So, back in April, when I ran my best half marathon to date, I felt some pain in my right hip. I thought it was weird because I have only had issues with my left hip before, and those pains have all but disappeared. Well, for the last month, runs have been harder and the pain has gotten worse and worse. Add into that the severe lack of sleep since our little party animal son has joined us.
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| Sometimes you just have to rest, eat a salad, and kick it with your baby. |
I haven't been able to run as frequently as I would like or run as hard as I like to push. It is understandable that the frequency would go down due to responsibilities with the kiddo, but, I think a big part of it is the pain that I have radiating down my right leg. It's going to be after the new year before I can get in to see my doctor. He is one of the team doctors for the Colts, so his schedule is incredibly packed. For now, I am going to do the exercises that I know that I should be doing in order to strengthen my gluteus and open my hips. I am hoping in time, that I can build enough strength to get rid of the pain. We will see!
Regardless of speed, I am still on my quest to complete a half marathon a month for the entirety of 2016. I ran one yesterday morning and other than it being a full minute per mile slower than my average pace, it felt good. Plus, I am keeping my monthly average at abut 100 miles. The pain in my hip doesn't bother me much when I am running, just after and while I am sitting or sleeping...which sucks. We aren't getting hardly any sleep as it is with a newborn, so to be in pain when I do have time to rest is a kick in the ass. I do have big plans over the next few years in terms of my running and I need to make sure that I am rested and at full strength.
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| Getting his tan on. |
Jett had a rough couple weeks to start his life...he was in the NICU due to his bilirubin getting dangerously high. He ended up on Triple Light Therapy with an IV in his little head. It was a heart wrenching week for us. We couldn't hold him for almost 2 whole days and he had to get heel pricks every 4 hours. We had to rely on donor breast milk and Laura pumping for him. I went for a run while we were at the hospital just so that I could cry and not have Laura see me. When I can back, He was off the IV and we could hold him again. It was almost as good as the day he was born. We knew the whole time that we were the lucky ones in the NICU. We tried to not bother the nurses for anything that we could do ourselves. We let them know to care for everyone else before us. When we left, we had a stream of nurses tell us what an amazing couple we are and how adorable our family is. It was so sweet way to leave.
So, I will take the rest days that pain and lack of sleep give me. I will accept the fact that I am not invincible. I will sleep in when I can and not beat myself up about not getting al of my miles in all of the time. I am still stronger than I used to be and these moments will make me a stronger mother in the long run. After all, every mile that I run is so that I ave that much more time with my son
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