This past week has left me phyiscally sore, mentally fatigued and emotionally weathered. I successfully ran 3 miles on Tuesday. But then quickly realized that my knee is far from better. A day of rest on Wednesday, left me a glimmer of hope that I could run on Thursday. Hopping on a treadmill, next to my husband, I slowly increased the speed to 5 mph. I quickly felt me knee revolt, but I was determined to try to make it work. It didn't take long before I realized that pushing myself any further only put me at greater risk of injuring myself more. I slowed to a brisk walk. Pain radiated on the inside of me knee, followed by the burning warmth, like something is ripping inside. Again, my keen sense of stubborned determination pushed me to try to run again. Who was I kidding!? I reluctantly gave up. I felt defeated and disappointed. Perhaps a successful and painless run on Tuesday set me up. I finished my workout on the elliptical, which only added more defeat (We all know how I feel about the elliptical machine.)
Determination and hope is all I have as I rehab through this injury. Hopeful that I will be able to run soon and determined not to miss this marathon. I have been obessed with trying to find a equal...a subsitute for running. Unfortunately, there is no good substitute for running. However, to my surprise, elliptical training has been used by many elite athletes during rehab, while training for a marathon. This was reinforced by my running "coach", as well.
On Saturday, I wanted so badly to run with my group. I settled for meeting my team in the morning, and streched as they warmed up. I returned to the gym, as they all braved the bitter cold for their run, and jumped on the ellipical, where I logged 1 hour of "running" on the elliptical. I'm still doing research on the best way to use the elliptical so that what I worked so hard to gain is not lost. If the equation is true.....how to equate milage running to time spent on a treadmill, I will be living on an elliptical. Good grief! The idea of "loving to hate and hate to love" is the best way to describe my new relationship with the elliptical. The next few weeks, my milage or time will be logged on this new found friend. I only hope as the new snow, that we are currently getting, melts and signs of spring appear, I will be logging miles outside....running!
Until our next run, no matter how the miles are logged......
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