Runner's support and Accountability

@bexruns you are doing so great on your recovery! I can’t wait for you to be able to run again, for your mental sake, but I am so proud of you for obeying doctor’s orders and doing so well!

@starbee oh my gosh, I’m so sorry to hear about your side stitch! Don’t let it worry you though, those things just happen sometimes. You’re going to do great in basic. Awesome job keeping with it but not pushing too hard and risking injury!

@rocketear99 I like how you listened to your body! Sometimes we just have to do that!
You did great! Keep up the awesome work!

Aimed to run another 2 miles this morning. I just wanted to get one successful, pain free, run in before basic training so that I could feel confident. Sadly that didn’t happen. It stormed this morning so I waited until that was over before heading to the trail. It was 78* and 85% humidity, I’ve run in worse, but that still wasn’t great. I stretched, walked for 2 minutes to warm up, then tried for 2 miles. I made it almost 1.5 miles before I felt like I was going to throw up (I have no idea why, that’s happened to me once before since I’ve started running, and that was when I was using the weird “track” at work) so I stopped, was super out of breath, and walked for another 2 minutes back to my car. Furthermore, I ran that in 17:26, I haven’t been that slow since February and also that’s a fail. Not feel good about basic at all today and if I think about it too much I may cry. All that hard work I put into running for it to go to crap in 2 weeks right before I ship out, all because of shin splints

The only saving grace is, I’m not in pain. I’m really hoping that this is all just because I’ve been eating like crap recently because I’ve been too busy and too lazy to cook, and I’ve been eating snow cones and drinking beer at every given opportunity since I will have neither for the next 4 months. Hoping once I get to basic and I’m forced to have good nutrition and hydration, my performance will improve. I did not have these issues after 2 weeks off due to gastritis, so I’m pretty disappointed that 2.5 weeks off with shin splints has ruined me.

Pity party over, there’s no turning back now

@10dedfish I am inclined to agree with @Nascfan on this. My concern would be the physical elements of the race that would require you to have to climb and pull yourself up over obstacles. A guy I work with has been training for a Spartan race and just this past weekend he fell 10 feet on his back attempting to climb over a wall. He broke one of the vertebrae in his spine and could be in need of surgery. So, my concern is that the shoulder might give out just enough to cause a different kind of injury.

@10dedfish That could give you enough to build back up some of the strength in the shoulder. But, if you are still feeling the discomfort closer to race time, I would heed the words Henry Jones, Sr gives to his son when the Holy Grail is just out of reach…..

missingWDW wrote:

Almost time for a new pair of running sneakers.

Thanks for the reminder, I almost *always* wait too long to replace mine, an insert, and socks!!