sit for very long I can barely walk when I stand up. I even found a ziploc bag at work today and filled it with ice so I could ice my ankle while I was working at the computer. I am icing it again right now in bed as I write this. I guess this is the joy of racing and running. I took today off from working out.
Since I have done several 3 mile run/walks the past few weeks with one run at 46 miles (2 miles faster than my race time of 48 minutes) I have been very surprised at how weak I felt yesterday and how much pain I am in today. :(
Today started Girls on the Run at my school and I am an assistant coach. Today was mostly about rules and getting to know each other so I didn't even put on my workout clothes. Our leader told me I didn't have to change if I didn't want to and with my ankle I knew putting on my workout clothes would be pointless anyway because I can barely walk on my right ankle. The girls did a small amount of running so I don't feel like I missed anything.
I have been following a blog called Runs for Cookies and one thing she talks about is listening to her body and says that taking a day or extra day off is okay if it is what her body needs. I have it in my mind that if I don't run/walk every day then I am failing and I am afraid that I'll give up all together and not go back to working out (I have done this a number of times over the past few years). I planned to take today off since I did the race yesterday and I am trying to wrap my brain around what I might do tomorrow if I am still in pain. It is more important to heal than to workout each day. (I am trying to convince myself of this.) I have been using my workouts to compensate for eating over 1,200 calories a day. I think 1,200 calories might be a little too low to be realistic but based on my weight loss (or lack there of) I am hesitant to up my official calorie intake/goal when I am not really losing weight with 1,200 calories. I am probably eating more around 1,400 calories each day with 300 calories of exercise deducted from that number. I also need to include more fruits and veggies into my daily intake. I was doing better about that this summer but I haven't done well at all with this lately.
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