Pain & Suffering

It is official. . . I definitely injured myself at the Duathlon. I pulled my "leg-hip" and now must go to physical therapy. Not what I wanted to hear at all. I finally went to the doctor today and she put me on a higher dose of Aleve as well as a muscle relaxer for night. Good news: Pain has subsided with the new meds. Bad news: Looks like I won't be running for a while. And boy do I need it! I didn't realize how much I have come to rely on running as a total stress release. Now I am stuck trying to handle a huge personal heartbreak and an injury without my new favorite stress release. Suck-polooza! Tomorrow I head to our family friend, and PT, Ron Wood for further guidance and hopefully healing. I guess my blog will be about NOT running for the next few weeks. . . .