This will be a short one. My heart aches. It has been aching the past week as I struggle to understand why my body doesn’t seem to be able to stay healthy.
A few days before my half marathon, my left hamstring began to feel tight. I thought nothing of it and just stretched and gave it some extra love. Then I raced faster than I ever have. I felt like I was floating on air and that all the puzzle pieces were finally coming together. But in the back of my head I knew my hamstring wasn’t right.
The next few days, I just ran easy runs, but the pain progressed from a minor annoyance at the start of my runs to a limping pain throughout the entire thing. My PT thinks it’s a strain. How did it happen? I have no earthly idea.
I’m trying to stay positive and hope for the best, but right now I feel like I am sinking. I don’t want to lose all the fitness I worked so hard to gain. All I want to do is get back out there and keep grinding. But my body is not on the same page as my heart. I’m doing my best to stay patient and pray that there is a reason for everything. Hopefully this setback will just be a minor stumble on the path to greater things.
“When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.”
Adriana, your resilience is an inspiration. You are like Poppy in the movie Trolls (yea, I’m a mom, get over it)…”Hey, I’m not giving up today. There’s nothing getting in my way. And if you knock knock me over, I will get back up again. If something goes a little wrong, well you can go ahead and bring it on. ‘Cause if you knock knock me over, I WILL GET BACK UP AGAIN”