My obsession with running has hit a snag. Don’t get me wrong, I still love running, it’s just that I’m injured, or rather, I overtrained. Or my shoes might have caused the ‘injury,’ or it was a combination of the two.
But that leaves me in a bind. I had just graduated from Todd Lange’s first to 5k programme, and it left me feeling a little invincible. In those fleeting moments I had forgotten the most important rule about running: work on improving one thing at a time, whether it be intensity, speed, or mileage. You don’t work on all three at the same time (not saying I did that - with new shoes to boot).
So I’m injured. What’s an avid planner supposed to do when she’s sidelined? Trek on, of course.
I can’t work out the way I want to, so it’s back to the drawing board and compromise, but injury is not the only hindrance that keeps us from our fitness goals. Sometimes life gets in the way - a busy schedule, a weekend in Vegas with buffet meals (plus all the fixings).
These things happen. It doesn’t mean you’ve failed or fallen off the wagon (indulging is not the end of the world) nor must you start from scratch when you’ve recovered from injury.
This is life. Whether the lesson is to enjoy the opportunity or to learn from it, your fitness will always be waiting for you when you’re ready.
But that leaves me in a bind. I had just graduated from Todd Lange’s first to 5k programme, and it left me feeling a little invincible. In those fleeting moments I had forgotten the most important rule about running: work on improving one thing at a time, whether it be intensity, speed, or mileage. You don’t work on all three at the same time (not saying I did that - with new shoes to boot).
So I’m injured. What’s an avid planner supposed to do when she’s sidelined? Trek on, of course.
I can’t work out the way I want to, so it’s back to the drawing board and compromise, but injury is not the only hindrance that keeps us from our fitness goals. Sometimes life gets in the way - a busy schedule, a weekend in Vegas with buffet meals (plus all the fixings).
These things happen. It doesn’t mean you’ve failed or fallen off the wagon (indulging is not the end of the world) nor must you start from scratch when you’ve recovered from injury.
This is life. Whether the lesson is to enjoy the opportunity or to learn from it, your fitness will always be waiting for you when you’re ready.