A new milestone in the recovery road and a confession

Recovery is hard.

Coming back from injury requires patience.

A lot of it.

And humility.

And perseverance.

I have had many days of total frustration where I wonder if I should just quit this running thing.

But I don't.

I want to be where I was in April.

I am struggling with how much I suck right now.

But I will not quit.

If you are on the injury list or are coming back from one know this:

I remember how miserable I was all summer with no running.

So sucky running is better than no running.

I am a little worried about my next race.  

I am not sure I have enough time to be race ready.

Obviously I am not going after any magical time.

I would like to have the running portion of it to be bigger than then the walking one.

This was my week:

I reached a new milestone in my recovery: a 20 miles week.

I had 2 back to back runs.

The first one was not good.  I had pain so I stopped at 3.

Second one I went really easy and it was better.  

I still have to add walking in my runs.  This means I am a lot slower.

I have to accept this.

It has been extremely hot here and HUMDID.  In Southern California that is rare.

I still do all my runs on my treadmill.

Yesterday I did 6 miles and it was warm in the house...I ended up completely dehydrated and feeling like crap all day.  Go figure.

So although I am a little discouraged by how much I suck I am not giving up.

Confession part of this post:

I have been hmmmm not great at PT this week.  I know I know.

I am good at stretching and foam rolling but I have neglected the other stuff....the exercises.

Not too happy with myself for that.

I want to congratulate COY (first in Philly is her blog): she is a brand spanking new IRONMAN! 

You have all my admiration Coy!