Injured Already??

Maybe I jumped into this training thing too fast too soon... I'm not sure. All I know is I am very disappointed to say that I have a bit of achilles tendinitis . It's not very serious right now - I think it happened mainly because I haven't been running or doing much exercise in the past few months, so to jump into training for a half-marathon is probably very stressful on my body. Physically, or from a fitness vantage, I've been feeling great. I started running three miles a couple of times a week, and I have worked up to 4 miles. I wanted to run 5 miles this coming weekend...... but I'm not sure if that will happen.

The pain started last Friday, when I went for a 4 mile run. It only happened at the beginning of the run and then the pain kinda worked itself out. The next day, I ran 4 miles again and I felt the same pain. Then I think I screwed myself over because I went out dancing in high heels. My heel was very sore the next day.

Today is Tuesday, three days after that run and an evening of dancing in heels.... and I'm still feeling some pain. When I was walking around campus today I just noticed the back of my ankle and heel felt strained and I was slightly favoring the sore foot.

I had planned to run today, but opted for 45 min of cycling instead.

Tonight I'm going to ice my injury, pop some ibuprofen and hope that it feels better tomorrow to go running.

Obviously, I need to save my body. I think the worse thing to do right now would be to run if it hurts, because I don't want to make this injury worse that it is. I have always believed, a stitch in time saves a dime! As long as I rest for a couple days, the chances of me feeling better are greater (and it will happen faster!).

Anyways, all this to say, I am mad at myself for this..... but what can I do? I just gotta stay active and I won't lose momentum on my plan. :)

Happy trails!

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