Sometimes I'm only a gnats what-not away from being rather stupid! At other times I truly am an idiot!
Did I say "Sometimes"?
Actually, I meant quite a lot of the time!
Last Sunday was one of those moments when I really did leave my Clever head at home and went out running with my Thick As Two Short Planks head instead. Not only that, but the head I took out with me on that day was adorned with the Bandanna of Bullheadedness! Not a great combination I can tell you!
All seemed well for a short while.
Yes, I was a bit tired after my amazing efforts on Friday afternoon, but I wasn't going to let a little thing like fatigued leg muscles put me off my stride! THEN - Just as the nice Endomondo Lady of Distance declared that I'd done "two miles in 22 minutes 31 seconds, Lap time 10 minutes 27 seconds" I felt a sudden pain in my right foot!
Now, most of you runners out there would do as I did I'm sure?
Even though I was feeling quite a degree of discomfort the Bandanna of Bullheadedness managed to convince my Idiotic Brain that sits inside my Thick As Two Short Planks head that it was fine to continue. In fact, the Bandanna of Bullheadedness insinuated that to do the sensible thing and STOP would make me a failure and would make it extra hard to tackle this particular workout in a few days time.
Idiotic Brain ignored the pain and convinced itself that it was just a twinge and it would go away!
"Keep on going" the Bandanna Of Bullheadedness whispered slyly into my ear. "If you stop now you'll only have to start all over again on another day" it repeated - "and that will NEVER do"
Of course, Thick As Two Short Planks head and it's Idiotic Brain received the message from my poor right foot, begging it to allow them to stop running. Idiotic Brain also received that sly "Keep On Going" message from the Bandanna Of Bullheadedness.
Idiotic Brain, being idiotic and stupid refused to send the STOP RIGHT NOW message to my feet!
So I ran on......
3 miles,
And on....
4 miles,
And on.....
5 miles
And on a little more just for good measure....!
By the time I'd completed my 60 minutes of jogging and my 5 minute cool down walk I was still quite a distance away from home... so just for good measure my Idiotic Brain decided to send the Run A Bit More message to my poor old feet!
So off they went again!
The following day (Yesterday) when I hobbled into the Newland Chiropractic clinic and told my tale of woe to Nichole, (my lovely chiropractor who fixes all things for me) She wasn't impressed.
She did suggest I try a form of exercise that's less telling on the joints.
I insisted that jogging is actually a fantastic form of exercise!
I really enjoy it!
I explained to her that I do it so I can eat more cake and drink beer and NOT put on weight!
She seemed less than convinced that it's a good thing for a lady of my tender years (50) to go out running!
Then, as if in an effort to convince me of the error of my ways she put me through a good amount of torture (far more torture than I ever get from my treadmill!) as she prodded, pulled, tugged, manipulated and yanked my poor tender little feet into submission!
And she suggested once more that I find something a little "less wearing on the joints" to do in my spare time!
Hmmm.... that's just not going to happen Nichole! I'm a runner and I aint going to stop now!
So, as I recount this painful tale I'm out of running action. Nichole's advice was to get myself an Orthotic Arch Support with a Metatarsal Pad (thank goodness for google and tinterweb and sympathetic chiropractors) and to perhaps consider taking up knitting or pressing flowers as a pass time instead!
Hopefully I'll be back in my Asics by the end of the week!
Watch this space.....
1 comment:
Oh bugger! You need to rest and don't get back into running until your foot is right. It's just not worth it! There is plenty of time to o the 13.1. Rest easy!
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