This is Ridiculous

I have decided that this injury business is just plain ridiculous.  The treatments are ridiculous.  The resting is ridiculous.  The worrying is ridiculous.  The stretching and massaging and oiling and soaking and icing and abstaining and stopping... all ridiculous.  I decided I was going to act like I was 20 again.  I don't care what my orthopedic surgeon has to say.  I am going to run and play racquetball and run and jump and exercise and act like I am still invincible.  SO I HAVE!

This is just plain ridiculous, I tell you.  I have now run nearly 17 miles and played racquetball twice... multiple games each time.  I ran 6.6 miles in Seattle, 2.4 miles on Monday, 2.6 mile on Wednesday, 3.3 miles on Friday, and 2.6 miles today.

There is some tightness and soreness and a twinge of pain here and there, but I am choosing to not be held hostage anymore.  I am going to pretend that my doctor told me it was tendonitis and there is nothing I can do about it,  except settle for inactivity, but I am not choosing inactivity, so what are the consequences?  Pain!  The only consequence.  It will hurt, but not create further injury.  (This is what the doctor told my daughter when she went for her ankle and her wrist).

So, this is the choice I am making.  I have decided and that is that.  Tendonitis be darned!  Torn or pulled muscles -- Pshaw!  Not interested!!

I have a race on April 22.  Then another race just two weeks later.  I am going to get back to my regimen and get myself back into shape.  This is ridiculous!

Cardio stinks right now.  Run times stink right now!  Endurance stinks right now!  Enough is enough.  I am a not gonna take this anymore!  I am determined to get back on track.

Here I go!

Thanks for "listening".