About 8 months after starting running, I dealt with some Achilles tendinitis. After a few weeks of icing it with some elevation and stretching, it was back to normal.
Unfortunately, this time it ended my runstreak.
Since the 28th of November, 79 days ago, I haven't missed a day running. I've run in snow... sleet... sun... wind... cold and hot... and everything in between. It started out as a fun little exercise that I continued because I enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, today was the last day.
I've been nursing a strained quad muscle in my left leg. (I ran a 7 mile run on a Friday and was fine. Ran another 7 miler on Saturday and felt an odd pain in my quad afterwards... which got sorer. Sunday, I ran a little but it was still sore. Then on Monday, I overdid it with too much mileage. Bad move...) It doesn't really bother me to walk... but after a few miles running, it begins to protest more and more. Mostly, it's painful sitting down until I get completely into the chair and standing up from a chair. For the past 10 days, I've been running 1 to 1 1/3 mile runs around the mall hoping that it would get better. Too bad it hasn't... despite the NSAIDs, Icy/Hot, heating blanket and ice packets. And it is beginning to eat into my Cap City Half training.
So I came to the decision to shut it down at 79 days... 306.35 miles (an average of 3.88 miles a day)... and give my quad 5 days without running to rest. I'm hoping by Monday or Tuesday of next week that it is ready for some action again.
I know I am.
Keep running friends!
JC
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Great job during the streak! I hope the rest works for you and you can get back to a normal routine.
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