Manifesto of an injury

When any injured runner starts down the road to recovery, they begin the testing process. As soon as the eye lids push back the brain immediately goes to check the recovery progress of the injured body part.

The day progresses and injury is checked before each movement. It is checked again before the run and checked with each step during the run. Am I going to hard? How much does it hurt? Can it take any more? Will I hurt it too much? This is followed by the post run check to see if too much was given and the recovery progress will be delayed even longer. The remainder of the day is spent testing to see if the run caused too much damage. The evening is spent trying not to push it any more than necessary.

Finally, the last thought before heading off to slumber land is will it be any better tomorrow than it was today.

Then the process is repeat again tomorrow.

 

Thoughts from the Cool Down Runner