Many people have told me they’re sorry I can’t run, because they know I love it, and how big of a stress release it is for me. First of all, thank you for being thoughtful and reaching out to me and saying that! And secondly, I’m surprised I’m not losing my mind by not running. I thought I would be, but:
- My ribs hurt (past tense) so much that the idea of running seemed absolutely preposterous. And dangerous. And painful.
- It’s December and we’re all going crazy with how busy we are. Not trying to fit in runs slowed things down for me and gave me more time to get all the stupid Christmas-related errands done.
- I’ve been cutting back on my running more and more as we’ve been working on the garage so I’ve become accustomed to much less mileage, womp womp.
- It’s the end of the year and I’ve already run 1698.85 miles. I didn’t have a goal mileage for the year and that’s a decent number. I’m not training for anything, so I don’t need to worry about being out of shape. (I should worry about my health though…)
- I’ve been trying to destress with baths, reading, and puzzles.
So, yeah. Now’s an okay time of year for me to take a break.
All that being said, I’d be losing my mind if it was January, if I was training for something, if not running meant I didn’t see my friends, or if the pain lasted a long time (what happened to me was minor and I don’t want to diminish anyone’s lingering pain). It’s been just over a week and I’m doing better and think I can run soon.
But right now it feels right to get more rest!
I’m glad to hear you’re not losing your mind and that the break from running has actually come at a good time for you!
Thanks! I am surprised I feel this way. But as we’ve been talking about, we have so much to do, and if I don’t feel like I need to fit a run in 6 days a week for a couple of weeks, that helps!
I’m not running at the moment while I’m giving my feet a chance to stop hating me (and waiting for the podiatrist to call to let me know my orthotics are in, which will hopefully help my feet to stop hating me), and while I miss it, I TOTALLY feel you on the not-having-to-fit-it-in thing. I feel like my schedule has so much more flexibility without running, and I could definitely use the flexibility right now! I like the structure of training, but the freedom to do what I want when I want it is also really, really, REALLY nice.
I hope those orthotics help! I can’t remember – have you used them before?
YES this freedom is great and a great time of year to have it!!!!
I haven’t, no. But they were covered at 100% by my insurance since I’d already hit my deductible for the year, so I figured I have nothing to lose by trying them!
Right! I hope they work out well!
Kim – So sorry about the injury. Glad to hear that you are doing better and continuing to take it easy so that your body can heal.
After my “year of no running” (more or less), I have discovered that life DOES go on if you can’t run, shockingly enough! It’s just not as much fun. 🙂
And this sounds like a great opportunity to snuggle with the cats!
Thank you 🙂
Right! It’s crazy the earth still rotates around the sun when we aren’t running, right? Ha! 😉 Totally true it’s not as much fun! Although yes, the cat snuggles have been great! (Except for when they were lying on me and I sneezed and it hurt so bad I screamed and they all left. Sorry, guys!)
Oh gosh please tell my round-number-loving-brain that you are going to run 1.15 miles before the end of the year…
Of course! I never end on numbers like that so it’s really making me nuts too 😉
I’m right there with you on not being able to exercise right now. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get back to it, wah. I won’t make my exercise goal this year, which was going to be a long shot anyway (basically exercising every day in December, which would have been very difficult for me!) But I guess I have a good excuse, haha. I hope you heal up fast but I’m glad it’s not driving you as crazy as you might have suspected. Yay for more kitteh snugz!
That stinks! You were getting in a groove with it 🙁 You do have a good excuse though, like you said! Gotta heal that ankle. And PT totally counts as exercise if you go that route!