So, I told you all about my last ridiculous workout, but what I left out of that story was that afterward my leg hurt. Specifically, the tendon that connects my left leg to my torso. The pain even went up into my ab muscles a little bit. In my usual fashion, I did a bunch of stretches and tried to ignore it.
Yesterday it still hurt all day, but it wasn’t so bad during the 30-minute walk I took at lunch. One thing I love about the end of summer/fall is that it’s starting to get cool enough that I can once again walk at high noon and not sweat through all of my clothes. I thought everything would be fine until I tried to run after work.
I made it exactly a quarter of a mile before I had to stop. Generally, I will ignore pain (say, in my shins) until my legs go numb, but I have recently accepted that that’s a bad plan. So when I finally realized that my leg actually hurt too much to be running, I stopped and walked back to my car. I spent the rest of the evening cuddling up with an ice pack.
I expected it to hurt just as much this morning, but today just might be a day of miracles. For one thing, it’s a mere 48 degrees out according to the radio. That, my friends, is a perfectly wonderful temperature. I’m in love with that temperature. I can breathe in that temperature. And, oddly enough, my leg doesn’t hurt this morning. I did some test motions just now to see if it would, but so far—nothing. Could it be that my seemingly sort-of-terrible injury was a 24-hour thing? I think I know exactly when it started: martial arts class, and those dang roundhouse kicks. I have been practicing my kicks a lot lately, but bad things can still happen, especially when you have to work with someone who cannot hold focus mitts competently. Just my luck.
I’m hesitant to get my hopes up over this sudden lack of pain, but I also would really love to go for a very slow and gentle 30-minute jog after work. I would especially love to be able to have a decent time this weekend at the Crim. We’ll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, I plan to enjoy this perfect weather and the fact that soon my parents will be here for the weekend! And then the Crim on Saturday morning! I can’t wait.
I hope everyone has a great Thursday!