Alright, I'm going to share a secret. I'm not fantastic at taking a break when I need to. What? You already knew that? Huh...I thought I hid it well. Today was one of those days I needed to take it easy, but I'm racing this weekend in Florida, and I've not been putting in the number of miles I usually shoot for as a minimum. So I laced up the shoes to head out for a lunch time run.
Washington is Washington. The nanny brigade walks the children through the park for the afternoon fresh air, the dog walkers ply there trade throughout the side streets and the suits look important as the hurry toward whatever important meeting they have with important people. And I just keep on running.
What's interesting about today, however, is not the scenery or the goings on around the Capitol, its the change in my physical condition. My hamstring has bothered me, well, basically since college. So when it is tight or screaming, it doesn't mean a whole lot except provide me with a reminder to replace the empty tube of Icy Hot (yes, I swear by that stuff...it should be in every gym bag). That said, my hamstring actually feels decent today. Instead I have intense pain radiating up my shin. Shin splints? Stress fracture? Totally random? Who knows. All I know is I have no time for this and will just have to push through for the foreseeable future.
Minor injuries don't get me down, but I'll have to watch this one. After all, the back injury a couple years ago that sidelined me for most of 2011 started out as just a minor injury. I'm not about to go there again. Happy trails!
Stats -
Miles: 4.03
Time: 34:09 (average pace of 8:28 per mile)
Location: Capitol Hill, Lincoln Park, Stanton Park
Feeling: my hamstring is okay, but I've got pain radiating up my shin
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