Anything is possible

In this world

Icehouse

I did an hour on the exercise bike last night. 18.7 km. Without knee tape. I was pushing 19km for about 30 minutes, but my knee cap started to wobble so I slowed down.

Now I am up early because I couldn’t sleep, ready to go for a run.

I’ve just finished my run 8km on the hockey field. The spur winged Plovers attacked me on every single lap. I couldn’t concentrate on my running because I was so busy watching them as they dived bombed me again, again again and again.

I’m  a nature lover, but you wouldn’t have known it this morning. I wanted to wring the neck of those birds.

8km (5 miles) 42:40 (5:50, 5:28, 5:04, 5:05, 5:14, 5:08, 5:35, 5:15)

Harden up

The last day or so has been tough. My thoughts have been going into some pretty negative places. I seemed to snap out of it this afternoon.

I know I’ve survived the last few years. It has been anything but easy. Surviving is hard work.

Mid North Coast Running Championships photos

Mid North Coast Road Running Champs 5km & 2km race reports

Look mum no shin splints

Look mum no knee tape

Look mum no Garmin

I went to be a spectator at the mid north coast road running championships

There was a 15km race first. I took some photos of this race. That I will post later in my blog.

After that there was a five kilometre race. I told the registrar that I would run along at the back of the pack.

So I start without my McConnell taping. In my Kingfisher T-shirt, and casual shorts. I start as a dawdle, but pretty soon I’m catching the back markers.

Mmmmm…..my leg feels alright so I’ll stride out a little. I catch some more people.

Down a hill, no shin pain, no knee tape. Nice!

Round a corner, I’m jogging along just shooting the breeze. Down another hill, a long one. A week ago it hurt to walk down hills.

Not worried about my time. I’m running and that is enough for today.

To the turn around at 3km. A young runner had torn his quad. I feel for him. Been there, done that injury too. Touch footy don’t you know.  

There’s a lady runner up ahead about three hundred metres. And I’m gaining on her without any real effort.

I keep listening for a complaint from my shin, from my knee, but there isn’t any.

Over the last two kilometres, I reel in the 300 hundred metres on the lady runner, and finish just behind her.

I cross the line and a lady at the finish says.

“I thought you were going to jog at the back?”

“My leg was feeling good so I thought I’d speed up.” I tell her. 

I finish, I go for a warm down.

I listen to my shin

I listen to my knee

Nothing.

Nice!

OK, now I do something a little reckless. About 15 minutes later I line up with the 2km start.

I jog at the back again. Again I am going past people. After 1km I open a little, I go past more people.

With 300 metres to go I start to sprint.

The last 200 metres I’m flat out.

I listen to my shin

I listen to my knee

Nothing

Nice!

They’ll come true

Impossible not to do

Impossible not to do

Dreams

I ran 15 minutes this morning pain free. My running dream is back on the rails, fingers crossed.

I watched some videos of the City to Surf on you tube. Brought back some memories.

 

Run

I ran 4 minutes on mini trampoline and an exercise mat at the Physiotherapist’s rooms today. No pain whatsoever in my shin! I get to do a short run on grass tomorrow. Then every second day add some distance.

I feel as if I could run a lot more, but I’ll be conservative.

The shin pain settled down while I was out in the field at Yarrahapini. Today it didn’t hurt at all, I ran across the road to test it out and it was fine. I’m still icing and applying anti inflammatories.

I did 9.3km on the exercise bike in 30 minutes without my knee taped.

Minor stress fracture

I visited the podiatrist this morning. She showed me the X-rays. The report said there was no abnormality, and suggested an MRI.

There was in fact a long bright line on the tibia right where the most  inflammed part of the leg is, like someone had scratched my bone. She said she would keep the X-rays and get someone else to look at them.

It might be a very minor stress fracture of my shin. No wonder it was so painful. Oh well, that will keep me out of running for a while longer than a simple case of shin splints.

My shin was only a little bit sore to walk on today. The pain is going away fairly quickly with ice and anti inflamms and stretches.

Putting a positive spin on this, I have run over a thousand kilometres this year, I never expected to do that in my wildest dreams. It took  me  three years to  beat my maltracking patella, one to two months to recover from a stress fracture is nothng.

Running Haiku

Is this a dream?

Running, striding out freely 

Please do not wake me.

 

Eye level mist, suspended

Grass clippings flick from quick heels

Floating over wet grass

There was a runnning haiku challenge on the masters running forum. Above were my contributions.

I managed half an hour on the exercise bike yesterday and this morning. My ankle is much less inflamed and swollen this morning.

Shin splints part II

I was scared, I was scared
Tired and underprepared
But I wait for you

In my place Coldplay
 

The pain and swelling is better tonight.

A quick note on shin splints. This is without doubt the nastiest most eye watering pain imaginable. I have suffered a lot of pain over the last few years, but this shin pain was so sudden and so intense, that I never, ever want to feel it again. Achilles tendon pain is lame in comparison, my knee at its worse was close, and that was when my whole foot felt like it was on fire.

I find out on Monday the results of my X-ray. The way the pain and swelling is responding I’m holding more hope that I don’t have a stress fracture.

In my place

Make an effort. I’ve got to fit in, at least a little. I have people around the salubrious Brighton mews talking about me. Time to do some positive things to take the heat off, like paying that fricking greedy SMS bill (done), maybe stick in a few new plants in my pots, get the pest contollers to go over the garage.

Negative rant deleted from here.

Reading through this blog I can’t help but think, yes I’ve been through quite a bit the last few years. Some might even call it hell.

I’ve also shown what I’m capable of if I put my mind to it. A reader of this blog even said it was inspiring! The positive path is clear enough, I’ve seen it, have to pursue it.

Dreams

Oh my dreams,

never quite as it seems

’cause you’re a dream to me,

dream to me

And they’ll come true impossible not to do

impossible not do.

Cranberries Dreams

 

I had a running dream

that I didn’t wake from

for 12 months

Thank you for that