Well That Sucked

 Hey everyone! I figured it was time to sit down and write out a new update since it's been awhile. Man oh man has it been so crazy busy around these parts lately. Between watching an extra kiddo in the mornings, school, physical therapy appointments, chiropractor appointments, and Easter I just haven't had any down time lately. But I told myself I really needed to sit down and give a little update today.

 So last week at physical therapy I let my girl know that my leg was feeling a whole lot better, because it was! Yaaaay! And she gave me the okay to go ahead and run a mile, just one, nothing more! I've been doing other workouts and some jumping and my leg wasn't bothering me at all so I was super excited. Saturday was the day I finally laced up and hit the pavement for my 1st run just shy of 1 month. I did 22 min Hard Corps resistance training before I got out there, and boy did it feel amazing to get out there! The sun was shinning, it was a beautiful day and there is just no greater feeling than hitting the pavement on a day like that.

 But you know what wasn't great?! My leg. Ugh. Despite feeling the pain in my shin just after the first few steps I decided to do the mile anyhow, I just thought maybe it was because I hadn't been running and I hadn't been working any of the muscles in that leg like that for some time. However for the rest of the night and even still today it has been bothering me. I went to physical therapy yesterday and she used this tool on my shin to help break up some of the scar tissue which apparently contributes to shin splints (aside from the fact that I also have no arch support). It's been tender since but she warned me that that can be a side effect from it for a few days. She also said not to do anything that hurts which means no more running for now and that the bad news is it didn't just bother me during my run but after as well. The good news however was it didn't hurt as bad as it did while running as it was before.

 I'm not really sure yet what this all means for my marathon. We're coming into April now just 2 months shy of the marathon itself and while 3 weeks ago she said I'd still be able to run I feel like maybe now I'm not sure if that's going to be the reality. My running partner also has an injury right now as well that she's trying to get help with. I feel like it might not my looking good for us, sadly, because I have been looking forward to this all year. But maybe it's not the right time, maybe God has something bigger for us and this is his way of saying 'not right now'. We'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks I suppose.