{"id":3281,"date":"2015-07-28T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T22:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2015-07-28T17:05:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T22:05:25","slug":"nervous-nellie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3281","title":{"rendered":"Nervous Nellie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just because I am a “nervous nellie” and sometimes “borrow trouble,” y’all have the privilege (ha!) to listen to me while I give myself a pep talk.<\/p>\n

If you think back to last week, I had a dreadful running week. \u00a0As a matter of fact, I tallied up my total miles for last week and it was a little shy of 18 miles. \u00a0I usually run a little over 50 miles in one week! \u00a0That alone tells you how bad a week it was.<\/p>\n

The major problem wasn’t the lack of miles, it was being sick AND falling three times.<\/p>\n

Being sick, I can handle that. \u00a0Granted, I don’t get sick often and I make a terrible sick person, but I generally pull myself up by my bootstraps and continue on. \u00a0It was the three falls that did me in.<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday, a week from tomorrow…that was my last fall and it was a doozie. \u00a0OMG that hurt so bad. \u00a0When I went down, I immediately bounced up and grabbed a flashlight to access the damage. \u00a0My left elbow felt very wet. \u00a0I look at it and it was dripping blood at an alarming rate! \u00a0As a matter of fact, it looked like somebody had used a cheese-grater on it! \u00a0Ugh.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t too far from the house but I still had 4 miles left to run. \u00a0For once I did the smart thing and pulled the plug on the run and went home.<\/p>\n

By the time I reached the house (about .30 of a mile) my elbow was dripping steadily. \u00a0I didn’t dare walk into the house. \u00a0Not with light colored carpeting! \u00a0I used my cell and called MFH (My Favorite Husband) from the front porch. \u00a0I told him a needed a damp cloth brought to me at the door. \u00a0He was groggy and didn’t really understand but did as I asked. \u00a0When he saw the (not quite a puddle but close) of blood on the concrete, he was immediately concerned and upset.<\/p>\n

Quite frankly by that point at fall #3, I just wanted to curl up in a little ball and cry. \u00a0Every spot on my body hurt from all those falls. \u00a0I wasn’t a little six yo who had taken a spill on her bike. \u00a0Little kids bounce back. \u00a053yo women do not.<\/p>\n

We nursed my arm and all my other spots that had been injured in this new fall.<\/p>\n

Okay, that was last week. \u00a0I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday in bed. \u00a0I had found out on Wednesday afternoon that I had an inner ear infection and a sinus infection. \u00a0That is why I was falling and not feeling 100%. \u00a0Meds for the next 10 days.<\/p>\n

I’ve been on the meds 6 days. \u00a0I’m still kinda stuffy but I am feeling better. Not 100% yet, though.<\/p>\n

I ran 4 miles on Sunday with MFH. \u00a0That went well. \u00a0I felt confident because he was with me.<\/p>\n

Monday, I ran 8. \u00a0Solo. \u00a0I had to start in the dark just because our weather has been so hot. \u00a0We have been at or over 100* for over 2 weeks now. \u00a0THAT is the entire reason I’m running in the middle of the night! \u00a0Heat! \u00a0Running Monday, I was stepping very carefully while in the dark. \u00a0My pace was incredibly slow BUT I didn’t fall. \u00a0Whew!<\/p>\n

This brings us to tomorrow’s run. \u00a0I am scheduled for 19 miles in the morning. \u00a0Our low will be close to 80*. \u00a0Because right now I am not trying for pace (I think that may be one of the reasons I got sick. \u00a0I pushed too hard trying to maintain a certain pace along with the required distances), just covering the miles I need for the day, that means my runs are going to take a LOT longer than planned. \u00a0I’m figuring that tomorrow’s run will take me at least 4 hours. \u00a0Who knows, maybe more.<\/p>\n

I will be running the entire distance. \u00a0I don’t walk. \u00a0It just may not be super fast running. \u00a0I will be focusing on staying vertical.<\/p>\n

All of this to say, I really got spooked buy these falls last week! \u00a0I’ve never doubted my ability to stay upright before! \u00a0I’ve always gone out with confidence and plowed through my miles. \u00a0This is silly!!!<\/p>\n

So, my alarm is set for 12:15 tomorrow morning (it’ll barely be tomorrow!). \u00a0I will get up. \u00a0Have a slice of toast and a cup of coffee. \u00a0Go through emails to see if the coffee is going to “do anything” and then change and run!<\/p>\n

Everything will be just fine. \u00a0I know it will. \u00a0I just need a few weeks of upright runs to gain my confidence back. \u00a0It’s only 59 days until the Berlin Marathon! \u00a0Very exciting stuff heading my way!!!<\/p>\n

Until then, #SurvivalMode<\/p>\n

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