Back in the Saddle....Again...Again!

Well, the last couple of weeks have been rough(er) on my poor little legs! For the past two months I've had pain in my left calf.  It would be sore when I started running, but then work itself out and as long as no one touched it, pressed on it, stood on it (that would be you Ging!) I was okay.  Dr. Andy first thought it was strained and we did therapy on it, but this was after a month of pain.  I like to think that if I just keep going the pain will go away.  I am now changing that train of thought!  But, after about a month of therapy Dr. Andy said the calf was torn...not good.  I was instructed to take a week off...not something I can do easily, but I did a lot of biking (the $700 one!) and a lot of swimming.  Then, I was okayed to run again, but the plan was three miles Monday thru Friday and then my long runs on Saturday and Sunday.  No more random long runs during the week.  No more 8 miles on Monday, 10 on Tuesday, 5 on Wednesday, so on and so on.  I tend to forget that I am not exactly 100% healthy when it comes to my ability to run!  So, I did the three a day Monday thru Friday and then rested Saturday and ran 6 on Sunday.  Felt great! Calf wasn't in pain anymore!!!!  Sunday was really, really humid and hot and I really, really sweated a lot! So, I decided to febreeze my knee brace in the kitchen.  I didn't want it to smell (and Carter instructed me to not let it) like my last knee brace. Well, let this be a lesson to all of us...to febreeze in the kitchen is a big no-no!  I febreezed, I turned, I slipped, I fell, I ran into the wall!!!!  Not just into the wall, but the point where two walls meet! And not just me into the wall, but more specifically my left knee cap!!!!!! (At least it was my good knee?)  PAIN!!!! I cannot even tell you how painful it was and I have a very high tolerance for pain!!!  I didn't sleep Sunday night, could hardly walk, sit, bend, move Monday. Went to Dr. Andy on Tuesday and low and behold...I have a bone spur?  A bone spur in and of itself isn't too big of a deal.  A lot of times you have one and don't know it, but I have one on my knee (most likely from the car wreck) and when I ran into the wall, I hit it, which made it hit something else, which made that hit something else, thus the pain I was in!!!!  And again....no running!!!! AGH!!!!!  But, after therapy, ice, and rest I got to run tonight!!!!!!  And it felt great! I only did two...I can't even remember the last time I only did two, but I am trying to take care of me!  I iced, knees, calves, hips, everything afterwards!  Just trying to keep all those parts working properly!!!  Tomorrow, I will run more!  One might think that all of these would be seen as signs..not this little runner... just obstacles to overcome!!!! I heart running!!!!!

Right before Country Music Marathon!!!!