These shoes were made for runnin'
Normally I manage 3-4 runs on weekdays of about 5km each. This week was a meant to be different.
After my 59min/10km on Saturday, my Monday run was a personal best for me 55mins/10km. I was now confident of doing several 10km runs in May and then moving to 15km runs in June..
Or maybe they aren't meant for running?
I have been nursing a painful set of calves and a hurting left ankle since that Monday run. This has meant i have been unable to run any long distance without discomfort. So I did not run all week.
I went for my usual karate class on Thursday hoping that the different exercise regime will help things, it did for a while and then even my sensi (karate teacher) felt sorry for me, and he said maybe I should rest.
Friday I ran a painful 1km and walked back after hitting the 1km mark..
Saturday I went for my weekly swim did the usual 1km (20 laps of a 50m pool) and thought that this might fix my legs, no such luck. Saturday night i put my feet in an epsom salts bath with scalding hot water.. This finally seemed to help me rid of the pain..
I was determined to run another 10km this week so I went for a run this morning
I was surprised I got on the road quite well and decided to hammer my legs by running tarmac and was fairly pleased with myself as I hit the 5km mark after 28mins, then at 8km I started to get that horrible wall feeling, a little voice in your head tells you that you are tired, hurting and you should stop.. I ignored the voice, then sawa a water fountain so stopped for some water and stretched and continued on my run at 9km (51mins) I just stopped and had to shuffle/walk back home for the rest (3km) - I was disappointed.
"Maybe I am unrealistic about what I can do, maybe my body is not capable of running, I don't know."
I feel like giving up
But you know what? I am not going to, whilst I still have my wits about me - I am going to keep going till I mentally or physically cannot.. Each setback I face, I will regroup and overcome. I was born in Kenya, Kenyans are runners, I will be one too one day in the near future.
